New sills

[bangerbrian]

Hi all

I managed to ripped off my sills because it was sooo rusty :roll:

Where can I buy some and how much will they be?

Cheers

[mowgli]

you can't





Only kidding

Try a decent local motor factors
or http://www.perfectpanels.co.uk/

[ade]

beeverautos panels. Theyre pattern parts and you'll need to fettle them but you can get 1 types - 1/2 skin and full sill.

Full sill is easier to fit apparantly. Only £15 each...I recently bought 2. Quick delivery too.

[Adam*D]

I'm breaking my nova XE because I removed a side skirt and found I had no sill! £15 each should really have just replaced them!

[mikey14sr]

£15 each but using disposable bottles of co2 from machine-mart with the welder will cost you £18, then some wire if you've run out of 0.6mm (Providing you have/have access to a welder), a cutting disc or 2 and a grinding disc, then painting it all afterwards. It soon adds up but if that's all that needs doing it's worth it imo.

[bangerbrian]

It wont be that much cos i have an access to a welder and its going to on a stock car so it wont be perfect!

Cheers everyone who helped :)

[mikey14sr]

ahh, still, remenber to trim out all the nasty stuff first and make sure that bottom lip is nice and shiny, plug-weld it there on a highish setting to ensure penetration through all the layers that make up the lip.

[draper]

plug-weld it there on a highish setting to ensure penetration through all the layers that make up the lip.

whats plug-welding ??

[davehaynes]

where you have removed the old sill you will have drilled out the old spot welds so plug welding will add weld to the holes left from drilling out the spot welds.
like a plug in your bath hole :D but with weld and a sill.

[draper]

ahhhh, im with you know

[mikey14sr]

Hole drilled in the new panel where it overlaps an old one, about 8mm big, then with a mig welder you weld around the edge of the hole with a bit of extra power and wire speed and work your way into the centre of the hole as you go. It's the poor mans spot-weld basicly, but done right it will penetrate right though the inner sill skin and into the lip of the floor skin, basicly re-inforcing the original spot-welds along that seam.

It's recommended to use the technique in the GroupA build guide inbetween the original spot-welds in any area you cant run a bead of weld, like where the steering arms come through the front chassis legs.

There's a guide to Plug-welding Here (http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/plug-weld.htm), from a very usfull site and forum for welders.

[bangerbrian]

beeverautos panels. Theyre pattern parts and you'll need to fettle them but you can get 1 types - 1/2 skin and full sill.

Full sill is easier to fit apparantly. Only £15 each...I recently bought 2. Quick delivery too.

What is beeverauto panels site? tried google but cant find one :confused:

[Jack]

http://www.beeversautopanels.co.uk/

[Dave.]

try http://www.crashrepairparts.com/panels-lamps/parts/markid/844/vauxhall_nova_1983_1989_mk1

i bought my crossmember off them, brilliant service :thumb: