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(Message started by: Kenboy on Feb 1^st, 2006, 11:25am)

Title: Sills
Post by Kenboy on Feb 1^st, 2006, 11:25am

Hi not a problem as yet but out of curiosity, are sills available for these saloons?.

Regards Kenboy

Title: Re: Sills
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 1^st, 2006, 5:55pm

Body panel or rust problems come up so rarely on the board it's difficult to know if replacements are easy to locate.

Title: Re: Sills
Post by locky on Feb 1^st, 2006, 8:38pm

If you do have rust developing, it's best to get it seen to, now, rather than later. I would image that it would only be surface rust and easily rectified, if seen to early.

As mr floppy said, there are few posts about bodywork, as the Scorpio seems to have had good rust prevention treatments at the factory.

hth

Title: Re: Sills
Post by Kenboy on Feb 2^nd, 2006, 3:36pm

Hi thanks for the replys, and yes I can get a little worried about my car at times as I intend to run for some time yet but when I last had it moteed

Title: Re: Sills
Post by Kenboy on Feb 2^nd, 2006, 3:40pm

"WHOOPS".

The guy mentioned that the sills were a little rusty and although I took remedial action a thought came into my head on how difficult it would be to source these, it was just a thought.

Regards kenboy.

Title: Re: Sills
Post by mr._floppy on Feb 3^rd, 2006, 12:26am

Not being an MOT expert but I'm pretty sure the sills on the Scorp are not a load bearing part of the cars structure ( I'm including the jacking points ) so it's maybe acceptable to use filler or glass fibre as a repair.

Title: Re: Sills
Post by martin_rowe on Feb 3^rd, 2006, 8:44am

any part of the sill within 300mm of a prescribed area comes into the MOT, that includes suspension mtgs, seat belt mtgs, & any of the seat mountings, as the seat belt buckle is mounted to the seat.