Bugger.

Opened my side panel up like a tin can today while trying to manouver my car onto my trailer.

Scarped the chassis bar underneath as well, but the chassis bar look fine.

Just in front of the passenger footwell.

Tig perhaps?

Pat...

bugger bugger and feck

And triple bugger!

David

Gaffer tape.
It's what all the professionals use.

TIG a little patch over it?

You must be well peeved, my condolances.
Hopefully someone a bit good with a tig/mig can fix soo it does "polish out"

BTW
Bu**er&& sod and w%*nk sh***y fu*k

ohh bu--ery bo--ocks what a pi55er

I think your exhaust can needs another support bracket....just about where that hole is........

Yep - side panels were the best bit on the car!

One piece right from the back to the front with all the holes for the bones etc.

Good news is that there isn't one rivet holding the side panel on.

Bad news is that it's held on with sikaflex - and lots of it!

Gaffa tape sounds good for now and if it's as strong as my ducti wallet, it'll be fine!

At least there's a funny side - when pushing the car on the trailer (after the hole incident), I slipped flat on my face, gravel in the kneecap job (like when we were kids) and nearly had the car run over me back down the ramps.

SMWBO said it was hilarious watching from the kitchen.

Added the gravelled knees to the two seperate manifold shin burns and it's been a great day!

Pat...

P.S. I'm still smiling (had some southern comfort though).

How about a nice pannel with louvers on it that ends just over the damage. Do it on both sides and it may look like you intended it that way.
Dale

Bend up a bit of 3mm ally to form a 20 x 50 angle.
Round off all the corners and polish it.

Letter stamp (or a sticker) JACKING POINT on it.



There are two down sides to this....

1. You will have to obtain a scissor jack to hang on a nail in your garage to add credibility to your story.

And 2. The car will be 6mm wider so even more likely to catch it next time.



Paul G

Baarsteward i bet you swore!!!

I did the exact same thing when I first put my car on the trailer, to make matters worse when I climbed out with it half on the trailer to see what had happened I leant all my weight against the fibreglass seat and broke that also.The air was a bit blue for some time, I took a disk cutter to the offending parts of the trailer.
I sorted it by hammering the metal back and filling with some plastic metal which when rubbed down nearly blended in with the matt finish alloy panels, it is one of the reasons I have never polished the side panels on my car.
Paul.

Jacking point - I like this one best so far!

Pat...

Its a trackday car isn't it?

if so, sod the hole it'll get a lot worse once it hits the track, just hammer it flat!

Fortunately cosmetics were never my strongpoint (one reason for racing in autograss lol) and my brother managed to crash a car into the back of my locost before it even rolled out of the garage!!

Back panel has been a mess since but you can't see it from the drivers seat!