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[fezzasus]

After my adventures last night, i'm trying to decide how to tackle the sill damage. Any ideas are welcome.

Sill 1.



Damage to the wheel arch section, also previous damage from incorrect jacking position. Probably repairable, but is there any point when there's existing damage at the back of the sill?

Sill 2.



Blow out for about 2/3 length of car where sill bonds to chassis. Not sure how to patch this.

So i'd welcome any suggestions, mainly looking at the following options:

1. Repair, if so how
2. replace with 2nd hand part
3. vs. replace with ebay/village fox part, how much prep do they actually need?
4. assemble a crack team to raid Vocky's garage.

On the plus side, this is going to make running the CC pipes easier.

[J4EY D]

Sorry to see this I say option 4, I'm willing to help

[vocky]

looks like you need a new sill

[vocky]

Sorry to see this

I say option 4, I'm willing to help

I have released the man eating cats to protect them

[Bootdog]

I've to get a similar repair to one sill, same as your "sill 2" and silver as well, GROUP BUY? For info I got both sills repaired (jacking holes) last year for about £500, then 2 months later I ran over an alternator and it put a nice hole in one of them again ...

[FLD]

Sill 1 doesn't look too bad a job. I'm not sure about sill 2, you'd need access to the inside. Can you get at it?

[fezzasus]

Repairs have started https://www.dropbox....13 12 47 56.jpg

Edited by fezzasus, 31 March 2013 - 12:16 PM.

[fezzasus]

Sill 1 doesn't look too bad a job. I'm not sure about sill 2, you'd need access to the inside. Can you get at it?

Not really, might look at cutting that sill off to repair it. At the moment I've solved the issue with duct tape.

[Bargi]

Repairs have started https://www.dropbox....13 12 47 56.jpg

Might as well run some charge cooling pipe while you're down there...

[Ivor]

I've put a hole in the top of my sill, seem to recall reading something about sill covers, are they available and if so from where? Got to be easier than changing sill ?

[fezzasus]

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item4171b169dc

[Ivor]

Thanks,

[fezzasus]

It's going to get uglier before it gets better.



All the parts that were left have been reattached, now using aluminium mesh to cover gaps before applying fibreglass to front and rear of it.

[fezzasus]

For anyone interested, this is what the sill looks like now.

[CocoPops]

Top job! Pretty impressive considering what you started with!

[techieboy]

Pretty impressive considering what you started with!

Yeah, silver really is the pits.

[CocoPops]

Pretty impressive considering what you started with!

Yeah, silver really is the pits.

You wicked man!

[fezzasus]

Adding to this I was behind Stuwy on the Hayling island run and collected part of his bodywork as I came around the corner, so I have now fixed that.



Don't worry Matt, It won't be staying silver.

[fezzasus]

Top job! Pretty impressive considering what you started with!

Thanks, although I haven't touched the other side yet and that's going to be a real test - no access to the back of it.

[techieboy]

Don't worry Matt, It won't be staying silver.

Good man. Decided already? Or up for an .org vote?