Need new sills

[steve4934]

Just having a poke and prod about before MOT on Monday and my sills are looking decidedly secondhand and a decent dig with a screwdriver could see a hole in them. Called the stealer £225 + vat each side for the parts. They can shove that, there’s a decent panel supplier close to me that can do £65 a side. I’d do them myself but got nowhere indoors to do them. Question is then, anyone had it done recently and what did you pay?

[Marky050618]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165134037357?mkevt=1&mkcid=1&mkrid=710-53481-19255-0&campid=5338364433&toolid=11000&_ul=UK&_trkparms=ispr%3D1&amdata=enc%3A1QHNR8ifZQVefvAkWFBHjTQ57&customid=EAIaIQobChMIv6m3rbPo_AIVVODtCh0Z5gFXEAQYASABEgLuZ_D_BwE&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIv6m3rbPo_AIVVODtCh0Z5gFXEAQYASABEgLuZ_D_BwE

You can get the sills cheap but I wouldn't want to be welding it and prepping etc

[steve4934]

That’s about the price I can get quality panels for, and if the weather was better I could weld and paint them myself,  if I do t have anywhere indoors to do it hence asking how much others have paid as I’ll need to get it done professionally.

[skkane]

In my country, Romania, it's around 80 EUR  for the sills brand new and another 250 EUR for professional shop to cut/weld/install/paint. I had them done on my TDI, now I need to do the same thing on the ED30 + front fenders, hood, front bumper with new lip. Gonna be quite a bill.

Having the whole car resprayed by them with the sills and everything done would cost me ~1450 EUR but I think I'm just gonna do the front end as the rest is pretty clean. These are "friend" prices btw, other garages charge way more, as a random walkin.

[steve4934]

So as expected, failed the mot on sills on both sides. Had a quote from a local body shop whose work I know is always top notch but pricey as a result, came in just under a grand for both sides, unpainted. Painting adds another couple hundred quid is if I get it done will paint myself. I am seriously considering having a go myself, been a good 20 years since I wielded a torch so I’m a bit out of practice. Anyone done it and knows of the pitfalls?