brynvr6 1 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 My car is booked in to the local bodyshop today to have the front ends of the sills repaired (old jacking war wounds) and a hole in the floorpan welded up. So yesterday I removed the interior and the sill trims to make life easier for the bodyshop. While I was there I noticed 2 holes in the sills where they had creased when being jacked up on. A hole at the very rear at the bottom of the wheel arch which had then allowed copious amounts of water and soil to enter the sill and has rotted the rear off the sill out from the inside. So now I'm going for full sill replacement.What on earth were vw thinking? The sills can't even hold the weight of the car without bending and buckling. I see it on mk3's all the time. And we all know they rot like buggery. Very lazy anti rust treatment from vw in my oppinion. Half the problem seems to be that everything traps soil and road shit everywhere. I mean come on vw mk2's and corrados don't have this problem. And as for those rediculous rubber bungs in the floorpan which I'm reliably informed are there to allow paint to drain out when the car is painted in the factory. Well.. Don't get me started on those..Anyway, rant over. It's all going in to be done today. So I'll have a nice fiesta or a yaris courtesy car for a few weeks :-( . Link to post Share on other sites
brynvr6 1 Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 And to top it off I have a KA courtesy car! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 OOOPS! At least ull appreciate your vr more when you get it back... all cars have things that aint always perfect... the vrs make up for these things in other ways mate... :) Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Make sure you get some protection in there when you get it back. Link to post Share on other sites
brynvr6 1 Posted April 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 Yeah tbh I can't complain with the VR. It's done 70 miles a day 5-6 days a week for the last 8 months and all that's gone wrong was a slight water leak from the heater matrix hose. And it's 100 squillion times better to drive than that KA. Can't wait to get it back it's gonna feel so good hahaha. Link to post Share on other sites
aaronmk2 3 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 i want a go in the ka lol dont worry mate like i said when the vrs back you will love it even more Link to post Share on other sites
The Monk 50 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 I feel your pain. I need my sills, front wings replacing. I'm considering getting a 1 inch square metal scaffold piece welded all the way down both sills. Link to post Share on other sites
DanH 1 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 my sills are bent to poo and wings rusted badly too, its character! Link to post Share on other sites
ingham 5 Posted April 7, 2010 Report Share Posted April 7, 2010 on my car its only rusted where its got damage from people jacking it up in wrong place Link to post Share on other sites
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