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Well i just fvcked up bad.
I went out and got jack stands and a jack and I was like cool, my girlfriend and I are gonna rotate some tires.
I put the jack under the car in the front seated it against the support directly behind the arrow and started jacking.
The jack slipped towards the front to the car causing the radiator support to bend upward about 3/4 of an inch and the top of the support where the hood clips into to bend up about 3/4 of an inch too
My hood now looks likes its open all the time, and things are obviously bent upwards.
How much damage did I do?
What else could be damaged besides the radiator?
How much do you guys think this is gonna take to fix?
Is it gonna be drivable tomorrow for me to get to work and take my girlfriend to work? (about 100 miles round trip)
My idea was to just put it in the shop and rack this up to me sucking.
Is there a way I can fix this myself as to make it like the damage never happened?
The crappy thing is I spent 2-3 weeks reading and looking at pictures of how to jack up a car.
Didnt seem like this should have happened, but accidents do happen and now I feel like a total a$$
Well laugh if you want cause Id laugh at me too, but maybe someone will help answer a few of these questions.
Thanks in advance, time to go cry.

 
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hmm not sure, i once jacked a completely wrong spot cause the manual sucks, i dented in my side frame about an inch, luckily i have sideskirt now to cover it. you can try and hammer the radiator down? maybe it got pushed off the mounts. can you take off the bumper, it will be alot easier to see. it should be fine to drive but make sure there is no leak. as soon as the car warms up go check again to make sure. its hard to tell if you actually damaged the radiator or just pushed it out of its mounts. at least you didnt drop the car down from up high and set off the airbags lol

 
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you did that?

 
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I plan on taking it to the shop in the morning to get it fixed cause its my baby and I want it back to normal. How much do you think I will get out of there for?
Thanks a lot Gearbox, Ive been cruising this site for a while and you seem to be the single most helpful person on here.
Thanks again!

 
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its prolly an easy fix, but who knows. have them test the radiator with a pressure gauge to be sure. and no i never set off the airbags that was another member here i remember. he posted pics and his car was pretty much totaled. windshield busted too.

 
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We went out and took some pictures
Note the pissed off girlfriend...and Devil Jack and Devil Jack Stands.
After going back down and facing the consequences it doesnt look too bad at all.
Mainly the bottom bracket and top bracket are bent and the support piece that runs behind the radiator is bent a little.
The radiator has a slight warpage to the fins on the direct bottom section, but i let it run and no leakage...

I hope this isnt going to cost more then 500$ cause thats how much my embarrasment is worth.
Heres the pictures. Hope this works

//internationaldecorgallery.com/jackT/

cant post links but add http: in front of it

 
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not too bad. i think you need to just take it to a body shop.

 
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Thanks, I feel better now after someone else has looked at it and thinks its not too bad
I will let you know how it turns out tomorrow at the shop.
Time to go get drink a beer.
Have a good night and thanks again for the prompt reply and good words.
And for not laughing at me.
Lets hope my next thread will be something useful instead of me whining about something stupid I did.
I am sure I will be laughing about this in a few weeks.
Thinking back I wonder how many times I jacked my jeep up with Small Oem jacks meant for cars and sat it on century old bricks stacked 5 high criss crossed and crawled under it. (not cinderblocks)

Too many.....

Oh and one of these to Gearbox... time to figure out how to Rep

 
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im just curious but why in gods name did you try jacking your car up from the front?

 
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Well ya see i wanted the raised hood look and i didnt wanna take the time to unbolt the hood and grind down some shims and put em in and bolt the hood back down, so i thought whats the quickest cheapest way to get the jdm raised hood look without the trouble?!?! BAM it hit me.

Nah, Actualy i saw how a bunch of people do it to get carjacks under their car.
Is the best way to use the rails on the side? Will that lift the side up enough to get carjacks under the opposite rail on the same side?
My fvcking jack with wheels rolled out from under neath the car. It was actually prolly a mix of me being an idiot jacking up and the wheels being too rolly.
Anyway, I am off to the shop. I will let you know how much this is gonna cost me when i get to work.


Goodson Honda quoted me inbetween 800-1500$
They said it need to be put on a frame machine and the entire front end adjusted.
My plan tonight is to get the bumper cover and remove the radiator and bend everything back myself.
Is that a reasonable plan or should i just claim it on my insurance?
Do you think it jacked with structual integrity of the car?
I think the dealership was trying to screw me. They said it could take 3-4 days??? I thought this would be as easy taking the bumper cover and radiator out and tweeking the frame back into place until the hood closed right...
My lights arnt jacked up and it just looks like the piece behind the radiator pushed up on the frame kinda twisting the inside portion towards the front side and up.
Any suggestions on beating the frame back into place? Prybars wood and hammer?
Guess i need to print out some stuff on taking the bumper cover off.
If i mess this up I am going to claim it pay the deductible and pick a new hobby.
Its kinda depressing that this happened. But I wont quit yet, you guys look like you have too much fun to let something like this kill my drive!
I will leave the pictues up until i get this fixed so if anyone has any put feel free to view them.
Thanks in advance for any response

 
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If you have doubts about the shop's words, you can always take it to another shop and see what they say.

 
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That is the plan in about 30 minutes. I will take it to Jardin Body Shop on Hillcroft and see what they say. I heard good words about them.
I will let yall know how it goes.
Time to clear my head and work for a minute...

 
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The radiator tray is a replacement part, not a bend back part. They just cut the old one off and weld a new one on, which is why its so expensive. It requires removing the radiator and AC condensor, and subsiquently disposing and recharging the refrigerant... then they gotta paint all that underlying metal again.
If its not bad, rip it all apart and bang it back down, I think $1500 is a bit much, I guess $800 would be reasonable for the labor involved.

 
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I got it fixed for 60 bucks at Jardin
40 for the bend
8 for the rotation
12 Tip

can we say,......niceeeeee

the guy jacked my car up on an incline in a drive way and rotated my tires..

i felt like a jack *** =P