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Anonymous
18-11-01, 10:34 PM
Hi Peepz, My sills have formed a few holes, whats the best thing to do, get plates welded ar new sills? The sills are quite cheap but how much do you peeps reckon it will cost to have the work done? also, anyone know someone in the surrey area?

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Anonymous
19-11-01, 09:23 AM
Yeah get new sills. Do you not no anyone with a welder cause they are piss easy to do??

Anonymous
19-11-01, 11:16 AM
Yeah but I'm getting quoted like 80 quid a side?? No anyone cheap?

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Anonymous
19-11-01, 04:01 PM
sills r very hard to do if you wanna make a good job of it. otherwise ull see botched welding everywhere.

welding is expensive to do, god knows why tho. 80quid a side sounds right. but if u have a very good mate that can weld theyll do it cheaper.

Anonymous
19-11-01, 05:48 PM
u could fit side skirts and hide it! LOL

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Anonymous
21-11-01, 12:16 AM
lol@Micky....yep, do that :D

Only joking.....Dave is right about cost....you can get a garage to do it cheep, but often they only do the work to "pass the MOT standard"....i.e., botch them on any old how so there's a new sill, but shit loads of crappie looking welding.
Your' gonna pay a good bit more to get a nice finish, unless you have a mate who can do it for you.

Cost depends on the car though, 'cos I had two new sills on my Cortina, and that only cost ?20 a side, including the parts :O
I suppose knowing the bloke at the garage helps though ;)

Anonymous
21-11-01, 06:11 AM
u could buy lockwood or similar stainless sill plates to cover up the problem. on yer MoT they aren't allowed to disassemble the car in any way so if the problem is localised and the thing isnt like a swiss cheese this may be a good alternative if youve got yer MoT coming but sort it or point it out before someone buys it if yer sellin

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Anonymous
21-11-01, 11:52 AM
It took me about a day a side including bllending them perfectly in

Anonymous
23-11-01, 05:01 PM
i got a local guy to do it for ?70 for both sdes and a bit in the boot including the price of the sills. excellent job too!!!

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