Do these sills look rusty to you?

[zcacogp]

Chaps,

There was a fellow on here a while ago who had the very good idea of pushing a digi camera into the vent behind the door to take some photos of the inside of the sills.

Such a good idea ... I did the same today! Unfortunately my digi camera is a bit old and therefore rather large, and getting it in through the vent was a fiddle, but I did it!

The photos are as follows. They won't win any awards, but have a look and let me know whether they look rusty to you. The insides have been heavily waxoyled (by me) in the past, and the splashes of brown are this waxoyl. Generally, they look OK to me, but there is a line of what could be rust in the bottom.

I should add that the outside of the sills show no rust at all, and I generally thought that they were in very good condition. This digi-camera-photographing-exercise was driven more by curiosity than concern ...

Drivers Side

Passenger Side

The passenger side is clearly better than the drivers side ...

This post is slightly theoretical as I'm not planning to do anything, unless the mass of PGCB rises up and tells me that the sills are actually rusted to bu99ery and I ought to do something about them pronto. (Which I don't think is the case, from what can be seen here.)

Oli.

ETA: If the photos look a little random, that's because they are! I flapped the camera around in the void behind the vent and pushed the button at occasional intervals. They weren't exactly either 'posed' or 'framed'.

 

[Diver944]

The drivers side definately has early traces at the bottom of the V but the passenger side looks totally clear to me Oli []

I have seen a lot worse (like inside my S2 [8|]) , and it only starts to become a real problem when it starts to break through on the outside so keep on top of the waxing and hopefully you will slow it down dramatically.

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Looks fine - if you're treating it it's got years of life in it!

 

[Neil Haughey]

Cavity wax and don't worry so much it looks like. The inside of my 968 looks somewhere between the 2 with a little surface corrosion and a little rust starting in the seams. I had a chance to ask loads of questions at one of our local Porsche specialists / restorers and the advice was just to cavity wax and keep an eye on it.

Check very carefully all along the floor and around the various exposed seams under the car though. This was highlighted to me when the 968 was MOT'ed he spotted a seam that has had a little of the underseal broken through, he said to get on it ASAP but as long as treated it won't get any worse and will be fine for many years.

I think perhaps ppl worry to much about sills, I need em doing on my S2 but the 968 needs the windscreen frame doing and I bet the end bill will be about the same. Just look at how much ppl spend restoring aircooled 911 shells, makes our worries seem like a drop in the ocean.

 

[Fen]

I agree with all of the above. I wouldn't do nothing as there is definitely the beginings on the driver's side - treat it and take care to try to get into that corner. The passenger side I'd suggest is an example of what we all want to see in our own cars.

 

[cococola]

Look ok to me.I would retreat the sills as it can only improve the protection...I did[]

 

[zcacogp]

Chaps,

Thanks. Pretty much as I thought. I am aware that I am only looking at a small chunk of the length of the sills, but I guess that it is unlikely that any one bit is likely to be much worse than that which I can see.

Treatment (preventative) seems to be the way forwards. I need to put an order in with Bilt Hamber. They do some seriously good anti-rust stuff - I'll get some of that at the same time.


Oli.

 

[Pastry]

I just got my BH order in (dynax s50 and detailing kit) just need a decent weekend to do it... was dry today but only got 2 hrs of daylight to myself and decided to drive it instead

tried to drop the webcam in today but the phone takes better images, rust in exactly same spot as your first pic. I'll feel happier once its done.

 

[morris944s2john]

Looks great! You are doing the right thing- as lots of waxoyl is evident there. Where there is a patch of surface rust appeears to be where the waxoyl missed. Just keep topping up the anti rust wax every year (Dinitrol/waxoyl/dynax whatever you use) and only worry when the sill start to bubble on the outside. Plenty of time to save for the repairs- or time to learn to weld and make up your own repair pieces.

 

[marcoturbo]

Are they many 944 owners using Bilt-Hamber products ?

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Are they many 944 owners using Bilt-Hamber products ?

Seems the most recommended.

 

[marcoturbo]

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty

Are they many 944 owners using Bilt-Hamber products ?

Seems the most recommended.

Thanks for the feedback. I'll give them a trial.

 

[Neil Haughey]

I will be if for no other reason you get a decent aerosol and lance. With the other's you either need some form of spray equipment or with the waxoyl aerosol you get something utterly useless. Every time I have seen a comparison between a Bilt Hamber product and others products they always do remarkably well.