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[Mart!]

while replacing the sills on my clubman estate i noticed there's actually 2 panels (the floor panel and the sill panel) with a small gap between them where the front legs would bolt in (in the rear bins). i had planed to bolt it through the floors with a plate underneath to spread the loads, but with the gap between the panels i'm wondering if this will make the panels warp. i dont really care if the inside bends, but i dont want the sills to look caved in... did anybody experience this or is the gap negligeable and i should just bolt it in and forget about it?

[Mart!]

anyone?

[Cooperman]

There shouldn't be a gap betwen the sills, but if there is, then there is!
With roll gages, their inherent srength means that any fitting issues will end up with distorted panels. I fitted new outer sills to my rally Cooper 's' quite recently and when I bolted the front part of the cage back in it slightly distorted the sill. I guess it doesn't really matter as the strength is there and, after all, that's why you put a cage in to begin with.
A 3 mm spreader plate of, say, 4" x 3" on the outside, welded on, as the MSA regulations require, will help somewhat.

[rosco454]

Does the car have oversills fitted as they may account for the gap,especially if they have been badly fitted.