new sill or weld it?

[barryj75]

went to get a tyre fixed last week and the nice young lad jacked it up by the sill in the middle of the car putting a nice hole in it i dont know what to do for the best get it welded or go for a new sill??? can anyone tell me the best place to get a sill from?

[steve_earwig]

Bugger Breaker's yard with an angle grinder I'm afraid, no-one seems to do a pattern one and Pug want silly money ('scuse the pun)

[Captain Jack]

Get the tyre place to fix it for you!

[barryj75]

local garage said he would put a plate over it for £35. think i will go with that and stone chip both sills black. cant see it unless you look under the car so shouldnt look to bad as long as it goes throught the mot i be happy..

[plod]

Get the tyre place to fix it for you!

+1 .........they did it, they fix it

[barryj75]

i seen the young lad let the car down off the jack and the round plate off the jack was stuck under the sill he pulled it off i had my 2 year od daughter screaming blue murder in my arms and was in a rush to get my 10 year old from school and i didnt think anything of it at the time. only noticed it yesterday when i was giving the car a good clean

[Gary406]

send the garage a consumer direct letter. im pretty sure if you do that they will respond to fix it immediatley at their cost.

tell them its their falt so they pay for the fix,

you'll be amazed what them consumer direct letters can do ,

consumer direct tel number if you need it - 08454 04 05 06

give them a call, theres no way i would pay for damage a garage did to my car

[barryj75]

I was thinking (dangerous) of getting a welder and doing it myself as my senator has a spot of welding needed. but i might give them a call to see what they say

[steve_earwig]

Worth getting one of you're running old cars, don't rent one 'cos they're generally knackered, go to machine mart. I've been using a Clarke 90 for about 25 years (!), it's not very powerful but it's good enough for most things (including welding up a lawnmower today ). I would recommend one with gas, it's a bit more of a nuisance but it does put fires out...

What sort of issues you got with the Senny? I have some pictures of my efforts patching the arches on mine about somewhere, if you're interested...

[barryj75]

my senny is 100% solid, but some little toerag took it for a test drive and took all door handles out, so going to plate them and put remote openers on it been to machine mart to day was looking at a clarke 115 £64 inc vat bloke told me best seller for automotive been a while since i did any welding did a 26 week course about 10 years back and was pritty good at it but think might need some practise first pics would be good thanks

[steve_earwig]

You mean..? Oh, nice Mine had stood for a few years in the previous owner's front garden (he had a 635CSi sitting next to it too) before I bought it so it had a bit of light rust. Arches were largely ok so I managed to fix them without effing the paint up

I'd better do this thumbnails 'cos there's a few:







Steve's world-famous pigeon sh!t welding Incidently, I get to use a proper one (about the size of a fridge) at my mate's garage, then I can weld like a pro

The Bishop, just before I flogged it

[barryj75]

nice my senny (none lcd clocks ) has full vauxhall history 4 folder 1 owner before me well loved now sat on mother in laws drive awaiting for 4 cat gaskets for mot