there's no way the bar could have bent unless something very big happened. That spring steel is very tough stuff. It's fine, I'm sure. If it is bent right now, be careful, because it'll spring back when you take it off.

-Philip Maynard '95 Contour [71 STS | Track Whore] '97 Miata [71 ES | Boulevard Pimp] 2006 autocross results