replacerustedsills

Rusted sills ...

I bought my SJ413 Samurai Santana in November 2006 After I got it home I took the SJ for an MOT to check what needed doing... I knew about the cills. To repair the cills I did a variation of Wolly's project - see photos....

Replacing the sills ...

Remove the plastics trims. Cut out the cills just above the flange that holds the plastic trim.

Cut along the edge of the inner cill and those bits of the wheel arches that are neccessary.

I had two lengths of 4" square section (4mm thick) steel as the new cills, and these are then welded in place along all the edges where I cut out the old metal.

I have 'faired in' the weld on the outside with body filler. This will be painted to match the car.

Article credits ...

This article was written by Matthew Hyde-Edwards, also known as "Mattzuki"

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