Don't do what I did!-use wooden blocks

Created a bowl size dent using a floor jack. I should have used a wooden block to distribute the weight. Does this create any structural issues, it appears to be connected to the frame and suspension? Possible to bend back? Am I overthinking it, it's a truck and bottom carriage is made to get dinged and bent from off-roading?

 

I'd leave it be. Thanks for the heads up.

 

What I circled in blue is literally its job, that is the jack point.

With that being said, what you dented wont effect anything.

 

There’s a round circle dead ahead of that dent you put. That’s the jack point

 

It is fine, that is smother than anything on my last Toyota.

 

Actually, I take that back. It's ugly and you should buy a front and transmission skid from us to cover it.

 

I like the way you think.

 

I think it will likely be fine....wouldn’t worry about it. The “nipple” that protrudes just forward of that area is the lift point specified in the service manual....so, if you are using a floor jack, that is a safe jacking point to use. No need for a block if lifting at that point.

 

Wrong, he has better ground clearance now.

 

If your not sure where to put a jack, check with the manual or the dealer.... under the frame or lower control arms/ rear axle are always good places...

 

Part out.

 

Jack it up using the skid?

 

He could, yes. If you have alum skid from us, use wood block so teeth on jack dont dent the material.

 

So is the blue ⭕️ an actual jack point? I thought it looked like but wasn’t sure..

 

Yup. That is where you want to lift from underneath with a floor jack. That is literally its only purpose.

 

Good to know! Thanks!

 

Just tell everyone that it is trail Carnage and you are lucky to be alive!

Otherwise, you got nothing to worry about. Won't hurt a thing.

 

I just roll the jack under, guess and start pumping. My steel Mobtown skid don't give a f*^%

 

Just tell everyone it was done to remove the suspension whisle and everyone will do it too.

 

Thats what I thought, too! I dented up my pie tin and scraped the jack point a few weeks back- cant wait for my shiny new steel @Mobtown Offroad universal jackpoints and dent avoidance covers to arrive also!!