Have you taken your skirts off, to check for rust?

[Mikeyjp]

Hello

I know the clios seem to be quite good at fighting off rust, but i am a bit concerned what the sills might look like, as there has been no polish/wax or any form of cleaning for 10 years+.

Has anyone removed theirs for a health check? or am i worrying about nothing

 

[Fletcher]

I removed my drivers side sill last year and it had no rust whatsoever, 52 plate 172 on 152,000 that has never been garaged.

 

[Maccy]

Are they easy to remove? Never thought about it tbh!

 

[Mikeyjp]

think they need drilling off

 

[Akay]

I think its a case of screws either side and along the bottom, and drilling a few rivets out.

 

[Budgie]

Easier to remove the rear door card -that's where it'll start.

 

[Scrooge]

@TheEvilGiraffe

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

@TheEvilGiraffe

FLOL !

 

[Mr R.]

It'd not from under the side skirt they rust.

As Budgie pull the inner quarter panel trim off and have a look inside.

 

[Andy93]

Took the inner door cards off mine last weekend. Can see daylight through the seam. Now condemned to be killed on track

 

[plees]

Bought a "clean" ph1 a couple of years ago with 70 odd k on it. Thought it was solid as a rock until i sold it and the lad crashed it, ripped the skirts off and revealed big holes down the sills.

Planning on removing the skirts on my cup in the near future to clean, and seal them up just to prevent it happening again.

Surely worth it as a precautionary measure!

 

[JamesBryan]

They have plastic rivets along the bottom that need drilling, then it's just a case of lifting them off the clips.

Replace with peel rivets.

 

[OssPoop]

I've just been to look at a 172 that had rust along the top of the doors by the windscreen is this a common rust area?

 

[lee M4RSH]

Common or not, its still rust isnt it?
Plenty out there that are not rusty.

 

[OssPoop]

Oh yes I'm not going to touch it , just wondering if it's a common rust area.

 

[lee M4RSH]

Rust isnt really common on a clio to be honest. As said above, if any at all its usually behind thebrear door card

 

[Mr Plums]

When I read the title I thought it would be a nws thread, with lots of pics of birds with their skirts pulled down bent over showing a bit of rusty bullet hole!

These cars do hold out well with rust tbf, compared to fords anyway

 

[lee M4RSH]

Rusty bullet hole.

FML :*)

 

[Mikeyjp]

stripped the back out today, could not see any rust