Plastic door sills....

I've ripped the ones off mine. but only beacause the thingas rotten. Do a search for discovery rock sliders plenty of pics out there of em without the plastic sills.

they look fine without the trims - seems to me the only purpose for the sill covers is to hold muck next to the sills so they rot away

This is what I found after i had taken my plastic sill covers off;






After welding, including the bottoms of the door pillars;






Be prepared to get busy with your angle grinder and MIG welder. Alternativley, take the advice of my Mother, and 'don't pick at it, you'll only make it worse!'

neat welds moneypit, what thickness steel did you use as repair sections?

battenberg said:

neat welds moneypit, what thickness steel did you use as repair sections?

Click to expand...

As much as I would like to take the credit for the welding, that wasn't me. All I did was the prep work and the paint. If I'd have known back then just how much welding work the bloody vehicle required then I would have bought myself a MIG.

I can tell you that it was 3mm plate though.

sounds about right-vast sums for a repair, I've now bought my own mig
but some kind soul has pointed out it would be easier to replace the whole sill with 2" box section - last longer to

trax99 said:

sounds about right-vast sums for a repair, I've now bought my own mig
but some kind soul has pointed out it would be easier to replace the whole sill with 2" box section - last longer to

Click to expand...

50mmx50mm is no good you need 40mmx80mm minimum for new sills. ideal size to use is 40mmx100mm or 50mmx100mm

This is what I found on my latest purchase.

redhand said:

This is what I found on my latest purchase.

Click to expand...

nothing a little body filler would not fix

90boy said:

nothing a little body filler would not fix

Click to expand...

Expanding foam and a long bladed knife is quicker & cheaper..

I was lucky and there was no rot what so ever (warm climate) I fitted sliders/jackable sills and then used a strip of reinforced rubber which I glued to bridge the gap between body and slider, looks good and stops the crap getting in there.

If anyone is interested I will grab a couple of pics?

regards

Dave

Definitely interested in pics ...

redhand said:

This is what I found on my latest purchase.

Click to expand...

I'd suggest welding them up, but I'm not sure that there is any decent metal left to weld to?

Disco Moneypit said:

I'd suggest welding them up, but I'm not sure that there is any decent metal left to weld to?

Click to expand...

It's going to the great rustpile in the sky shortly..