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General => General discussion => Topic started by: kaine2010 on 13 December 2011, 09:52
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is there anyone who is able to help me i have a mk3 golf gti and discovered a lot of rust under the plastic trim how do i go about sorting it out do i have to replace the sills or can i treat it myself using a industrial strength rust acid ?? how much am i looking at in replacing the sills its a 3 door gti please helllpp !!!
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is there anyone who is able to help me i have a mk3 golf gti and discovered a lot of rust under the plastic trim how do i go about sorting it out do i have to replace the sills or can i treat it myself using a industrial strength rust acid ?? how much am i looking at in replacing the sills its a 3 door gti please helllpp !!!
Well it really depends what 'a lot' is.
Sounds like a welding job to me.
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Not too sure its 15 years old I don't know weather to take the plastic covering off to view the whole sill the bit of plastic that's broken is near the front drivers side and looks really bad just wondering if its worth Replacing both sills as I plan on keeping the car if i get it fixed I think the plastic covering is hiding a lot of rust underneath :(
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Chances are its going to be very rusty under the plastic sills, will be worth taking them off completely to assess the damage. Also the factory sealent tends to hide a lot of rust too. Probably find under the arch trims it's going rusty too, very common problem.
As sills are structural you must get new panels welded in properly if you are going to address the problem. You can buy replacement sills to weld in yourself, or take it to a good garage if you're not too competent with a welder.
Ring around garages to get some ideas on price, unfortuneately it varies a lot area to area
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Take it all off, that is the only proper way to find out how bad the rust really is. If it's bad then it needs to be cut out and welded.
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They usually rot out at the front and back of both sills usually at jacking points. Patent sills can be bought of ebay for £15. You could either replace the lot or just the sections that have rotted out. Any surface rust can be ground down to bare metal and treated with rust killer. Best bet is to get the grinder out and see what is what then you can go from there. Beware to check where the sill meets the floor as this can also be a problem. I've just done a power of welding in my Mk3 build thread below including a sill so have a look if you want mate.
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Take plastic off. It a rust trap. Only get metal replaced that is rotted. Recently did this on mine and the rust tends to creep under the factory sealant and looks ok. The plastic grommets on the outer edge of the floor pan also rust. Near side is usually worse due to being next to pavement and having more puddles And debris there.
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will take it to the garrage this afternoon as i dont think i will be able to do it myself thanks for helping will keep you posted i think the car is worth keeping as it has a full service history from vw and only had 2 lady owners will take the covering off tonyt and assess the damage to see if i can just chop the bad bits out :)
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Don't worry about it, comes standard with MK3's.
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you can ignore it, the rustworm need to eat something and theve nearly eaten all the BL sh!te that was ever made.
or pay lots of money to have it fixed, often ends up been quicker and easyer to swap the whole sill out imo
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Hi Kaine,
Resident Mk3 expert is a chap called " Diamond Hell"
Ask him. He's a fountain of Knowledge on the Mk3
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Hi Kaine,
Resident Mk3 expert is a chap called " Diamond Hell"
Ask him. He's a fountain of Knowledge on the Mk3
:laugh: :laugh:
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you can ignore it, the rustworm need to eat something and theve nearly eaten all the BL sh!te that was ever made.
or pay lots of money to have it fixed, often ends up been quicker and easyer to swap the whole CAR out imo
:wink:
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Worth doing if you can do it yourself, not so much if you have to pay someone else to fix it though. :cry:
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Scrap the c*nt.
2 lady owners ain't worth sh*t in the face of rampant sill rot.
Then buy a TDI G3 as it won't have the poxy sill covers, which have caused the problem in the first place.
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thanks for all the info took it to garage and he said i shouldnt worry about it until the mot which is next year but i told him i was concerned as i dont want the whole car to rot he advised me to go to a welder place which i did he said he would look at it thursday for me i asked him how much is it for a full replacement sill he quoted me £60 labour each one and 20 each for the sill itself so altogether £160 for both sides but odviousley this could be more cheaper if it isnt as bad as the whole sill rotting :( i dont think its too badly priced as regards to looking into how much work is needed to replace the sills itself theres a few other bits of rust which i have grinded and treated with rust killer hopefully after this crap is done with things should be better as i dont want to part with it travelled 160 miles to pick it up and dont fancy car hunting again :(
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thats very cheap mate would look at quality of work for that price :wink: