Door Sill Rust Repair

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Door sill rust repair. Painting vehicle sills to prevent or repair rust. This is my first instructable i ve been wanting to do one for a while and i figured this is as good as any to start with. A car is susceptible to rust due to its exposure to the weather elements. Rust spots on a car door are unsightly and diminish the value of the car.

Repairing rusty sills is a lot more work than replacing rockers. It is important to remove rust from car doors before it spreads or completely eats away at the metal. Fortunately if you re the type that likes to do a little work yourself some rust repair projects aren t really that hard if tackled methodically. One of the most common places rust materializes on british and italian sports cars is down in the rocker panels also known as the sills.

A half hearted repair job won t last and can start to rust again quickly or require more significant repair later. Rust forms when metal is exposed to water and oxygen. Follow the same steps as the professionals and use the same quality materials and tools. Any repairs that are carried out will arguably be compromised anyway because its not cost effective to strip the entire car and replace the sills creating something close to a factory repair.

Hopefully the extra work will make the repair last longer. Because the rust hole was nearing the ledge under the gas tank door part of my repair plan was to run the repair up under the plastic edge to protect the repair from gas or water. Repairing one patch of rust is normally where massive bodywork starts then you ll need to repair another patch probably on the other sill. Most auto body.