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Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:18 am
by turbo-tom
How does it get through the mot? Dont the sill get looked at as a structual point?

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:22 am
by ScottieJ
The sill is still a sill, just not in the same form as a standard one, no strength has been lost. It's only an MOT fail if the sills are rusty, mine aren't rusty ;) Sj sills aren't really structural in the same sense and a monocoque vehicle. However rusty sills fail because of the 12" from a body, seat or seatbelt mounting point.

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:24 am
by turbo-tom
Ahh I see :) I would of thought you would of made it stronger anyway because therebis thicker/less metal to crumple.

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:25 am
by ScottieJ
turbo-tom wrote:Ahh I see :) I would of thought you would of made it stronger anyway because therebis thicker/less metal to crumple.
The material used for the sill tuck is the old outer sill panel ;) cut off and put back on upside down (at an angle) only the floors had new material put in.

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:39 am
by turbo-tom
Ahh yeah I see how you have done it now! Presume its a homebrew choice? Have only seen your truck with it.

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 8:48 am
by twiss
I quite like the look of tube sills myself... its a bit of an undertaking to chop the sills out and replace them all unless you actually need to do it though!

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:08 am
by ScottieJ
Mine were rot free! I needed to do it they were in the way :hahaha:

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:13 am
by turbo-tom
Mine are rot free so I decide to put checker plate on them then to think water will get in and rot it behind my eye. Dozy twat I am :roll:

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:16 am
by ScottieJ
Chequer plate is the worst thing you can fit!!!!!!!! Get it off before its too late!

When I took the sill covers off karis's old SJ it was soaking wet underneath and I mean soaking wet!

Re: The Chat Room for turbo tom and Jordi

Posted: Wed Jul 03, 2013 9:22 am
by turbo-tom
Yeah thats what I thought when I put them on there sealed with sickaflex. But water will still find its way in. It lives in a dry garage so might be alright only time will tell until I can be arsed to take them off