freelander sills

Hi,

I've had a failure on my mot, I need new sills for a mk1 1996 freelander. Can anyone recommend where to buy them from? Autopanels don't sell them, and my local land rover dealer has quoted 88 pound!!! I need two, the car isnt worth that much!

thanks in advance

96 ?

r reg? Oops, 1997, lol Sorry.

never heard of sills on a freelander failing before

Any photos

Not with me, I've dropped the car off at a friends. He's began sorting my issues out for me, as I've had enough of cars for the moment (after restoring a mini!!)

The tester said it was within 30cm of my seat belt mounts.

The place were the worst rot is, is below my rear drivers side door.

Maybe the drain holes are blocked? I see lots of rusty Pajeros that are used to launch boats. Never seen a Freelander so rusty it fails the Mot!

Like any vehicle scratch it oft road and the tin worms starts.

Cheers for the replies, I'm gonna have to sorn it off the road for now. I can't find the sills cheap enough.
A few bills have come in this month. ;-(

you might have to get some sheets and shape them yourself

other way is to maybe find a scrappers check the sills and cut them out and weld them to yours

Nodge68 said:

Maybe the drain holes are blocked? I see lots of rusty Pajeros that are used to launch boats. Never seen a Freelander so rusty it fails the Mot!

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Drain holes are they in the jacking points ?

I have seen 3 rusty ones now. 1 was a 98 model, and had already been patched before I bought it, on the passenger sill at the rear
Another was where the side step had been poorly fitted, and rubbed off all the paint on an early TD4.
The 3rd was an 02 plate TD4, with low miles, but both sills were completely ####ed at the back ends...

NOOOO!!!

Freelanders don't rust! Ask the eggsperts! .

Ian jones said:

Drain holes are they in the jacking points ?

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Yep. The plastic cover that clips on the jacking point fills with mud that effectively blocks the drain holes!! This would cause rust.

Just remember to fill sills and other closed profiles (chassis, doors ect( with fresh waxes some times
I filled mine when bought it 4yrs ago, and fill again last time when fitting roll cage
Any signs of rust yet.

Nodge68 said:

Yep. The plastic cover that clips on the jacking point fills with mud that effectively blocks the drain holes!! This would cause rust.

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Mine was caked with mud. The freelander was abused before i got her, it wasnt looked after too well. nothing was checked or serviced!

Nodge68 said:

Yep. The plastic cover that clips on the jacking point fills with mud that effectively blocks the drain holes!! This would cause rust.

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Thought so , lost 1 cover last year , so took the rest off , they did fill with mud on a regular basis , i will check the drain holes are not blocked , cheers