Rust in EB sill.

[ELXR_96]

Just wondering to anyone who is a panel beater or have had to replace one what is it worth? I brought my new EB home and the one part seriously the ONE part i didn't check was the passenger sill and there is a huge chunk of rust in it. What's the best way to go about getting past a roady for it?

[effaircon]

cut it out the best you can. weld in a new bit of steel or even stainless. the bog prime and paint. and put rust converter and maybe fish oil in there aswell.

cheers corey

[Dimixr]

were are u located mate i got a mate whos a panel beater that could fix it up for ya on the cheap side

[ELXR_96]

Thanks mate i'm in Ballarat. What's it worth for a patch job like effaircon said?

[effaircon]

if you weren't so far away i could do it for you. i used to be a panel beater lol

[ELXR_96]

Gay gay i'll be shitty if it's going to cost like 400 buck or something stupid!

[Dansedgli]

Buy another non rusty EB.

[huggiebear]

just do hat every other e-series owner does when they get rust there, scrape it out with a screw driver and fill it up with 3 tubs of bog hahaha

[ELXR_96]

just do hat every other e-series owner does when they get rust there, scrape it out with a screw driver and fill it up with 3 tubs of bog hahaha

Lol could be on the cards ey

[NUT347]

If you do that it will come back in 6 months.

Get a wire brush for a grinder or drill, clean it up as best u can, fill, and I mean fill the sill up with fish oil, put rust converter on it, spray some undercoat coat on it then bog it up.

[huggiebear]

while you have the hole open try and drill a hole at the bottom to allow water to run out and not get caught up in there, im lucky my fairlane is a 92 build and the only rust in it is where the rear passenger door protector foot thingy has rubbed through the paint but ill sort that when i can be stuffed respraying the car

[BROCKYB8]

PICS of rust?

[huggiebear]

If you do that it will come back in 6 months.

Get a wire brush for a grinder or drill, clean it up as best u can, fill, and I mean fill the sill up with fish oil, put rust converter on it, spray some undercoat coat on it then bog it up.

might want to reverse the words fish oil and rust converter, as i believe the fish oil if put on first would stop the rust converter from working, i know its common sense but you never know how people take these things lol

[ELXR_96]

Haha yeah thanks i'm just not 100% on doing it myself. I got a guy who's gunna look at it and most likely do it on the day next week but i'm not sure what it's worth? Does anyone have any ideas? I'm trying to upload pics Photobucket is been gay

[ELXR_96]

This is what i just brought. Fairly straight only a couple of little dents... And the sill...

Here it is. it's bubbling a bit further up to but that can just be sanded back and resprayed i'm fairly sure

[huggiebear]

go to a wrecker, cut a section out from another car and weld it in place. saves it growing back

[wicksy]

wow mine on the XR8 is on the inner sill thank **** for that

[ELXR_96]

Might be my best bet. I'm getting in checkout out thursday so i should know a rough price. I'll post how it gets done and what it turns out like next week

[private9]

As mentioned above, buy another non rusty EB. Failing that, personally I'd just brush it back a bit, apply a bit of rust converter and then bog it up.

[ELXR_96]

Cost me 300 painted. His gotta paint it next week though it's just cut out and bogged up. Oh well not as bad as i though i'll get some pics later