cost of sill and floor pan welding?
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hi, what is the going rate for relpacing a sill and front floor pans at a garage?

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i dont need it doing personally. my brother is handy with a welder, and out of work at the moment so cash is tight for him. a guy we know with a mini has asked him to do it. he doesnt want to rip the guy off, but expects a few quid as hes skint at the moment. just wondering for a fair price? thanks

said in my 2007 mini magazine £300 by a decent garage so add the inflation?

obviously as its a mate maybe less?

Depends how bad the inner sills are? My outer sills were £18 each from mmachine.

Personally id never welded before this April and ive done both sills and patched the inner ones quite well i think, and even with the mig worked out £100 cheaper!

Edited by webba on 23rd May, 2008.

Agree an hourly rate with the customer, and then charge for the time spent on it.

charge him per hour plus parts its the only fair way

the only problem is the guy has already bought patern parts!!

Edited by minimole23 on 23rd May, 2008.

yea. he did the one sill on my car 4 me when i was away. patched the inner. have got a pattern inner for the other side though. are these ok to use?

the only other non genuine parts i have is a S diaganal for the front panel, and rear mk1 light converters..these are a nightmare and iv been filling, rubbing, filling, ruubbing for days and days. the drivers side is getting somewhere near now though

The pattern inner actually fitted, which was a suprise, but the car was so far apart, it would not have made much difference, as they are not curved and can be trimmed to fit.

something like a wing needs to line up proporly, my genuine ones even needed a little 'pursuasion'!

will be using genuine panels for door skins, wings, front panel, a panels, scuttle...otherwise it will be miles out of line

Sounds like a plan. The only thing I found the non genuine panels god for was making repair panels.

Good luck with your own project.

cheers. may be on the road for mini action day at castle coombe this year if its on.not sure about hitting the track though! iv been saving bits for this car for 5 years! im confident with my driving,its just the idiots around that im not so sure of!!

il have pics up over the summer of progress. not taken any now as it looks horendous at this point!