Rusty sills... aarrgghhhh!!!

[hogweed]

After getting new frotn wings and rear arches last year, now the sills (which had been perfect for 4 years at that point) are becoming see-through.

My body-shop man says that, to fit new ones properly, is a massive job as they have to be welded on properly now, not just spotted, and coudl be Ԛ£300 a side.

He said this wasn't worth it, that he coudl repair the ones I've got, so they'd be OK for years - does this sound about right to ayone?

[dazleeds]

wtf Ԛ£300 a side omo he,s taking the piss mate try another garage or find someone on here who can weld thats very expensive if you were ner me i can def have it done for a lot less than that mate Daz

shop around

[smithy318i]

Ive been told you can spot weld them on! (as long as the gap between the welds isn't big enough to get a flat screwdriver in the gap)

your better off getting patches put on anyway.

[hogweed]

your better off getting patches put on anyway.

What, you mean that cover the whole sill? Sorry, bodywork's not really my thing...

Patches... patches.. anybody remember Clarence Carter...

[smithy318i]

I didnt think the whole sill would go at the same time. Usually the jack pionts go first... it then fails its MOT test and you fix it.
For the whole sill to be rusted away to nothing, is unusual as it should have been caught by the MOT station.

[Borderbmw]

Im pretty sure from memory that as long as the new sills are fitted in the same way as the factory(a complete sill) ie spot welds in the correct place then that is fine,but any repairs/patches must be seam welded to maintain the structural integrity of the sill.
Hope this helps a little

[dazleeds]

:yeahthat: im sure they can be tagged on just need to be quite closely tagged


border mate how ya doing

[Borderbmw]

Not so bad daz,how about you mate?

The missus had an operation for carpal tunnel on wednesday but she thought she'd burst her stitches last night so i spent 2.5 hours at the local casualty dept....oh joy!!! (local means 23 miles away)

Any more developments on the deck mate?

[dazleeds]

sorry to hear that mate
hope shes ok sounds bad

aint got no further with deck yet just finished fittin bathroom oh joy

got a few more days of fookin tileing to do
getting sick of it now

gonna get some sort of plan for deck sorted next weekend but def gonna be downsized a fair bit got to get a mini digger in to drag all the jungle away first haha

oh yeah other than the fogs what gauge did you need??
as also gonna do a bit of stripping this week too Daz

[Brianmoooore]

Im pretty sure from memory that as long as the new sills are fitted in the same way as the factory(a complete sill) ie spot welds in the correct place then that is fine,but any repairs/patches must be seam welded to maintain the structural integrity of the sill.
Hope this helps a little

That's how I understand it as well. But before the new MOT system is up and running, MOT fail points are not recorded, so as long as the repair is invisible, it is possible to get away with anything.

[dazleeds]

mine will be going for mot in a couple weeks and theyre all doing the new system round here