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Post 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.

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Post 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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Post 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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Post Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 3:08 pm 
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Here’s mine

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Post 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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Post Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:05 pm 
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bumstein wrote:
Here’s mine


Very nice work


We are almost twins :wink:

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Post Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 5:39 pm 
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Kfal wrote:
We are almost twins :wink:


We are two peas!!! :D

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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Post 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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Post 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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