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Old 10th September 2019, 10:16   #1
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I noticed some bubbling at the rear of the offside sill on my car.
when i started to rub it down to treat it a few small holes appeared in a 2" area. On prodding with a screwdriver the inner seems strong.

So it will have to be welded but i cannot seem to find anywhere where you can buy a whole or part sill..


Any clues as to where i can get one ?


Thanks in advance for any guidance.
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Old 10th September 2019, 10:22   #2
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Done the sills on my own car and it's not much fun. No new sills or part available other than the Polish ones which seem more trouble than they're worth.

Try contacting this guy, http://www.tjhobbs.com/contact.html comes highly recommended and is worth the journey.

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Old 10th September 2019, 11:14   #3
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I noticed some bubbling at the rear of the offside sill on my car.
when i started to rub it down to treat it a few small holes appeared in a 2" area. On prodding with a screwdriver the inner seems strong.

So it will have to be welded but i cannot seem to find anywhere where you can buy a whole or part sill..


Any clues as to where i can get one ?


Thanks in advance for any guidance.
I'm going to see Tom Hobbs next month for mine
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Old 10th September 2019, 11:28   #4
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Tom is the best and very reasonable. ☺
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Old 10th September 2019, 12:12   #5
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What do you think that 2" hole cost to repair?
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Old 10th September 2019, 17:42   #6
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Not sure. Once poked my old 75 had huge sections at the back of the sills that needed cutting out and replacing. Tom charged £100 a side to cut out and make new by hand. He's so good Marinabrian and Trikey use him all that way away. ☺
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The Rover 75 always seem to rust on the offside cill rather that the nearside one more often than not is that a weak spot??
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Old 10th September 2019, 20:21   #8
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Mine looked that way, but when investigated both were as bad. There is padding in the sill that holds water. Tom removes it.
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