Photos below. My main question is are tgey still safe and likey to get thru an mot or to far gone?

 

Here is one photo

 

 

Don't look too bad. Poke at them with a screwdriver, do they go through? If not rub back, slap some white paint on it, job done

 

as above - from the initial pics they dont look too bad but only sure way of telling is to prod them with a screwdriver

 

Get the screw driver on them and give them a few taps.


Looking at the rust in pic 2 I think that piece of rust might turn into a hole.

The rest doesn't look bad.

 

Be very suprised if it fails an MOT with that small amount of rust.

 

Give the rusty areas a scrape and spray the whole sill with black waxoyl also do the edges.

Job done.

 

Blimey, compared to your average MX5 they are mint! Just slap some paint on them and wang it in.

 

wayol one side how long does it stay sticky for?

 

 

nope i wire brushed it off first, wasnt that much went straight to bare metal so clearly just bit surface rust, wasnt much paint layers thou which surprised me, ford way to make it rust i guess

 

That looks a bloody mess, id take it all off and get some white hammerite or similar to paint over the bare metal.

 

well its under rthe car u cant see it unless bend down on the floor, i used hammerite before didnt find it very affective at all

 

I would just use some masking tape mate to neaten it up a bit and make a neat line. Maybe then go for a second Coat and jobs a goodun

 

cheers yeah i still need to do the other side, does it dry and go hard or does it never dry fully?

 

It should dry ok. When you take it for its MOT they will be looking for severe rust which could affect the structure of your car, if its got waxoyle on or not will not make the difference between a pass or fail.

 

yeah my mechanic said just wire brush and paint over it so doesnt look so obvious the structure seems solid just a lot surface rust but i guess he right to a degree if can be taken off and smarten up prob got to help to a degree, but if tap it with there hammer will find a very solid sill there

 

 

i neaten it up with a line now put 2nd layer on, not trying to hide anything trying to stop it rotting further already had 1 hole had to be welded dont need others developing, it was my mechanic told me to paint them up. can test sills as much as they like there all solid. cant fail because i painted it under the car. bitch of it all is MOT fails on day of test now not the expiry date

 

MOT testers are used to seeing all sorts of bodge ups and repairs underneath cars but they know what they are looking for and will fail it on structural major rust only not the cosmetics of what people have done to "make it look better". Get it booked in and see what happens.