Sills
Started by
mayfairman
, Dec 18 2004 08:58 AM
11 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 18 December 2004 - 08:58 AM
Hi folks,
Am just wating for a quote back from a garage on the cost of replacing both outer sills with the full width 9inch ones, as it is a fairly involved job they said it will be fairly expensive, any one got any ball park figures on what i might be looking at?
I had a look at the sills the other day as the mot is coming up and the dreaded tinworm is there with a hole in one.Many thanks :sad:
I am providing the sills.
Am just wating for a quote back from a garage on the cost of replacing both outer sills with the full width 9inch ones, as it is a fairly involved job they said it will be fairly expensive, any one got any ball park figures on what i might be looking at?
I had a look at the sills the other day as the mot is coming up and the dreaded tinworm is there with a hole in one.Many thanks :sad:
I am providing the sills.
#2
Posted 19 December 2004 - 12:01 AM
I had oversills and a floorpan seam welded in for £90. I supplied the panels. If they are going to cut off the old ones then maybe another hour and a halfs labour.
#3
Posted 19 December 2004 - 09:14 AM
I charge £80 per side (including sill) but i fitt them corectly by spot welding the door step/rear 1/4 seam and miging the rest
I remove the rusty original sill
I use weld-through zinc primer
I spray them with body shutz after (this is ok over new panels , its only when you spray it over rust that the problems start )
For those of you across the pond , sill = rocker panel
I believe there is a dole monkey that will fit them for £30 a side :grin: but i think he uses wood screws , no nails and an arc blober/hole maker
I remove the rusty original sill
I use weld-through zinc primer
I spray them with body shutz after (this is ok over new panels , its only when you spray it over rust that the problems start )
For those of you across the pond , sill = rocker panel
I believe there is a dole monkey that will fit them for £30 a side :grin: but i think he uses wood screws , no nails and an arc blober/hole maker
#4
Posted 19 December 2004 - 11:06 AM
hmm I'm expensive then...
£100 a side but I do a very good job LOL
alex
£100 a side but I do a very good job LOL
alex
#5
Posted 20 December 2004 - 01:18 AM
Woody, I may be over here... but I know what a sill is. The word you guys use that messes me up is calling a convertible top a "hood".
Aren't the 9" panels oversills? I cut my sills off and put regular sills back on with all the prep work described above.
Aren't the 9" panels oversills? I cut my sills off and put regular sills back on with all the prep work described above.
#6
Posted 20 December 2004 - 08:49 AM
80 pounds is a great price I think to completely and properly replace a sill!
One question though guys: When replacing sills if you do it one by one, there is no need to cross brace the shell, right?
One question though guys: When replacing sills if you do it one by one, there is no need to cross brace the shell, right?
#7
Posted 20 December 2004 - 09:04 AM
because the mini has the crossmember which the seats bolt onto, this acts as a brace so you could do both sill at once...One question though guys: When replacing sills if you do it one by one, there is no need to cross brace the shell, right?
#8
Posted 20 December 2004 - 01:56 PM
Not to start an argument here, but replace sills "one at a time". Yes the crossmember adds strength... left to right. The sill imparts fore-aft rigidity to the car. If your inner sills are at all questionable, removing both outer sills at once may allow the car to "sag" a bit. This will be less likely if you replace them one at a time.
#9
Posted 20 December 2004 - 04:53 PM
good point dk about the state of the inner sills, only ever do one side at a time if the inner sills are in anything bar perfect condition, and as most of us probably have found out at some stage when you have to do a sill there is normally something else which you have to do as well..
sorry for the confusion thanks again dk
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sorry for the confusion thanks again dk
:wales:
#10
Posted 20 December 2004 - 07:54 PM
Brace it up it takes 10 minutes and saves a lot of grief. As said the crossmember does as it says braces across not fore and aft.
#11
Posted 21 December 2004 - 04:15 PM
Many thanks for the replies that is about the price range i have been given i asume the rover 9" ones are not over sills as suggested by dklawson as i would like the old ones removed to get rid of any chance of the tinworm coming through again.Will let you know how i get on.
Many thanks for all your help :
#12
Posted 21 December 2004 - 08:31 PM
Perhaps 9" ones aren't oversills, I'm not near my car that I can measure them. Regardless, I'm glad you're removing the old ones and not covering them. You're doing a much better fix.
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