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Post a pic of the top.

If it is only the center portion deformed, then you can tap/press them out, it is only thin sheet metal.

If it is as Dave at TRE wrote, the magnesium frame or the hinges, then it is toast. You can attempt to add/bolt on some rigid steel plates. I did this in a bind while waiting for a replacement hinge from Dan at CARSINC NJ. Also very hard to find a good mangesium welder to work the material. I asked a guy experienced in aluminum and it litterally blew up, he stopped very quickly and rigged up the steel plate for me.
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