Plastic sill cover repair

[Huzzah]

How easy is it to fix these sill covers? Is it just a case of unbolt, glue, fill and paint and refit? Or would they be repaired insitu?

[DaveF-SkinnysAutos]

Difficult to repair in situ, they are usually easy enough to remove, each manufacturer has their own method but it is only some combination of a couple of screws and then its usually just trim clips.

Once removed it needs a plastic weld then it will be stronger than when it was produced.

You could DIY it and glue it, but with the flex and likelihood that it will hit a kerb etc in the future I would recommend a plastic weld rather than any other method.

[Huzzah]

DaveF-SkinnysAutos said:

Difficult to repair in situ, they are usually easy enough to remove, each manufacturer has their own method but it is only some combination of a couple of screws and then its usually just trim clips.

Once removed it needs a plastic weld then it will be stronger than when it was produced.

You could DIY it and glue it, but with the flex and likelihood that it will hit a kerb etc in the future I would recommend a plastic weld rather than any other method.

Thank you.

[Huzzah]

DaveF-SkinnysAutos said:

Difficult to repair in situ, they are usually easy enough to remove, each manufacturer has their own method but it is only some combination of a couple of screws and then its usually just trim clips.

Once removed it needs a plastic weld then it will be stronger than when it was produced.

You could DIY it and glue it, but with the flex and likelihood that it will hit a kerb etc in the future I would recommend a plastic weld rather than any other method.

Thank you, all done at a reasonable cost.
2 x bodyshops wanted to replace the panel, bodyshop 3 did the job as you suggested. Remove sill cover, repair, paint and refit.

[DaveF-SkinnysAutos]

Good to hear, the default these days is to throw away when things like that can easily be repaired.

Good result.