Hearing about the cancer (rust) that is possibly concealed under the plastic trim covering the sills of Sierra's, I had a rush of fecal matter to the brain and got out the grinder
Firstly I removed the rubber trim by unscrewing all the fixings at the base to reveal the steel skirting and it's spot welds.
After about 50-60mins of carefully grinding away at the 24 spot welds (both sides), the steel skirts came away to reveal minor surface rust to the sills.
The side of the steel skirt which the grinding was done
The hidden rusted on the inside of the steel skirt.
As this was only minor surface rust, it was easily repaired.
I spent some time sanding the sills to remove all the surface rust and then I used K&H Stop Putty to fill in the hollows resulting from the grinding.
Then I had to wait a couple of hours for the filler to cure…
After the 2 hour wait… I sanded back the sills where the filler had been used. I then gave both sills a good going over with a wax & grease remover before proceeding to mask it off for the primer coat.
The Zook patiently waiting for the filler to cure.
The masked off area with the first coat of primer. I gave it another 2 coats of primer.
I will sand it back and use some more filler where it is required.
Still a fair bit to do.
I'm deciding whether to paint the sills in a black or a hammertone grey and also whether to continue the colour used on the sills into the flares.
I may do a Photochop of the Zook to see what it looks like.
Update - Did a quick Photochop…
A couple of pics…
As is with white flares and sills
Photoshopped with black flares and sills
and a couple more
Grey flares and sill or sill only
