rusty sills and mot

[geesus]

right as far as i am aware rusty arches cant contribute to an mot fail? is that right?

also how bad does the sill have to be to make it a fail? the lip (where jacking points are) on mine is fairly bad in one or two places, but it hasnt spread to the sill 'body' if you get what i mean?

anyone got any pics of what a failed sill looks like so i can compare it to mine

this was supposed to be a 'budget' track and weekend toy and now maxiboy has put the link up with the fibreglass panels, must resist temptation!

[MAXIBOY]

have you any pics.

difference between sills and arches are that the sills make a structural area of the shell so any holes severe corrosion here is treated strictly.

[geesus]

i can get some pics on wed night

ive had a good look at it and i cant see any on the exterior of the sill body, just the lip

i jacked it up there once and it bent and crumbled a bit, so wont be doing that again!

[MAXIBOY]

well as long as there no holes it should be ok..

[northy]

if its crumbling on the jacking point then the metal is very thin and rusty by the sounds of it. Look at the back of the sill...any holes or bad rust - it will fail.

[richy]

if its within 30cm(iirc) of the mounting point for suspension etc then your screwed!

[matt_clio]

if there are any jagged edges then it will fail ie if your arches are that bad!

[flat-eric]

here's mine, i was informed by the garage that it would fail next mot on this if not repaired.

[Lunner]

Yeah thats not good, take it to the right person and that'll be fixed for under £50

[geesus]

well its not as bad as in that pic, and no jagged edges on arch

i will get some pics up and see what you all reckon