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beast5680:
haha you know when you start poking a screwdriver into that little tiny bit of bubbled paintwork, no i,m surprised its not that bad really i think its been caught in time, i had a rangie i started poking at not so long ago and before i knew where i was it had no floor no footwell and no inner wing , rotten as a pear all crumbled out i think only the paint and underseal was holding it together

ChrisW:
I've got a very early set of Southdown sills - one on, one in the workshop waiting to go on. They are the ones that fit onto the chassis mounting bolts only.
Can get some pics when I'm there on Friday.

Only drawback I can see to them is they tend to pivot upwards until they meet the bottom of the doors then start to lift the car when being jacked.

I'm fitting them with bolts through the arms/chassis outriggers to stop them moving though.

There is the theory that because the body is mounted to the chassis via bushes there needs to be some flexibility between the two - bolting sills on that go on via the chassis mounts and that bolt through the sill create a solid link between the body and chassis which may lead to cracks/warping.
Then again I think this has been discussed a fair bit and those that have the sills that bolt to the chassis/body haven't experienced any problems either way, so you pays your money...!

Andy.:
As can be seen on my WebShots I found the same  :(

Filled, primed and coated, quickly got the rocksliders on, what you can't see don't worry about  :lol:

One day the rocksliders being as heavy as they are will just drop off  :lol:

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