MOT Failure - Rust rust rust!

[SirSquidalot]

Hi all,

My mk2 has been off the road a while, failed an mot back in November due to having a knackered exhaust and got a hand full of advisories including corrosion on the sills, brake wear etc.So I replaced the discs and pads and did a few other bits including a new cat. Took the car for an MOT today at a different tester to the first time, he's failed it on sill corrosion!

Hoping it's not gonna be too costly, he's marked out the areas it's failed on and has recommend a local garage. The sills seem sturdy despite rusty, a hammer and screwdriver test results in just flakes no holes. So hoping it'll be a cheap enough repair.

The joys of owning an mx5 hey! I intend to keep the car so I may as well make the outlay now and get them sorted.

Anyone had their sills done, what was the cost of repairs? Just trying to get a rough idea, I appreciate it's a how long is a piece of string question.

Alex

[SirSquidalot]

Picture of the worst parts, the drivers side is the worst. Looks like the rear sill is buggered on both sides.

[SirSquidalot]

Hopefully going to get the car up to my local garage today, let them have a poke around and asses the damage. I know these rust from the inside out but this looks to have gone the other way, here's hoping that the case at least

[SirSquidalot]

SamR380 said:

I think the other issue is that it's near a seatbelt mounting point.

This. Car is being taken up to a local garage after work they are gonna have a look then quote.

[SirSquidalot]

So, just taken a call from the garage. He reckons around £200 as the rust isn't as bad as first thought, looks like I've caught it early on. I will pop a few images on once done!

[SirSquidalot]

Repair it, the general consensus is that at somepoint all mx5s need a a sill repair!