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I think this has happened to all our cars at some point in their lives. Car goes to garage, they use a flat plate on jack to lift the car up. The weight of the car then crumples the bottom of the sill.

How can we avoid this?

Stand over the garage monkeys and make sure they use the cross members/sub frame ! Or dont take it to a local garage where they dont give a s%^t

Take a large piece of timber with you. You can either use it to spread the load or to beat the mechanic. Your choice

PeteK wrote:Take a large piece of timber with you. You can either use it to spread the load or to beat the mechanic. Your choice

Ha ha great advice, kind of a dual function thing. A proper hydraulic ramp is also safe I reckon.

All valid points guys, cheers. I especially like this idea

I hust wondered if there was a rubber pad that could be used to protect the sills.

You can also get a selection of rubber pads with cutouts to sit around the sills that fit the jack pads, I am actualy suprised more garages do not use them.

Or go extreme like and stick a cage in with steel plates welded under the cage mounts to act as jacking points

Jason