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claytox
Joined: Sat Aug 27, 2016 7:52 pm Posts: 37 Location: South Australia
Vehicle: LWB tray top G13B
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:46 am |
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Okay. We need to have a proper thread dedicated to the different ways people have done sill panel rust repairs/boatsides/reinforcements.
If people could list the metal they used, how much they cut out of the sill, and how they welded etc etc that'd be great.
Cheers all.
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Gwagensteve
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 12752 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:50 am |
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Do WE need one or do you need one?
Other than factory replacement repair, any modification to the sill that involves cutting or material replacement now results in the vehicle being a statutory write off, so we’re really talking about something with very limited appeal.
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claytox
Joined: Sat Aug 27, 2016 7:52 pm Posts: 37 Location: South Australia
Vehicle: LWB tray top G13B
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 12:27 pm |
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Whilst being illegal, what are the chances really of getting caught for it? Maybe in Vic/NSW where you have roadys you may get noticed, but in any other state no ones going to notice if you keep it clean..
Other than that, the people planning on using it for offroad use ONLY.
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bumstein
az supporter
Joined: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:49 pm Posts: 1975
Vehicle: Sierras!! SWB and LWB
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:08 pm |
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bogga
az supporter
Joined: Sun Sep 20, 2009 11:30 pm Posts: 704 Location: Coffs Harbour
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 4:32 pm |
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Gwagensteve wrote: Do WE need one or do you need one?
Other than factory replacement repair, any modification to the sill that involves cutting or material replacement now results in the vehicle being a statutory write off, so we’re really talking about something with very limited appeal. I'm in NSW and discussed replacing my sills with 89x89x3mm rhs in my 1988 lwb body and is being engineered so. Unless something has changed since mid last year? From vague memory he stated it was ok as the vehicle date was pre intrusion bar. Maybe it also depends on the engineer, but I know my guy wouldn't risk a dodgy.
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Kfal
Joined: Tue Oct 31, 2017 3:37 pm Posts: 84 Location: beyond the 26th
Vehicle: G16b sierra
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:05 pm |
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bumstein wrote: Here’s mine Very nice work We are almost twins
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bumstein
az supporter
Joined: Sat Oct 06, 2012 5:49 pm Posts: 1975
Vehicle: Sierras!! SWB and LWB
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:39 pm |
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Kfal wrote: We are almost twins We are two peas!!! That sill repair was not my work, is much as I’d love to claim that as my own I can not.. next repair work will be, I aspire to do such good work
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Gwagensteve
Joined: Thu Feb 26, 2009 10:30 pm Posts: 12752 Location: Melbourne
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Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 6:47 pm |
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Yeah, I’m aware of your advice bogga, and that’s an awesome outcome for you. The engineer I was dealing with was completely immovable as are RWC providers. It *might* be a Victorian thing but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s buried in VSI 14.
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CalZook
Joined: Mon Sep 15, 2014 10:44 pm Posts: 87
Vehicle: Sierra Ute & Tintop
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Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:24 pm |
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The only mention of sills in VSB14 I can find is examples of how to modify and strengthen them when doing convertible conversions or wheelbase extensions
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