Sill Repair Advice

[duffman]

Taking what you've done already into consideration you'll be unhappy leaving that sill as it is.....this is why - most of the pinch weld on sill bottom looks very rusty (pic #4 in first post) - and from your pics with the internal view, the rust has started there and progressed right into the pinchweld between the two panels. Spraying oil is not fixing that - it will retard it to a degree and if you wanna spray oil in every year (or even 2x a year) you'll be ok. But do you wanna do that. It's up to you really. If I was repairing to last 20 years I'd be undoing that pinchweld, take back to shiny metal, cold galv prime, re-weld, overpaint - and THEN flood the sill with oily stuff

....the thing is though... most people don't want to keep a car for 20 years.

Yep a lot of good points you've made. It's a matter of fixing it now or later. I didn't like the look of the rust between the two seams so going to do something there to clean the rust up.

I've no intention of selling it. These cars are getting fewer. Mostly all of them will be suffering from chassis legs issues, which was a notorious problem with all evos. They were likely built using a percentage of recycled metal and so poorly finished underneath was main reason they rusted so badly. If they seen UK winter roads that's enough to have started the process.

 

[jo1010]

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Don't like too much change . . .

Totally agree..... It's because we recognise real value when we see it, and have preservation skills .....the general population are more likely to fall prey to 'fashion trends' and use vehicles more like white goods...

 

[bricol]

Yep a lot of good points you've made. It's a matter of fixing it now or later. I didn't like the look of the rust between the two seams so going to do something there to clean the rust up.

I've no intention of selling it. These cars are getting fewer. Mostly all of them will be suffering from chassis legs issues, which was a notorious problem with all evos. They were likely built using a percentage of recycled metal and so poorly finished underneath was main reason they rusted so badly. If they seen UK winter roads that's enough to have started the process.

Lad at work had one - shiny on the top, must have been polished every night.

Stopped appearing in the car park - so much rust underneath, but apparently the thing that did it for him - the spring pans had rusted so bad, one came adrift of the shock tube!

 

[duffman]

Lad at work had one - shiny on the top, must have been polished every night.

Stopped appearing in the car park - so much rust underneath, but apparently the thing that did it for him - the spring pans had rusted so bad, one came adrift of the shock tube!

Yep they were made so light, metal is like tin. Mitsubishi only give them a 7 year lifespan, so it's surprising how far they got on that basis. What model was it do you know?

They look good on top, underneath is a different story