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[paul6266]

ok granted allow 2-3hours if your unsure on what your doing etc

[Guess-Works.com]

ps... just to clear this up...

they are SILLS, not SEALS....

[andy159]

ps... just to clear this up...

they are SILLS, not SEALS....

ah yes it would be difficult to weld a seal as they are a bit well flabby and furry but would be a lot easier to fibreglass though as the fur would help a treat

[Shifty]

they aint that hard to weld on or grind off for that matter, you can prob don one in a hour easy

Very easy to say that but unless you have all of the tools including a welder, have done the job before and when you take the old sill off there is no hidden rust on the inner sill and the jacking point its better to budget for at least 2 hrs.

I don't think that theres any way you could do a sill properly in a hour. I know I couldn't and I've done loads!!

Even nailing an oversill on would take 2/3 hours, cutting the old one(s) off and making good.

To get rid of an oversill and do the job properly would take at least a day per side, thats assuming only minor repairs are needed to the floor and inner ill. I usually allow 3 days to do a pair of sills.

It just depends on how bodged they were in the past.

[Mirachi]

gonna spend next week getting qoutes so will let you all know the price.

fingers crossed. thnx for all the advise by the way been real helpfull.

James

[midridge2]

the correct and original spelling is cills, over the years builders changed the spelling to sills.

[danrock101]

ok granted allow 2-3hours if your unsure on what your doing etc

I think they're talking about actual sills not oversills if you're talking about full sills, I'll give you 3 hours labour to fit some to mine!

[wardyxxx]

I've only just noticed the SEALS bit. I went out last night - leave me alone!

Edited by wardyxxx, 26 September 2010 - 09:50 AM.

[wzd345]

Cill, as in window cill refers to the building and construction business.

Metal body 'sill' is a different word entirely.

Fibreglass on a corroded body sill of a Mini is an instant fail at the MOT in my opinion. The sill is a structural item and is almost the first port of call for the tester as he examines the bodywork, prodding away with a big screwdriver, or worse. Dont do it, just get the sill repaired properly.

the correct and original spelling is cills, over the years builders changed the spelling to sills.

[midridge2]

cill as originally used in the building of carriages was the name of a horizontall piece of wood running under the door, this was also used in the construction of houses, when carriage building changed to car building the spelling was kept as cill but the building industries over the years changed to sills.
as a side note many of the terms used in car building originate from carriage building and suits of armour, eg dashboard = carriage.
nave plate (wheel trim) =suits of armour. escution, the boss a handle fits into= armour etc.

[sonikk4]

To be really pedantic a Sill is also a sheet intrusion of molten or solidified magma. I to can use a search engine.

The main thing is its not a seal as fitting cuddly animals to your car externally is not really the done thing. Sill or cill which ever is a much better thing to use.

[midridge2]

Being even more pedantic i didn`t mention the bit about molten magma because i think we could assume that what not what he was talking about, i never had to use a search engine as cill is a word we have been using in the bodyshops/coachworks were i have been working for over 37 years.