Replacement sills
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idwoodvale
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Peanut,
I have had to replace the outer sill on 2 of my 944s over the years. Most recently about 2 years ago I bought a sill from Liverpool OPC (now at Chester). IIRC it was about £150 or so (PCGB member discount included). Fitting was part of a full refinish to the car so I couldn't tell you the cost of that. However, I'm fairly sure that the first job about 5 years ago was about £350 all in - never found out if the sill was OPC or otherwise at that time though.
I have had to replace the outer sill on 2 of my 944s over the years. Most recently about 2 years ago I bought a sill from Liverpool OPC (now at Chester). IIRC it was about £150 or so (PCGB member discount included). Fitting was part of a full refinish to the car so I couldn't tell you the cost of that. However, I'm fairly sure that the first job about 5 years ago was about £350 all in - never found out if the sill was OPC or otherwise at that time though.
peanut
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thanks for the replies.
I wrote off my first 944 at 20mph on a r/about. ( Lets not go there...) so I didn't get the chance to get the sills replaced. I guess it must be a weak spot as there are quite a few cars failing here. Mine was due to a blocked drain hole and the stupid thing is I iknew about it yet did nothing for years . Ended up with a hole you could put your fist into!
I wrote off my first 944 at 20mph on a r/about. ( Lets not go there...) so I didn't get the chance to get the sills replaced. I guess it must be a weak spot as there are quite a few cars failing here. Mine was due to a blocked drain hole and the stupid thing is I iknew about it yet did nothing for years . Ended up with a hole you could put your fist into!
The owner of an immaculate 944 (Peter Seymour Howell) had his cills done a couple of years ago and IIRC cost him IRO £1200.
As I understand (confirmed on PET) there isn't an OPC cill pressing that accommodates the bottom corner of the rear wheel arch. The cill pressing is literally the bit under the door. If the rust is in front of the rear wheel they have to get a rear corner pressing and cut the bottom corner off it (about 25% of the pressing). It is this that costs the money to do the job properly.
As I understand (confirmed on PET) there isn't an OPC cill pressing that accommodates the bottom corner of the rear wheel arch. The cill pressing is literally the bit under the door. If the rust is in front of the rear wheel they have to get a rear corner pressing and cut the bottom corner off it (about 25% of the pressing). It is this that costs the money to do the job properly.
peanut
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ahhh! now that rings a bell. I remember now looking at the rust on my 944 and thinking that it would need an awkward shaped small piece of the rear wing as well as the sill replaceing. This was presumably why I kept putting the job off until the hole was big enough to put my fist into. (I used to park up against walls to save the embarrasement lol. I seem to remember thinking I might be able to cut the piece off a crashed or broken car ( I'm a tight***)
Paul Fraser
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Club Autosport do a lower wing repair panel for £45.
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/porsche_944_repair_sills_and_low.htm
http://212.67.202.62/~clubauto/porsche_944_repair_sills_and_low.htm
chrisdenton
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Sills or Cills? [
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(sorry couldn't help myself)
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Paul Fraser
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ORIGINAL: chrisdenton
Sills or Cills? [
(sorry couldn't help myself)
For God's sake don't start that here, there was about four pages on a recent Porsche-1.net thread. Both are in the Oxford Compact Dictionary iirc so suit yourself.
idwoodvale
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Lee
Actually got the car painted down at Daventry. Haven't used anyone up here yet. I am not happy with the result of the work I've had done so I'm in the same boat as you currently. If you find anywhere good I'd be interested though. Tried Loyds autobodies in Liverpool and they never sent me the quote - think they thought I was joking.
Actually got the car painted down at Daventry. Haven't used anyone up here yet. I am not happy with the result of the work I've had done so I'm in the same boat as you currently. If you find anywhere good I'd be interested though. Tried Loyds autobodies in Liverpool and they never sent me the quote - think they thought I was joking.
Alpine
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I'd start by ringing your local official Porsche dealer. They can be quite good on price despite what you might think. Also, what about Euro Car Parts? Click here - http://www.eurocarparts.com/
Diver944
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I would give a call to Chris at Exeter Porsche Centre, he knows our cars and if you mention the forum you will get the best price and normally free postage. An outer sill is £130 and comes already galvanised. I bought one of the sill patch panels from Clubautosport for £35 but my bodyshop wouldn't fit it as they didn't like the fit (however my sill was pretty crumpled).
It's not often you hear of the inner sill needing replacement, so I don't know the cost. Maybe Peter Empson might know as he seems to be replacing every bit of metal []
It's not often you hear of the inner sill needing replacement, so I don't know the cost. Maybe Peter Empson might know as he seems to be replacing every bit of metal [
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Peter Empson
PCGB Member
The inner sills are peanuts (£30 rings a bell - it's in the respray thread if you want confirmation) and as Paul says the outers are only £130 from Chris so I can't imagine what they're quoting you for. I have pictures from the PET here so if you let me know more details of the panels we can probably work out which bits are needed, and as Paul says I have the prices of most pieces to hand []
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