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Model specific boards => Golf mk3 => Topic started by: dhryjack on 27 July 2010, 17:50
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Hi guys
missus asked me when our car had to have a mot, so today i looked to make sure when it was i had brought the car off ebay and did not really check the mot paper work just gave the car a once over
Looking at the MOT paper work noticed an advisory but no paper work so checked online thanks to the help from stickies on these forums :cool:
and oil leak ala ( http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=158957.msg1465184#msg1465184 ) :(
and sills corroded :(
just had a look at the car 1 side seems fine but this is what i found on the other
(http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy14/JACKDOWNES/DSC00141Medium.jpg)
is that bad? 1 section down by the driver door is flat i have no idea tbh
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I think it will be a fail to be honest mate, it isnt too expensive to have fixed though, maybe £150 a side?!
At least youve just put my mind at rest about the seriousness of mine :grin:
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lol great more money :( cheers chap
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looks a bit like mine :P I got an advisory for mine last year saying corroded but in an unspecified area for a fail, so you might get lucky. would be a good idea to get it done anyway though :P
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How long does it take?
will they place repair or replace the sills?
thinking you can pick up the sills for next to nothing sure ive got a mate who can weld? then just get them sprayed
if for £150 ish its replacement sills + paint then thats a fair price
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Not sure but I'd guess they would get a pattern part outter sill remove the old one and weld on the new one, or maybe if its not so bad cut away the rust and weld a plate on then cover it in underseal. Depends how far back the rust goes
Whatever they do a large majority of the costs will be labour
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not bad at all, and wont be a fail either as no holes in it as far as I can see.
run a grinder up n down the sill to remove all the loose rust, stonechip paint and underseal, then give it a coat of deox gel to kill the rust. cover with clingfilm if possible to keep it moist, or just re-apply every now & again. that should kill all the remaining rust. give it a coat of good zinc primer, then a coat of a good chassis paint such as por15. then some underseal to finish the job and if you want some body colour on the ouside of the sill to neaten it up
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Mine are far worse that that and had an advisory last year and same again this year so yours is not a fail. Sills I'm on about!
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Being that bad should fail the mot.
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think its best to take down a garage and ask if it will fail gives me a few months to get it done.
gonna take it to a body shop 2 but dont wanna be stung extra for something that is not bad