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Old 17-07-2007, 12:05
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Has anyone filled or tried filling their sills with expanding foam to stiffen the car up, if is it an easy job to do?
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Old 17-07-2007, 13:26
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The real problem with this technic it's the fact that moisture tends to appear in chassis by keeping water, all the rest is good
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Old 17-07-2007, 18:03
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Would that actually work? Maybe some improvement with side impact, but if the type of expanding foam that builders use, it would just flex and give and turn to mush..... I filled the cavities in my glass fibre gp bodykit that I got from chester with expanding foam, and it keeps the gravel out of the side skirts, but thats about it... 2 months in and it is falling apart.

So no.... I doubt it would do much good. What about concrete?

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Old 17-07-2007, 18:11
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What about concrete?
Seems best idea to me
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Old 17-07-2007, 20:49
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I used about a gallon of waxoyl..not very stiff if they rot away
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Old 24-07-2007, 17:18
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I know that you have to make sure that there is no moisture present when you fill the sills, I just wondered how easy a job it was to do and if it makes any differance to stiffness.
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Old 25-07-2007, 13:25
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No... it will not do anything for stiffness. Dont bother.

Sorry...

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