SiR JP

I put my new Work rims on my EP today. This is the first time I've ever jacked up my car, and it's also the first time I've ever swapped tires. Ever. I'm a newbie, hey, you got to start somewhere/sometime

Unfortunately, I screwed up, huge. I missed the jacking point on the rear, so it caused part of the underbody to indent, causing the spare tire to no longer sit flush in its well. I also ended up "slipping" the front jack point, causing the jack to push up against the radiator! Now my hood won't close properly.

But the rims look GREAT. LOL!1!!!

Oh, learning can be painful at times...

Gunmetalef

damn on a new civic too ... u coulda just bent the front crossmember .. its not a strong jack point in the front.. ive seen it bent it on an oddesy once.. the hood wouldn't close.. on my car i always use the sides

scarlemthug

damn ur gonna needa get the front pulled now

Notorious

Damn..

Did you have someone helping you while you were doing this?

imported_caloge

thread is useless without pics

SiR JP

No help, just me. And I know it wasn't the front crossmember. It's just the radiator. Expensive mistake? Yes. Potentially fatal mistake? No.

FYI, I rechecked my shop manual, and it turns out I was totally off on the rear jack point. As for the front, yeah... I had it, but I just misplaced the jack by accident. I think from now on I'll just jack up the corner reinforcement areas to save myself the grief.

imported_Zyepher

You sound like a tool but since your putting on work rims your doing something right

BarelyLegalCivi

n00bie...lol kidding

PSI_Envy

EEK...poor poor EP...

Next time, use the rear tow loop located dead center in the rear just behind the lip of the bumper as your jack point. For the front, I use my X member as the jack point....plus it's got a flat round area dead center where the two bars meet for jacking...

For the rear, take all the interior carpeting and spare tire out of the trunk and use a body panel dolly and hammer the crap outta it to make it flat again.

As for the front, depending on the severity of it, you'll need to pull the rad support down on a rack or in some cases replace the rad support. Again, this is dependant on the severity of the damage to the rad support. Check the rad to see if the mounts have cracked off etc. Or better yet, take it to a body shop to have it better inspectied.

bbarbulo

iTrader: (2)

ouch

imported_GoldBadge

That's some sh!tty news. lets see some pic of the damage / wheels.

Nova_Dust

Where you trying to jack up the front and back then place 4 jack stands under each corner? Or you just had the hydralic jack under the front all these time (the back as well)?

cibs

damn... more research next time maybe...

imported_Moe_Mentum

That hurts ... remind me of the good old days in Auto Class back in Highschool when all these guys kept jacking up the car from the Spare Tire resevoir. I guess the pictures in the Manual aren't very helpful since you weren't able to identify the right jack point.

punkindrublic

thats

pain

SiR JP

Thanks for the support, guys. I know I screwed up big, but it's nice to not have people make me feel even worse.

and LOL @ the "motrin" pain comment... that's [B]exactly[/B} how I felt!

Anyhow, you live and learn. For the record, I was trying to jack the car up and put her on stands... as far as I understand it, you aren't supposed to use the actual jack to keep the car off the ground... just to raise it.

Anyhow, I'm going to be scaling back the projects on my car (ya think?) until I can get the basics down.

imported_QUICKONTHEGAS

I was new to the 'car scene' as well when I first bought my civic...well I still have lots to learn so I guess I'm still new but just take it slow and do some research before anything..TCC has great help, just use the search engine