mini sills

[foggo]

hi all, i am about to start work on my wifes mini starting with renewing the outer sills, it is a 1992 with the narrower sills fitted, question is can i fit the wider sills instead? reason being the narrower ones seem like a dirt/water trap where the openings are,

[classic chris]

Hi the narrow sills are the correct ones, the wider ones are oversills these are designed to go over the narrow ones, generally trapping rust under them. In my opinion its better to fit the narrow sills once the old ones have been removed and all the rust dealt with thats in the floor.

Hope this helps , Chris

[foggo]

ah right didnt realise they were over sills i thought they were just for a different year, cant understand why originals have them six large openings though? let water out?

[Grease Monkey]

I'm restoring a Mini in PC at the moment, sill fitting was covered a few issues ago.

John Simpson.

[Amy]

If either of your need bits, do let me know... still got a couple of boxes full of stuff for a 998cc. Think I may have a couple of seats too.

Amy.

[johnc]

Reminded me of repairs I did to a mini traveller back in the late 60s.Cill repairs consisted of grp overcills fixed with self tappers and the front end replaced (wings,slam panel and valance) with a one piece front hinged grp moulding.All were sourced from a motor factors and were common place and passed MOT quite worring really,how times have changed.

[Dave M]

ah right didnt realise they were over sills i thought they were just for a different year, cant understand why originals have them six large openings though? let water out?

Yes, the openings are drain holes for the sill section. If you fit the wide cover sills any moisture that gets inside just gets trapped between the panels and ends up rusting out the cover sill and the edge of the floor too.