checked your sills lately? glad i did


civicx3

civicx3

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took the plastic cover off my sills and found they wer just starting to rot in places! tiny bit of rust starting to flake around the clips..

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after wire brushing back to bare metal i got the hammerite out giving it a few coats allover but around wher the clips sit i used loads... thought its worth checking for anyone, wouldnt fancy the bill for welding in plates each side! :nerv:

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Nearly every clip underneath which holds the plastic guard wer nakkerd so worth getting some in before! On ebay for about £3 for 10

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(pics of the inside on next page)

:)
 
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be sure to take out all clips and wire brush off any rust before treatment,,
you can get de-ox gel from built hamber thats fantastic for treating rust,

also you want to wax inject your sills from the inside with waxoyl or similar to help keep rust at bay,,
 
cheers yeah i took them out first.. planning to underseal/waxoil the whole car in the next week or so
 
exactly the face i pulled!

winters been crazy over here, salty roads eating my car away :mad:
 
olly ek9 said:
be sure to take out all clips and wire brush off any rust before treatment,,
you can get de-ox gel from built hamber thats fantastic for treating rust,

also you want to wax inject your sills from the inside with waxoyl or similar to help keep rust at bay,,
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waxoyls stuff is pretty crap i found and the probe that they sell for spraying into the box section is rubbish

while your buying from bilt hamber get some of their dynax S50 anti corrosion wax in the spray tins they come with probes with proper valved ends that will spray a nice even coat inside your sills.

hth
 
i applied mine with a sealey gun, I agree with you though if your gonna buy 1 product from bilt hamber you may aswell get the lot
 
civicx3 if you could post a link to the ebay/clips I will add it to the parts list May be helpful for peeps that havent yet done there sideskirts:nice:
 
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This is a job I need to do to mine. Was going to use waxoyl but will check out the bilt hamber products instead. Thanks for the info:)
 
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This is exactly what i will doing in a weeks time¬!

I replaced my side skirts, the sills wernt that bad tho!

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mate those clips in that link are 8mm wide and the holes on my car are 6mm wide and definatley dont fit, cant find any 6mm clips either!!

il keep looking :nice:
 
super post thanks.

so with the hammerite, just wire brush the rust and paint on?
 
what i did was take clips off, wire brush to bare metal, then went to town with the hammerite, i didnt have any "dynax S50 anti corrosion wax in the spray tins" but im guna try and find some

:nice:
 
and from the inside... (pics taken after getting rid of most the rust)

i know for a fact this cars been well looked after and still showing signs of rust, some people might be suprised with what they find :shocked:

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waxoiled after spending hours getting the rust back to bare metal, wont need to check again now for another year :))
 
haha i know mate, when the plastic covers wer coming off i was getting nervous lol didnt wana look!

thanks for letting us know about it.. the whole cars now getting de-rusted and waxoiled :)
 
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