New sills

[danoli777]

Anyone had new sills made to order when the originals are no longer available?

Is it possible or would it be too expensive?

Thanks.

[AndrewW-G]

It's quite common for cars with a limited production run / spares supply, cost would depend on the complexity

[danoli777]

Thanks for the reply.

The car is a 1980 Audi 100.
Do you know of a company who specialise in this?

[AndrewW-G]

I'd suggest seeking out a classic car restoration specialist / coachbuilder, sorry to say that the people who'd I'd recomend to do this sort of work are all on the other side of the Irish sea

You may want to ask somebody on this site for names

http://www.classiccar.ie/forum/index.php?s=61f56e7...

[Benni]

Maybe worth a try :
http://www.helgematthiesen.de/
specializing in classic Audi parts
audi-et-service AT t-online.de

or these guys :
http://www.parts2go.de/advanced_search_result.php?...
info AT parts2go.de

Ask for "Reparaturblech Seitenschweller" "Links" for left and "Rechts" for right side.
Do you need inner or outer sill tin ?

Give full data on your Audi, Year, Model Code (43, C2?) and engine size.

HTH,
Benni

[danoli777]

Thanks everyone.

The car is in the UK and all work will be carried out there, hopefully.

Thanks again.

[b2hbm]

If OEM sills aren't available or are very expensive compared with the value of the car, then folks search out a common pattern part still in production which is reasonably close to the profile and then adapt this to fit.

For example, I used Ford Escort sills suitably modified for a Mk1 MR2. It obviously takes more time to shape to the correct profile, but it's a simple enough task and any bodyshop would be used to the practice.