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Coupe sill replacement #1678055 18/11/2025 12:15 18/11/2025 12:15
Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham Callum OP Club member 2019
Callum OP Club member 2019 Newbie Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham	Hi, I've got 1996 Fiat Coupe that needs its sills replaced. Any help advice appreciated. Firstly I'm trying to find some places that might do it. I spoke toone place near me in Cheltenham and they were a bit depressing in terms of cost. Obs I expect it not to be cheap. I'm guessing that some people have had their sills replaced. Who did it, approx how much was it and was it a good outcome. TIA Callum

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Callum] #1678056 18/11/2025 12:36 18/11/2025 12:36
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 18,320 Auld Reekie Edinburgh Club President, member225
Edinburgh Club President, member225 Forum veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 18,320 Auld Reekie	Is this any use to you... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/376195919467 If you have further questions about your coupé it's useful for respondents to know which model you have; to display this navigate to your forum name top RHS and from the drop-down menu select Edit Profile/Add Avatar Last edited by Edinburgh; 18/11/2025 12:44. BumbleBee carer

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Edinburgh] #1678057 18/11/2025 15:44 18/11/2025 15:44
Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham Callum OP Club member 2019
Callum OP Club member 2019 Newbie Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham	Hi, The model, colour and year were set in my profile, but it was missing Turbo, so I've added that. The link is useful to a point, I won't be doing the work, either a garage can do the work or it won't be done. Useful to know there are sills available, though. Regards Callum

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Callum] #1678058 18/11/2025 16:20 18/11/2025 16:20
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Edinburgh Club President, member225 Forum veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 18,320 Auld Reekie	Originally Posted by Callum The model, colour and year were set in my profile, but it was missing Turbo, so I've added that. It looks as if you have navigated to the Profile displayed when clicking your forum name to the left of your posts. Go to the top right-hand-side where clicking on your name (in blue) will reveal about 11 options, first of which is Preferences, next being Edit Profile. Scroll down and your will see "Avatar" - you can choose the appropriate option there BumbleBee carer

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Callum] #1678087 23/11/2025 17:23 23/11/2025 17:23
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,591 Scottish Borders G_Man My life on the forum
G_Man My life on the forum Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,591 Scottish Borders	I bought one of these sills last year to be held in reserve and can confirm the profile is a very good match though cutting and welding into place is a different matter. Is your sill shot completely or is it by the rear arch so you need a patch repair? 77 77

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Edinburgh] #1678157 03/12/2025 16:17 03/12/2025 16:17
Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham Callum OP Club member 2019
Callum OP Club member 2019 Newbie Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham	OIC, It is the same profile from which ever direction, I didn't understand about the avatar - I just entered text where it asked. TVM Callum

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: G_Man] #1678158 03/12/2025 16:23 03/12/2025 16:23
Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham Callum OP Club member 2019
Callum OP Club member 2019 Newbie Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham	Interesting. I chatted to Joe Knight from FCSS and he said he had seen one of the sills and agreed the profile was good but he said that "the coupe has a slight radius to the sill front to back and these are fabricated straight" so they didn't quite fit properly. :-( I think mine is worse than a patch repair.

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Callum] #1678159 03/12/2025 16:28 03/12/2025 16:28
Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham Callum OP Club member 2019
Callum OP Club member 2019 Newbie Joined: Feb 2023 Posts: 9 Cheltenham	Anybody else got anything on replacing sills?

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Callum] #1678161 03/12/2025 19:03 03/12/2025 19:03
Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 18,320 Auld Reekie Edinburgh Club President, member225
Edinburgh Club President, member225 Forum veteran Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 18,320 Auld Reekie	OIC, an education - I had to look it up First hit was Organisation of Islamic Cooperation BumbleBee carer

Re: Coupe sill replacement [Re: Callum] #1678330 22/12/2025 11:30 22/12/2025 11:30
Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,591 Scottish Borders G_Man My life on the forum
G_Man My life on the forum Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,591 Scottish Borders	Originally Posted by Callum Interesting. I chatted to Joe Knight from FCSS and he said he had seen one of the sills and agreed the profile was good but he said that "the coupe has a slight radius to the sill front to back and these are fabricated straight" so they didn't quite fit properly. :-( I think mine is worse than a patch repair. I think you will struggle to get a perfect fit for any aftermarket panel TBH. I've been looking at an Alfa 916 spider resto and the garage has to fettle the sill into place which does the job. A 'didn't quite fit' is probably the best you're going to get and let a competent body shop work out the fine details. Good luck 77 77

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