Fixing the sills on my FJ40 anyone know price checker plate?

[tukadafoonday]

Hey,

Both the sills on my FJ40 have been bashed to the crapper by stupid rocks as most of the time i think my 4bie is about 10 times higher then it really is...

Has anyone had these sills cut out and replaced by checker plate? did you do it youself? or did a shop do it for you? and what was the cost?

I would rather a shop to do it for me as i want to get the old girl looking nice again and i dont really want to do a bodgy job by myself

any help would be great

THanks

Andrew

[pcman]

i just cut my sills off just under the floor
im gonna make a set of sliders eventually but here in vic there are no rocks so there aint much chance of anything damaging my sill or whats left of it

[Orange 47 ute]

you just put the checkerplate over the sills. Just buy half a sheet for around 100 bucks cut it out with a jigsaw and fix it on with self tappers. Thats all a shop would do

[DIRTY ROCK STAR]

mate i bought my 40 with the chequerplate over the sills. no sliders as yet cos im the worlds laziest bloke.
but they do help to strengthen but as you would imagine you drag over a rock the whole thing bends?

i would do sliders and the plate for cheap bling.

[tukadafoonday]

Has anyone got pics of chopped down sills on a 40 they could post for me? both from the side and underneath?

thanks

andrew

[matt.mcinnes]

Has anyone got pics of chopped down sills on a 40 they could post for me? both from the side and underneath?

thanks

andrew

Checker plate to come. 1.6mm Aluminum is around $100 a sheet i think.
Sills cut just enough to get the slider mounts to the chasis
If you want any specific pics just ask
Matt

[pcman]

no underneath shots but have a semi decent side shot of mine there probabally cut off a bit short but im happy with it gonna build some sliders one day

only thing i miss is the step for short arses getting into the car its funny to watch tho LOL


EDIT - found another good shot

[Tojo]

i had aluminium checker plate on my sills but took it off. Its a really good way to trap moisture and rust your sills out without you realising.

[matt.mcinnes]

i had aluminium checker plate on my sills but took it off. Its a really good way to trap moisture and rust your sills out without you realising.

I have to agree its one of the things at the back of my mind creating a moisture trap.
Also if you look at the second of the pics i posted previously, there is a fuel return line on my 1980 2F on the drivers side. So be awear of that too. Just have a look to see what elso you might cut through.

[tukadafoonday]

I have pulled the step off today and pulled the sill back out as much as i could by hand, there is ba brake line and a feul return line on mine which are both in the way, maybe i will just leave the sill pulled out as much as i can... and get some sliders made up of round tubing (like the jeep ones but three high instead or two pipes high) and run that up a little higher then the sill so as to cover the damage. (no doubt it will still get more damage as the days go on.

The checker plate i was thinking the same with rust as well, especially if i dont cut it, there will be mud and crap getting trapped up in there rusting out in no time no doubt.

cheers

Andrew

[matt.mcinnes]

You should be able to cut some of the sill away as i have. But first a bottle jack and a good block of wood. Jack the sill out off the chasis rail with the block of wood, while the jacks at the back of it you can also hammer the sill back to shape against the block of wood. Its not to hard to unbolt the fuel return line and brake line and take care to keep the out of the way as you jack it out. Much easier than pullling and tends to work better. May need an extra pair of hands to do all this.
Thier are a couple of pics below of mine when i stoved it in on Ellis Track this year and one of the other side to compare it too. A previous pic in this thread shows what we cut back too behind the new sliders.

[tukadafoonday]

Thanks for that, i will give it a go with the jack, looks like you got it back pretty strait?

when you guys cut the sills did you use a grinder? just trying to work out the best method to cut it.

Cheers

Andrew

[matt.mcinnes]

Thanks for that, i will give it a go with the jack, looks like you got it back pretty strait?

when you guys cut the sills did you use a grinder? just trying to work out the best method to cut it.

Cheers

Andrew

Measure down from the bottom of the door mark and draw a stright line across to cut to.
Angle grinder is the way to go, very thin cutting discs seem to work best. and a hacksaw blade just to get up to last bit towards the front wing as you cant get in with the grinder.