Long story short, I jacked up the car in the wrong spot and now there is a bump in the left side of the driver's side floor. I only jacked the car up enough so that the front tire wasn't touching the ground. Is there anyway to fix this without turning it into a Flintstones car? When I push down on the bump I hear a creaking.
I tried hammering it which didn't seem to do anything. I also tried putting my weight on it and bouncing. Now I have 100lbs in free weights on top of it which I hope will do something over the weekend.
Any suggestions without completely flaming me?

 

but flaming you is the key, or flaming your floor at least.

you need to strip out the area so there is no rug or flamable crap, heat the floor with a torch (a flame spreader attachment will let you get the area evenly) hammer it while it is hot.

 

is there any other way? It doesn't have to be perfect. I can't even jack the car up right, I'm not going to be able to use a blow torch.

 

Have it taken care of by a pro at the body shop.

 

i would have to agree with david. Not being an *** but if jacking the car up causes problems with you then you def. dont wanna be taking the interior apart and using a torch and hammer.

 

I added another 100lbs in weights so I have 200lbs on it now. Hopefully that weighs it down some.

 

I don't have money to put towards a repair. I guess I'll keep the 200lbs on it for the remainder of the weekend hoping to even it out and maybe hit it with a hammer some more next week

 

Sorry about your experience, there is nothing worse than the feeling you get when you know you have done something truly stupid. Unfortunately, I know that feeling all too well.

The weights and hammering aren't going to do anything. The hammering could actually cause more problems if it leads to metal fatigue.

Take it to a shop to have it professionally repaired as soon as you can afford it. From your mod list, it looks like you have already put a ton of money in the car. Deal with the bump until you can have it taken care of properly.

 

This happened to my friends civic and all we did was use a small section of 2X4 and a huge sledge hammer. The wood will soften the blow and limit the stretching. The sheet metal is none load bearing so it's quite easy to bend. To be even more safe you can place a 2x4 held up with a jack under the bent area to even further limit the stretching. Kind of like how you hammer dents out in body panels.

 

OMG that sucks man. Z are no joke when it come to backing a car up. In my advise for next time I never use a metal to metal while jacking a car up I always use a piece of wood in between the jack and the car

 

I'm sorry... but LOL

 

that sux dude, well this could be worse i had a friend whose gun actually went off in his car and now hes driving with a huge bullet hole in the floorboard. its been like a year and he still gets all kinds of crap from people lol. id much rather have the bump in the floorboard.

 

+1!

For what it's worth, I felt bad for laughing!

 

it wasnt in a z, in another car.

 

This happened to me too. There is a piece of 3 to 4 inch styrofoam on the left side of floor board so hammering there won't help. Take the seat out, pull up the left side of the carpet, remove the styrofoam, then hammer the area out with a 2 x 4. The metal is really soft in this area. When you're done you'll never know it was there.

 

MAybe sell the car, move forward & learn from your past mistakes.....or have the bump removed by a decent bodyshop that you trust.

 

he may be able to use a C clamp if it's not too far from the door sill. wood placed under car and on bump, tighten as much as you can.

I still think you are going to see heat used if you take it to a shop. Heating the floor from underneath may be easier if there are no lines and hose to worry about.

 

LOL that story was so funny that it sounded fake. But sorry to hear that man. i'm just laughing at the way you told the story. hope you get that tumor fixed!

 

A little update, I bounced up and down on it for a little and then left 200lbs in free weights on it for about 36 hrs and now the bump is not visible but if I'm running my foot along the carpet I can tell there's a bump like a wallet/cell phone under the car mat. I'm fine with it now. Maybe in the future I'll pull up the carpet and bang it down a little more. Thanks for the help guys.