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Took my car to a pretty well known tyre place here in Melbourne to get my guards rolled.

I went to grab some breakfast and when I got back he had just started jacking up the drivers side of the car with a trolley jack, and as the car started going up, I noticed it also started moving down slowly in relation to the jack. I told him straight away to drop the car as I knew what had happened.

He didn't use an adapter for the jacking point and as such crushed the RH sill seam/jacking point and left a pretty big dent. Luckily I came back in time and he didn't crush both sides. f**king lost my shit.

So is this repairable? It shouldn't be too hard to straighten the seam, but the jacking point and surrounding panels are pushed upwards, and I'm worried it will be too hard to pull them back down and into shape, even by an expert panel beater. The car was perfect before and I want it to be fixed properly.

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I've dealt with the place before, and they have a pretty good reputation with these sorts of cars, so I'm not sure why this particular dude decided just to slam a jack under it without any thought of using a rubber pad/adapter.

Going in to discuss the repair bill with the manager tomorrow.

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