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Old 14-01-2014, 12:55   #16
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Well I didn't contact anyone about this as there seemed to be some confusion on here about whether sills were an MOT fail or not but I've just spotted that the advert has been changed to read "No MOT, needs welding", and the price has been reduced to almost half.

I guess at least my thumb hole brought the rot to their attention?
hole in sills or sill rot is deffo an mot fail,
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Old 14-01-2014, 12:58   #17
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When you look at outer sills, most are only 1 mm thick, it makes you think, what exactly they are adding to the cars's structural strength anyway.
when you do a body lift you can see the extra strength that the sills give, it is a lot more than you would think
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Old 14-01-2014, 14:02   #18
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when you do a body lift you can see the extra strength that the sills give, it is a lot more than you would think
Mine failed MOT on a hole in the sill that was the size of a 2p, welded a plate over it and covered it Waxoyl
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Yeah i had to have a small hole done on my o/s sill for its M.O.T.About 1inch in diameter.
But Hey ho..
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