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[Aridgerunner]

I am in the process of replacing the inner and outer sills on TJ's Mini. It's been a long time since I worked on the car but I'm back on it now. For a while anyway.

My question is what stops outside air from traveling up through the flutes of the outer sill and past the inner sill support piece? There is quite a gap between that piece and the outer sheet metal.

I sure hope I didn't make a major mistake because the left side is all done.

Thanks, Bill
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[T5FAU]

That looks correct to me, its how it is.

[ThermalEvent]

Looks about right to me too. There is nothing to stop air getting past but I dont think it's much of an issue? Can't be a bad thing to let the sills breathe in my opinion.

If I had to guess mine would be about 6-8mm. When I installed the rear door cards I found this covered up most of the gap and makes it look much better

[Aridgerunner]

Thanks guys! I forgot about the rear door cards because this car came to use without them. It was a."rust free" car. We didn't have to pay for the rust.

Thanks again!

[Daz1968]

Pretty sure my car had some foam in that gap, however I didn’t refit it when restoring