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Offline rich1977

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bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« on: 23 June 2011, 23:50 »
been cleaning the new toy tonight and checking for the dreaded rust, and all was going well passenger side is rust free under the 90 spec kit so all cleaned and plenty of wax oil used before re-fitting (was a few scabs on sill but with a quick grind was back to metal and then painted with hamerite) floor pan is spotless also.

was starting to get dark so decided to call it a night, but wanted to check why my dricers side sill cover was dropping a tad at the front. was gutted when I found this and my heart sank, the effected area is around 8 inchs long and starts from about where the rear of front wing mounts. not had much expereince with sills so not sure on if its repairable or if its a scrap her job  :cry: :cry: :cry:

anyway before I post pics, please keep in mind the rest of the shell is rust free, car runs like a dream and never misses a beat, just completed a 220 mile trip to liverpool and back without any probs, and car is a ongoing project. Im willing to have it fixed but not sure if it will come back in over areas having me chaseing it around so can people please advise me on my best option please.

pics here in my facebook album cant link direct for some reason

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150282365475077.557362.817710076

just to add theres no sign of the rust on the upper door shut area not sure if this makes a difference or not
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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #1 on: 23 June 2011, 23:52 »
cant see the pics mate only red X's

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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #2 on: 24 June 2011, 00:06 »
made into links
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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #3 on: 24 June 2011, 00:09 »
still n o good Rich mate

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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #4 on: 24 June 2011, 00:11 »
linked to facebook album this time, this is what happends when you loose your phone cable lol
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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #5 on: 24 June 2011, 00:16 »
lol not on face book so I cant help mate sorry

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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #6 on: 24 June 2011, 00:20 »
but my mam is hahahahahah

that's nothing mate just needs a sill section welded in, Ive seen/repaired alot worse   :wink:

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« Reply #8 on: 24 June 2011, 00:25 »
you any where near Newcastle??

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Re: bloody gutted ***rotten sill*** advice wanted
« Reply #9 on: 24 June 2011, 00:26 »
cool might have to get mate round at weekend then and get it sorted, my heart proper droped when I saw it started off as a 50p size hole till I started tapping it lol
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