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[starman]

Whats the best rear sill to replace the area rusted beneath back doors in a 78 fj40? Do you need 14 or 16 gauge?

Thanks

Newbie getting his 78 fj 40 painted

 

[osagecruiser]

check canada cruisers site...sorry i have no link...try googling it

osagecruiser

 

[Finally Mine]

Go to search, type in "rear sill" about 250 or so posts on this subject. I found this thread very informative, and it has plenty of great ideas.

 

[Trollhole]

If you want easy go with the CCOT. It is pricey but worth it.

 

[ehsankiani]

These (Pakistan repros) would be available, reasonable price, in the US soon.

Ehsan

 

[rusty_tlc]

check canada cruisers site...sorry i have no link...try googling it

osagecruiser

Canada Cruisers <----LINK

 

[mplatzer]

I Sent You A Pm. Iv Got The Rear Sill From Cool Cruisers And Am Not Using It If You Want To Buy It From Me. It Is Brand New Let Me Know

 

[terrx]

One quick comment on the rear sills. I bought one off ebay for around $50. It was nice heavy gauge steel. I didn't like it though because there was no center recess for the door striker (amb doors). I just looked at the CCOT site and it looks like their's has the recess ('75 and later). It's a little more money, but I ended up not using the ebay one because of that.
Cheers.

 

[crawford67]

I got mine from CCOT about 4 yrs ago, it has held up fine and well worth the money!

 

[fj40_73]

Whats the best rear sill to replace the area rusted beneath back doors in a 78 fj40? Do you need 14 or 16 gauge?

Thanks

Newbie getting his 78 fj 40 painted

16 gauge should be fine. I made mine with 16g, and reused the U supports from my old one. I had to make it in a few pieces and weld together, because that's what I had left over and my brake was not long enough to do the whole width.



Here it is with out the ends, and salvged U supports.set in.

For the end corners, I had some matieral left over from replacing the corner outer panels.

On salvaging the U supports, I found that after I cut them out, to get the old channel off, it was best to place in the vice grip, and grab the remaining metal with vice grips and twist N pull.

 

[fj40_73]

IMHO

Edit: Just noticed you were only asking about the sill, not the rear support. 16g is fine for the sill also.

 

[brew8]

Make one out of two inch square tube and a flat 2 inch piece of 1/4 inch steel, weld it up very strong and nice, Larry