What's up brotha! You can and will bend the body if you are not using the ratchet properly. I recommend Turing the ratchet into the body. I never had an issue since then. I would recommend using the spider 3/4 or bat since it's closer to the body
I watched and followed step for step on exact same car with same tools and had amazing success had anxiety the whole time. But now to do opposite side I get confused on wrapping cord
Happen to remember exactly where you got the plastic protector sheets from? vdk carries the rectangular ones but at $18 for 4 of em I’m all for a cheaper route lol