How hard to fit sills on a 2door

[scott10]

Has anyone got a link to a thread that someone has replaced the sills as I can't find anything with the search function

[Grrrmachine]

Cut old one off, weld new one on. It's a standard bodywork procedure.

Best advice would be, if you've never done this before then don't try it at home. Take it to a professional and watch how he does it.

If you want to see what a car looks like with the sill off, check out the resto thread in my signature, page 4.

[scott10]

Ok thanks for ur advice ill give it ago and try it myself as am not bad with a welder and a cut off saw.

[scott10]

]Ok thanks for * advice ill give it ago and try it myself as am not bad with a welder and a cut off saw

[Grrrmachine]

That's not really how you do it. You want to drill the spot welds out, like any other panel.

[Sanchez]

Theres a zoner called shedrool83 in dundee who could help you out.

One on many of his e30s.
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 64&start=0

also some local help can be found here
http://retrobmw.forumotion.co.uk/

[shedrool83]

Theres a zoner called shedrool83 in dundee who could help you out.

One on many of his e30s.
http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 64&start=0

also some local help can be found here
http://retrobmw.forumotion.co.uk/

It's my cousin Peter he's buying a 2 door shell that needs 2 new sill plus alot of other bits bodywork wise .

He wants to do all the work himself and is just looking for pointer really how to go about it.

I will help him as much as i can but bodywork ain't my strong point.

I'm sure he will manage ok once he gets in about it.

[Sanchez]

Its a small world.

Surely you dont have a weak point when working with e30s Jake. Your cars are are credit to your skills mate.


Maybe have a look through YouTube at other car makes to get some tips.

Ide say not to much heat in one place too distort the metal and be patient.

[Grrrmachine]

There's a great New Zealander on Youtube who does metal repair videos. His one about drilling out spot welds helped me enormously

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[scott10]

Thanks a lot for the video and the advice