BMW E39 Front Sill & Jacking Point Corrosion - PART 3

PART 3
So what have we learnt from this experiment of using non-genuine Sill sections?

Well, they are very cheap and much more affordable than the genuine sill sections.

However, they do require more work as there are no pre-stamped holes for the under trays or the jacking pad.

Also, the NS sill (front edge under the wing) seen at @0:36 seems to be stamped in a non-original shape.
In hindsight, we would have cut this area and re-aligned it into an OEM shape.
In this case, we didn't and we'll let the bodyshop use a filling technique to align it to an OEM parallel finish, but in the future, the next one we do will require more time on the NS to make it as OEM as possible.

All in all, we think they are a fairly good option and are approx 80% OEM accurate.
If we put in more effort on the NS sill front edge (now realising the NS stamped sill isn't perfect) we think we could get that to 90% OEM accuracy (visual effect).

REMEMBER, this isn't the full and finished look.
The E39 now needs to go to a bodyshop to have the final professional exterior (bodycoloured) paintwork carried out.

Many thanks to Technicians Luke & Dave who spent several days on this project in their own time and by agreeing to be the guinea-pig for these non-genuine sill sections, and allowing us to document the process.

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