Inner arch and outer arch inner skin. Half the seatbelt mounting plate fell off, the other half I cut out.
And again, bit easier to see the holes in the sill area.
Same area, looking in to the sill (the red lines are the start of me trying to work out what panel goes where)
From the inside
Also took the chance to see what was behind the bubbling on the shock mount strengthening plate. Nice!
Looked up and saw this hiding on the bottom of the door (It's very crusty)
And with light failing decided to strip the sill back a bit more to make sure the rest was solid
It's not. So, my thought's were I could keep cutting out and welding in new patches for every hole, but then I don't know what the inside is really like and it would be pointless spending ££££ and getting a fresh paint job for the rust to bubble through in a year or two. So should I replace the entire sill so I know it's all good clean metal and I can properly inspect the inside? In which case genuine or pattern sill? Or should I chop the bottom half out as much as I need to and weld the bottom half of a pattern sill on? I tried asking my dad for advice but it was fruitless. Basically "why make more work than you need to, just patch over the holes"...errr, no.
So end of day whatever it is, 400 odd by now since it came off the road, and this is what I have
And again, bit easier to see the holes in the sill area.
Same area, looking in to the sill (the red lines are the start of me trying to work out what panel goes where)
From the inside
Also took the chance to see what was behind the bubbling on the shock mount strengthening plate. Nice!
Looked up and saw this hiding on the bottom of the door (It's very crusty)
And with light failing decided to strip the sill back a bit more to make sure the rest was solid
It's not. So, my thought's were I could keep cutting out and welding in new patches for every hole, but then I don't know what the inside is really like and it would be pointless spending ££££ and getting a fresh paint job for the rust to bubble through in a year or two. So should I replace the entire sill so I know it's all good clean metal and I can properly inspect the inside? In which case genuine or pattern sill? Or should I chop the bottom half out as much as I need to and weld the bottom half of a pattern sill on? I tried asking my dad for advice but it was fruitless. Basically "why make more work than you need to, just patch over the holes"...errr, no.
So end of day whatever it is, 400 odd by now since it came off the road, and this is what I have