Galaxy Mk1 Outer Sills

[steveant1]

Hi. Am looking for sills for my mk1 galaxy as I now that they will not go through anther mot so it's time to weld some sills on.

[sparky Paul]

Are they that bad? The outers only usually go at the front near the wing, and perhaps at the ends in the back wheearch. If it's only small areas, I would cut out and patch.

 

If it's really bad, you have to consider whether the car's worth the effort or not... If the sills are shot, you need to have a good look underneath at all the other favourite rot spots.

[steveant1]

I now wot you mean but I would rather weld a new outer sillspace on thenew patch up but no not to bad as I will be welding them up myself

[sparky Paul]

Depends how bad they are, once I cleaned all the crap off mine they were surprisingly good and only needed a small patch at the front offside, before stonechip and painting. You can't see the repair. Repairing the front wings was the worst bit, had to make new bottoms. The biggest cause of problems with the sills is damage from jacking, and the subsequent rot. It's amazing how many Galaxys you see with crushed sills at the front.

 

I'm sure you could get sills, I think they are the same on the mk.2 - some of the mk.1 bits are getting harder to find now. You need to find a local body panel & paint supplier, that's where you will get the cheapest panels.

[steveant1]

OK thank you I'll let you know how I get on when I've started it won't be straight away lol.