Mansfield
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 07:38 PM |
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Tigra rotten sills woe
Will it never end with this car, to get it through the MOT at the end of the month I need to weld up the sills and replace some brake pipes.
Here is the offside sill.
 
Tigra sill 1
 
Tigra sill 2
As usual I have a few questions.
1 - How do I get the side skirt off - I think its clips, and I think they will all break. Anyone know how many etc?
2 - Once the full horror is unveiled behind the side skirt, do I put a plate on the inside of the sill, grind and fill to make a nice job? Or slap a
plate over the top of all of it and get out the red Smoothrite? Most of the repair will be under the side skirt (if it ever goes back on) so the
tarting up work will be minimal.
3 - Is a Corsa sill the same basic profile as a Tigra sill? I quite fancy cutting out bits of a new sill to stick in (or on) but I cant find a Tigra
sill. Tigra sills are probably longer and may have some holes for side skirt clips etc, but if the profile is the same as the Corsa that would be
ideal.
As always, all help very much appreciated.
Thanks, David.
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coozer
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 07:47 PM |
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What year is it? My 1995 Corsa (same floor pan) dissolved away to oxide and was scrapped in March this year.
Glass's guide puts it down to poor chassis protection at the plant.
Last time I spend 8K on a Vauxhall
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 07:49 PM |
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I could price you some sills at the local shop, my wife drives for them on Saturdays so we get a bit of discount. You're not too far away to
fetch them. My daughter just bought a Corsa that colour and they do look similar but I wouldn't bodge it if it looks decent, they are nice
looking little motors.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Mansfield
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 08:12 PM |
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Year - 97, apart from the quick fade paint and bonnet stone chips the rest is reasonable. The sills are terrible though, as you can see from the
grainy photo.
I tried Davmac in Mansfield but they only list some of the front panels. I wont be replacing the whole sill, but I do like the idea of using
'sill bits' instead of forming my own plates.
I am not worried about the discount I dont want to put you to any trouble. If you think they may have them I would be happy to call them if you can
supply the tel. number.
David
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Peteff
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| posted on 3/10/07 at 11:24 PM |
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PCS in Clay Cross 01246 250999, they supply parts to a lot of businesses including some to Halfords.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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r1_pete
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| posted on 4/10/07 at 08:27 AM |
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Autosupplies in Chesterfield will sort you out, just down the hill from Bolsover Castle, they'll mix you matching paint too.
http://www.auto-supplies.co.uk/
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Peteff
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| posted on 4/10/07 at 08:30 AM |
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PCS delivers to them 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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BenB
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| posted on 4/10/07 at 09:11 AM |
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Personally (particularly if the car has a reputation for going rustytherefore any repair will only last as long as the metal it's attached to!)
I'd chop out the rusty section, bend up a piece of sheet round something like a drain pipe to get the right profile, weld it in, then maybe skim
some filler to fill the recess and spray it....
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Mansfield
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| posted on 4/10/07 at 05:43 PM |
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Thanks for the number but PCS didn't have one.
I have ordered a Corsa 3 door repair sill in case the are the same or at least similar cross section.
Will post pics of repair if they are not too embarrassing.
David
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