can anyone point me in the direction of anyone who still supplies sills, going to treat the rally car to a pair before season starts and notice hadrian/imperial no longer list them

dave

Some of the panels are still available from the skoda dealer, the outer sills for a pickup are not still available but they are not the same as the hatchback ones, it's worth asking because some still can be got new and they arent very expensive..

However don't underestimate how much of a ball ache it is to replace the sill panel, I don't know how savvy you are with bodywork but the wings need to come offvwhich is painful because they are bonded on and almost impossible to get off without bending them, you will need to buzz off all the graveltex undercoating from the sill area and to get access to the spot welds, it's notoriously difficult to get the undercoating stuff off, I use a twisted wire wheel in a 4 inch angle grinder and it makes a horrible mess and takes hours.

if it were me I would just patch up what's there, it could turn into a right royal pain in the hoop for you and i will hazard a guess that it will turn into a full rebuild when you see how rotten the rest of it is.

cheers for the heads up tom , luckily i have my own bodyshop so the fitting wont be a problem.

The wings have been off several times so they are luckily just bolted on now with no sealer, only replacing them as they are well out of shape after the ditch on the RAC rally jumped out infront of us !

just bought the passenger side one off ebay, so just a drivers side to find

hey dave, did you have any luck sourcing some outer sill panels in the end?

i managed to get a passenger side via fleabay, the company have said they may be able to get the drivers side also.

Phoned the local skoda dealer and was told that skoda themselves have no stock and no plans to go back to press either

dave