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Confusion over sills/sliders?

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simon15:
Web page cannot be found  :(bigshock):

SEDDEY:
I was told the other day that a piece of 4x2 box fits inside the old sill when you cut away the rust. (metric is 100X50) I don't know the length off hand but would guess its not too difficult to measure the length of the sill. I asked about plating the end on the box, I was told 'Why, you can wash the crap out and it will last longer than the rest of the truck anyway!'
So when mine needs sills(soon) I will be trying this method. Still feel like plating that end thought!

Skibum346:
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Darn thing worked last time I did that... it should be pointing at an image in my gallery. Look in the "Misc Diagrams" gallery and it's the second item.

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clbarclay:
Just fitting the last side on mine.

I'm using 100x50x3 box section, but you can use 120x60 box section. The reason I didn't use 120x60 is because I could only get it in 5mm wall which is a tad too heavy.

You need 1.4m each side. This is from the inner rear wheel arch to the front edge of the bottom of the A pillar, In other words the entire length of the sill.

One piece of kit that is crucial to have is a spot weld drill, this makes removing the old pannels cleanly much much much more easily than with conventiopnal twist drills, why I didn't get one sooner I do not know.

It is not just box section you will need, you will also need some sheet steel to patch up the footwells as inevitably there will be some rust in them, I'm using a combination of 1.6mm and 1.0mm sheets as these are what I have to hand.
You will also need some thicker sheet to replicate body mounts, unless you plan on bending a lot of thinner sheet in layers like the factory did. I used some 3mm for this,again because its what I had to hand.
Other material I've also used includes angle iron, but that was because the near side needed quite an extensive rebuild uf the under floor structure.


As for imperial tape measure, they may well be all metric come the discoveries, but most of a range rover sill is imperial (I enevitably end up using both).

Range Rover Blues:
I fouond it relatively straightforeward to buy inner sills and outer sill repair panels from Paddocks, but these have got more expensive in the last 2 years.  Biggest problem is having somewhere dry to do the work, I'v got a garage but it's home to something else.

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