Was jacking up my car and placed the jack stand in the wrong place. Long story short I ended up crushing something and I hope it isn't important. Anyone with expertise...PLEASE Help!

Does anyone know what this is exactly? And, did I destroy the structural integrity of my car or anything like that, or is this just a hollow bar that basically does nothing but hold the an underbody brace?

Thanks in advance

 

Dang,sorry to hear that.

 

sorry to see it. hope someone could answer your question

 

wow you have some arm strength to turn that jack for your frame rail to kink like that.

 

sorry to hear your damage. Looks like a hollow piece of metal.

 

I actually used a jack like this and jack stands like these...Good thing I only put the stand on one side and realized it was getting crushed before it was too late.

 

youre car is heap of metal now, ill haul it away, free of charge oufcourse



dont sweat it, its a hollow, lightweight metal under brace piece, a small kink like that wont affect it a squat

 

Thanks Avarec, I just feel like everything under the car has a purpose...and I wanted to make sure I didn't throw anything off. I'll try not to sweat it.

 

If it bent that easily I highly doubt it's structural...

 

99% sure its hollow metal like everyone else said

 

+1 on this. Structural materials usually need quite a bit of force to bend/warp!

 

Yeah its hollow and weak to hold weight. Only use the part underneath your side rocker for the jack stands.

 

^^That was my problem...I had the large jack under my car underneath the side rocker and couldn't find a good place for the stand, so I placed it there and found out the hard way that I shouldn't have.

 

I've used the control arms as a jacking point before: https://www.clublexus.com/forums/is-...ck-stands.html

 

Thanks brociouz...I see that you said, "I didn't want to bend that area with the jack notches and the chassis didn't seem very solid for some reason... maybe it was just whatever the coating was but when I knocked on it, it seemed hollow." Oooops...I jumped the gun and tried it anyway. Guess its not that big or a deal tho.