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Neil907 · #1 Post by **Neil907** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 3:53 pm

Does anyone know where the best place to get these from would be.

Cheers Neil

DavePoth · #2 Post by **DavePoth** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:05 pm

The club does a lovely line in sills.

xvivalve · #3 Post by **xvivalve** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:06 pm

Mmmm, nice. In Zintec too...

dollysteve · #4 Post by **dollysteve** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 4:07 pm

The best place is from club stock. However if theses are a bit tricky try these people, ask about a stockist close to you.

http://www.carpanels.co.uk/index_catalogues.htm

Neil907 · #5 Post by **Neil907** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 6:30 pm

they look like its just a cover sill, im after the full panel.
Are the club ones a full panel.

dailysprinter · #6 Post by **dailysprinter** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 2:14 pm

It is a full sill minus the bit behind the front wing, but that is faily easy to fabricate up. I managed to chop one up and repair both sides, it welded lovely, I cannot see the point in repairing good steel, I still managed to repair bad bits of the inner sill too.

Neil907 · #7 Post by **Neil907** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:36 pm

Its had had cover sills fitted at some point and I took the inner wheel arches out the other day to find that the front bit behind the wing is non existent as is the bottom of the centre reinforcing section

Dollyboy · #8 Post by **Dollyboy** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:00 pm

a few folk have been over this in the past. you can get hold of OE sills that include that front section behind the wing, but they're more rare than chicken lips and to fit them you need to take the wings off. what a ball ache. however if the rot's set in you'd probably be well advised to take the wings off anyway, and be pre-warned, the chances are you'll uncover other patches that need repairing.

not too difficult to make repair pieces for the sections behind the bottoms of the wings, then make sure you paint them with something that will keep the water away from the metal - chassis paint, rust prevention paint (por15), or even hammerite will do. then fit the club sills.

club sills are cheaper than OE and made from better quality material that will resist rot far better than mild steel.

do it once, properly, and forget about it for years, thats by far the best approach.