Re: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Aluminum Door Sill Restoration

[Bradley Jones <wagonmasterx5@xxxxxxxxx>]

Mention AMC to our local dealer and they all start scratching their heads!!!

AMC74HORNET@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Brad my son checked for me last fall. I don't know what a full set costs
> as they did not have the right ones I needed. I would have gotten an
> employee discount because my son worked for them. My son no longer works
> for them. Call up your local Mopar dealer and ask for a set for an 88
> Eagle.. Grab them while they are still available.
> "Doc"
>
> To: BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> From: "Brad Jones" <wagonmasterx5@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 09:54:12 -0000
> Subject: [BaadAssGremlins] Re: Aluminum Door Sill Restoration
>
> How much would a full set
>  cost??
>
>
>
> --- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@... wrote:
> >
> > Only 4 door sills are still available from Das Mopar as the last 
> real
> > AMC's were 4 door Eagles. My son worked for the local Mopar dealer 
> and
> > checked for me.
> > "Doc"
> > 
> > 
> > --- In amc_club_of_socal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AMC74HORNET@ wrote:
> > >
> > > Boy do I wish some one made repo door sill plates. My son said he 
> paid
> > > 30$ for 2 for his Javelin.These are one real PIA to try to make 
> to look
> > > decent. Start out by washing with lacquer thinner, then with a 
> small
> > > brass wire wheel in my dremil clean out the ribs. Then with 
> assorted
> > > small hammers and picks remove the dents and dings as best you 
> can. Then
> > > wet sand to remove the scratches and corrosion pitting with 400# 
> sand
> > > paper and then go to 600# sand paper. I got 20 hours into one
>  
> sill so
> > > far and am only half way done with the 600# sanding. Next is 
> sanding
> > > with 1000# and then crocus cloth. Finally polish with Autosol 
> metal
> > > polish. There is 100% difference between the one that is almost 
> half way
> > > done compared to the other one which was just washed with lacquer
> > > thinner. I hope the dazzle of the chrome like polished finish 
> will hide
> > > some of the dings and dents that were not able to be removed 
> perfectly.
> > > I spent around 5,000$ on this interior and would gladly have 
> coughed up
> > > the money for repo or NOS sill plates.
> > > "Doc"
> > >
> > 
> > Rumor has it that the door sills can be bought through mopar, but it
> > doesent have any of the etching or details.
> >

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