There are two types of MK1's....

[Dan_1981]

Once that have had the sills done and ones that need them doing.....

Would people say that mine is now one of the latter?

Any ideas on cost (rough) and someone in South Yorkshire area to do them?

One side





And t'other

[towelie]

well theres mx5motors in doncaster, they get some good comments.. worth a look maybe.. ive been looking into getting my sills done or theres the mazdamender on here can't remember where hes based though.

[Night Runner]

towelie said:

well theres mx5motors in doncaster, they get some good comments.. worth a look maybe.. ive been looking into getting my sills done or theres the mazdamender on here can't remember where hes based though.

I use MX5 motors - very very good.

[Dan_1981]

Yeah i use them for all my other 5 work.

Wasn't sure if they did this is sort of repair type thing though.

[towelie]

Dan_1981 said:

Yeah i use them for all my other 5 work.

Wasn't sure if they did this is sort of repair type thing though.

Yer they do, was there 2 weeks ago asked him and they said they'd done quite a few recently, said the customer was very impressed with the repair.. looked at soem of the work steve was doing on one of his project cars and he was doing a fair bit of welding for that.

[Matt UK]

towelie said:

or theres the mazdamender on here can't remember where hes based though.

He's down south. Kent / East Sussux way. Work look very good.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Matt UK said:

He's down south. Kent / East Sussux way. Work look very good.

I think that's Garath (MX5 Restorer)

[Matt UK]

MX-5 Lazza said:

Matt UK said:

He's down south. Kent / East Sussux way. Work look very good.

I think that's Garath (MX5 Restorer)

Ah, yes - I stand corrected

[furtive]

There are 3 types actually - rust free imports

[Dan_1981]

This was a rust free import!

[MX-5 Lazza]

furtive said:

There are 3 types actually - rust free imports

Most of which have been here for 10 years or more so therefore not much better than UK cars.

[idge]

MX5 motors from me as well

They did good work and it didn't cost the earth (£125 i think), but that may depend on how far gone it is.

[Dan_1981]

Assuming that thats per sill rather than all in?

[Dan_1981]

Shameless bump on this one.

Just got a quote from someone local and well respected.

£500ish - cut out both bottom sections, remove any rusty innards, reweld a new section in, grind away higher up the wing and restructure, respray both rear wings, and touch up a couple of little other niggly paint bits, then rebuff and polish entire car.

[MX-5 Lazza]

Is there more rust in the sills that it looks in the pictures? If it's just a bit around the edge of the arches and a bit on the end of the sill that sticks into the wheel arch then it's nothing structural and nowhere near an MOT fail. If that's the case then I'd just rub it back, apply rust treatment and fill/spray where needed.

[Dan_1981]

Thea nearside is pretty bad, its running along the underside of the sill that you can't see in the pictures.

Its also quite high up on the arch, the paint work hasn't broken yet but you can feel it bubbling underneath.

Offisde isn't as bad.

[rovermorris999]

The go from the inside out so will be worse than they look when you start digging.

[5paul5]

furtive said:

There are 3 types actually - rust free imports

Yes like mine, not been done, and dont need doing either

[Odie]

Matt UK said:

He's down south. Kent / East Sussux way. Work look very good.

Mazdamender is round the corner from me, (west manchester, salford area)

Still not popped in to see him :S should really. He just always looks so bloody busy.

[MX-5 Lazza]

5paul5 said:

furtive said:

There are 3 types actually - rust free imports

Yes like mine, not been done, and dont need doing either

The number of rust-free imports is dropping rapidly. From what I've seen there is little difference between UK & JDM cars now.