cjmt Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi all, Just replaced one of the outer sills and have the other one to go. I dont really want to drill holes in my repaired sills if I dont have to given the holes in the original seem to be a prime cause of the holes I found. Does the sill trim actually do anything useful or can it just be left off??? Thanks all, Charlie (MOT due in t- 18 days....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moose Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Hi all, Just replaced one of the outer sills and have the other one to go. I dont really want to drill holes in my repaired sills if I dont have to given the holes in the original seem to be a prime cause of the holes I found. Does the sill trim actually do anything useful or can it just be left off??? Thanks all, Charlie (MOT due in t- 18 days....) I didnt put mine back on after the doing the sills over a year ago now, in fact i think i might even have sold them at a newbury sortout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeSheds Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 Just replaced one of the outer sills and have the other one to go. I dont really want to drill holes in my repaired sills if I dont have to given the holes in the original seem to be a prime cause of the holes I found. Does the sill trim actually do anything useful or can it just be left off??? AFAIK they just keep the MoT man from seeing how rotten our sills are - since you are replacing yours then no need. Unless you like the look of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmt Posted October 25, 2010 Author Share Posted October 25, 2010 AFAIK they just keep the MoT man from seeing how rotten our sills are - since you are replacing yours then no need. Unless you like the look of them? LOL, very true. Would also stop them looking at my dodgy welding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrRob Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 They are really useful at trapping mud, crud and water and rotting your new sills Motor looks better without too - a visual lift Mine were removed within 10mins of ownership.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahon257 Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 Here's a daft question! Have you got any front mudguards? Mine are missing. I suspect the plastic trim + mudguards were originally meant to keep the paint on the sills. As you can see, I too, have bought the T-Shirt on Door sills. I've put my trim back on... But I've used some serious paint on the Sills... "POR-15" expensive but tough as old boots. My car passed it's MOT 2 months before the 1st 2 pics were taken. So much for "a safety check." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmt Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 Here's a daft question! Have you got any front mudguards? Mine are missing. I suspect the plastic trim + mudguards were originally meant to keep the paint on the sills. As you can see, I too, have bought the T-Shirt on Door sills. I've put my trim back on... But I've used some serious paint on the Sills... "POR-15" expensive but tough as old boots. My car passed it's MOT 2 months before the 1st 2 pics were taken. So much for "a safety check." Good Lord! It makes you wonder why we bother fixing things if they'll be passed in that state! I should have ignored mine and not pocked holes in the bottom! Re mud flaps, I havent any front or back, I assume they rotted of with the previous owner. I was wondering about them for the sills. Perhaps I should get some. I have given mine several coats of hammerite and lots of underseal, hopefully that should keep it in good order for a bit. The vote seems to be no sills, suits me! Charlie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjmt Posted October 26, 2010 Author Share Posted October 26, 2010 They are really useful at trapping mud, crud and water and rotting your new sills Motor looks better without too - a visual lift Mine were removed within 10mins of ownership.... Exactly what I though too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mahon257 Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 Good Lord! It makes you wonder why we bother fixing things if they'll be passed in that state! I should have ignored mine and not pocked holes in the bottom! Re mud flaps, I havent any front or back, I assume they rotted of with the previous owner. I was wondering about them for the sills. Perhaps I should get some. I have given mine several coats of hammerite and lots of underseal, hopefully that should keep it in good order for a bit. The vote seems to be no sills, suits me! Charlie The more I think about it... fixing the missing front mud guards seems to be a necessary evil ! Time to search for parts online again. Oh, the joy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacr2man Posted October 27, 2010 Share Posted October 27, 2010 if you mean the plastic trims under the front guards i have just removed some from the 97 disco i am breaking Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronnie_rotten Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 just fitted some rdh engineering weld in sills with tree sliders, so not more rotten sills for me. however, now the plastic trim is gone, there's a big old gap under the door which is surely gonna take the brunt of the carp which gets thrown up and rot out the bottom of the doors pretty quickly? the trims may have trapped mud against the sills and encouraged rot, but now the worm's just gonna be chewing on my doors instead! you can't win...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Range Rover Blues Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 They stop mud being flung up to the underside of the door where it can cause the seals to fail and leaves the outer edge of the car filthy, which then gets on to your trousers etc and causes the door to rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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