Rock poked a whole in my underbody

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funhouse

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I'm new to driving a car this low to the ground. I have gotten better about going in drive ways and dodging any kind of bumps. So I was driving down the interstate and I see a rather large stone. As I got closer to it I could tell it was going to smack my bottom. I got stuck by traffic on my side so I couldn't switch lanes. I tried to swerve but it tagged me under the driver seat. I could hear it crunch metal, I cringed.

After my exit I pulled over too afraid to look.It crunched up a part of the heat shield from what I could see. Towards the center tunnel under the drivers seat.
When I got home I jacked it up and it also poked a silver dollar sized hole in the cover underneath it. I think it's just a heat/sound shield. It's not metal and it has a weird texture on the outside.

Can I just bend the heat shield back in place? Is there anything up there that I have to worry about rust or anything like that?
 
Sounds like a reasonable plan. There shouldn't be much to worry about, but it's hard to say with out seeing it. If the undercoating protecting the body sheetmetal is in any way damaged, you'll need to patch it with spray on bedliner or something.
 
funhouse said:
I'm new to driving a car this low to the ground.
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One the biggest dangers of a sports car is how close it is to the ground.

My former bride tagged a small rock with the side of the front tire when driving our 1-month-old '84 Pontiac Trans Am.

We heard a double thud under the car and pulled over right away and took a look and to our horror saw fluids pouring from the underside of the car. :headbang:

We shut it down immediately and called the dealer. The rock wasn't bigger than a pill bottle but it flipped up edge-on and hit the oil pan and transmission pan and tore a hole in both of them.

Lesson learned is that if you hear something hit the bottom of a sports car, it is best to stop immediately and take a look.
 
Welcome to the forum and sorry to hear your pain!! Eek. Yes, debris and kerbs (don't know American term for this) can be a pain. Sorry no advice for the small hole.

Careful when parking head-on to a kerb - can scrape the underside of the bumper! :driving:
 
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