My belly pan had some minor speed bump damage right in the center. It came that way from the dealer. There is a trap door in the belly pan right in the front center. I was kind of worried that something could be hurt in the area behind the damage so I took out the clips/screws and pulled the trapdoor down. It is an access panel to the central jacking point. There is also a tow hook in the same place. Both are pretty strong looking, so I wouldn't be too concerned if you bumped a curb lightly pulling into a parking spot.

 

its in the manual, well the evo service manual for sure

 

thanks for the tip.

 

yeah that's where they need to hook your car for the dyno in the front

 

This will sound crazy to some of you. I cut my panel in half. That way, I can just take out three screws to get to that jacking point. It worked out well in terms of the number of screws and how it can be split.