Sills , front and rear valance

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gingerrusta
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 8:54 am

Hi guys

I wanted to know what is an original finish on the sills , front and rear valance
Of a pre facelift e30 please?

I’ve seen some with textured effect on front ( like stone chip ) and some smooth finishes on rear and sills .

I’m in process of restoring a pre facelift cabriolet so wanted to make sure it’s done correct .

Any advice help or pics would be greatly appreciated cheers
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 2:49 pm

Prefacelift cabriolet had stone chip on front and rear valances and sills.

The valances were body colour and the sills matt black.

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Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:30 pm

mine has stone chip front and rear body colour and satin black sills
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 4:30 pm

mine has stone chip front and rear body colour and satin black sills
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:27 pm

Cheers guys . So the sills aren’t stone chipped just matt black paint
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 6:58 pm

The sills will have been stone-chipped and then Matt-black on top rather than body-colour.
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Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:39 pm

Ok cheers
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Sat Oct 13, 2018 3:22 pm

Im very happy mine has still got sills !!

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