'Pattern' Sills on an E30 Touring???

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Post Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:34 pm

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Post Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:41 pm

Are you doing the work yourself? if not I wouldn't worry too much a decent body shop can repair your sills simply using sheet metal
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Post Tue Jan 28, 2014 1:43 pm

4 door saloon sills and touring sills are identical.
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Post Tue Jan 28, 2014 4:38 pm

I've got a pattern sill on mine, no problems with it.

Just be prepared that you may have inner sill rot too. This can be repaired with standard sheet metal, and ought to be done if there's the least sign of rot, otherwise it'll spread to your pillars and floorpan, like it did mine:

http://www.e30zone.net/modules.php?name ... 51#2403051
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