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 Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:16 pm |
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It would be an interesting modification to inform the insurance about. The premium would probably be slightly less than a convicted 17 yr old drink driver trying to insure a Bugatti Veyron.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:19 pm |
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If the car has been lowered so much that bits of the bodyshell need grinding of then there is no hope 
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:31 pm |
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Joined: Jun 21, 2010
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Location: Not Leeds or its surrounding areas!
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Claws are really out over this question aren't they.
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 5:36 pm |
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Joined: Sep 12, 2012
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Location: Flintshire, North Wales
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yurrr :/ mate id recomend keeping the sills as for insurance and mot purposes and also because its safer with them, just drive the car onto a 2 post ramp or block of wood and then jack it up then. it sounds to be ridiculously low tho
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Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 6:24 pm |
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Joined: Mar 29, 2010
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Location: Halifax
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In all fairness it is probably easier just to sort the coilovers out. Mine is only down about 40mm but I couldn't live with any-more than that.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 21, 2010
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Location: basingstoke
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Why dont you just buy some new coilovers so you can raise it up a bit, seems a bit stupid wanting to cut bits of the car off as its to low.
And as has said it is the seam where the inner and outter sills are welded together so if you grind them off what is going to be holding them together???
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:18 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: Leeds / West Midlands
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| pnut_man wrote: |
are they important? and if i couldnt grind the whole thing off maby half?
Lowered my car at the weekend and its only 1inch of the ground all round, need to loose the sills as my coilovers have seized up and i cant raise it up.
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haha good lad alex... noone else understands do they 
get some pics up of these new lows on here or facebook i wanna see
oh i'd bend rather than lose them all together though mate
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:11 am |
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Joined: Feb 07, 2010
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Location: No Man's Land
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Just do what I did with the XSi completely bent them up around so they sat on the outer sill. They were painted black so you couldn't see them from a distance.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 6:29 am |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2010
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Location: In the garage
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Cut the sills off...you'll still be left with box sections under the floor that hang down the same amount!. Can you cut them off too?
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:04 am |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2012
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| macca1411 wrote: |
| It would be an interesting modification to inform the insurance about. The premium would probably be slightly less than a convicted 17 yr old drink driver trying to insure a Bugatti Veyron. |
LOL
I can't believe the question at all. The sill is part of the chassis which is welded on. You have increased the stress on the chassis by lowering it the amount you have. By all means make it weaker.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:40 am |
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Joined: Apr 19, 2012
Posts: 529
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Location: darlington
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Id be worried the floor would drop out at about 80 with a car full of mates carrying on...in fact it almost definately would...wot else do u reckon is holding floor up???anyway when u say sills i susspect u dont just mean the small thin joined crease at the bottom...u mean from the floor pan flat cut across which would be an interesting welding job at least...then cut a hole threw the bulk heads and thread the exhaust threw the interior because that would hang down...then cut the sump pan off and plate over the holes and as for the axles¿?¿?¿?¿?
I think peoples bad responses are a clue to how bad this idea is...just fix your susspension mate...for gods sakes.
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 12:11 pm |
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Joined: Sep 23, 2012
Posts: 116
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Location: Leicester
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| macca1411 wrote: |
Cut them off and if you get hit by or run into something then you will increase the chance of the car folding in 2 and mangling you against the steering wheel.
Go for it, it could be entertaining. |
lool
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