Hello,
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Firstly, I'm not really asking anything from this post, just want to share my pain lol.
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So I fitted TOMs skirts to my mr2 around 2 years ago now.
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My sills were in good condition then, probably a tiny rust bubble or so.
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I recently discovered that the rear part of the sill that you can just see behind the skirt was rusty, very rusty.
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So on Friday, I decided to remove the skirts to see how bad they are.
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They are a lot worse than I thought they would be, I can't believe how much they've deteriorated since the skirts have been fitted
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(I've owned the car since 2011) I feel like the skirts have held in salt and moisture and made them worse, not sure.
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I managed to poke lots of rust out to see how bad it was and now there is big old holes all the way down
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the NS is worse than the OS, I guess this is due to being on the puddle side of the car haha.
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From the looks of it, it is just the outer sill, I can see surface rust on the inner area but I don't think that is major.
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The rear section is bad on the inner part as well as the outer part, literally just pulled it all out.
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So I have purchased the rear inner and outer sill repair panel and the outer sill for the whole side.
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For both sides.
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I go in for a quote on Wednesday, no idea how much it's going to cost me, I'm at the point where if it's a ridiculous amount, I will probably.
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break.
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I hope it won't come to this as I did have lots more plans for it! I might consider another MR2 and swapping all the parts over.
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But it could be time to try something different altogether.
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The car is a
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'92 NA import t bar model in black, with a 3s-gte engine from a
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'95 which I bought from a member on here.
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I guess I could ask to see if anyone has had this repair and how much they paid, or if there's any body shop people that know average costs? I would add photos but I don't think my account qualifies for me to post pictures yet.
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Basically I believe the whole sill will have to be cut out and replaced and then coats of rust prevention etc etc etc.
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But again I have purchased the repair panels myself so I'm hoping that will bring costs down a bit.
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I know I sound like a wet flannel crying about my car but it's my baby, I wanted other mr2 people to make me feel better as I feel a bit disheartened ATM lol
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Thank you for listening
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Jasmine