Anyone cruise around sans sidesills?

[genXgts]

Taking my car to a shop for some welding work and rear **** delete, and just picked up my newly painted side sills today.

Rather than risk the on/off/on process at the shop, can I leave them off and drive the thing over there (30 miles or so) to get the work done?

While no obvious mechanical reasons I am thinking with the Kumhos on the front a stone might toss up and chip the door without the sacrificial sidesill to stop them. Make any sense?

 

[CAS]

I've heard of some driving w/out them before; I think it would be fine - just watch your legs on exit - OUCH! lol

Clint

 

[Ulysses]

You can drive it over there without the sill covers, just be careful when you step out or you will get a nasty burn.

The risk of getting a stone kicked up is there with Kumhos or without, though more likely with them.

Ask if you can take them off when you get there.

 

[ViperJoe]

Thats like going out with a beauty queen that has taken her teeth out LOL!

 

[genXgts]

It would look fugly, that's for sure!!!

 

[Gerald]

Ryan! sup man! I guess sans means without? Is that some Canadian thingymajigger?

 

[BigCarrot]

You'll be OK. I'd leave them off too.

 

[Ron]

Consider the heat of the cats after shut down, (500 degrees plus, easy) a inch or so from the bottom of your nicely painted plastic door. The bottom of the door at one point along the sill is fully exposed to the cat.....

Post shutdown, I'd suggest running a small fan on each side until they cool down a bit.

 

[BigCarrot]

Consider the heat of the cats after shut down, (500 degrees plus, easy) a inch or so from the bottom of your nicely painted plastic door. The bottom of the door at one point along the sill is fully exposed to the cat.....

Post shutdown, I'd suggest running a small fan on each side until they cool down a bit.

ROTFLMAO!!! It won't hurt it!

 

[Will]

I've done it before, just be careful with entry/exit.
-W

 

[HP]

It would look fugly, that's for sure!!!

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Now, now .... I'm guilty, but it's just cause I want to be different.
Actually, I have my sills stripped, and haven't found time to paint them.
But I do have highly polished 3" SS pipes.

 

[McGuireV10]

I did this a couple weeks ago. My drive was about 20 minutes. No problems.

 

[genXgts]

haha Gerald, yeah sans must mean without for the French.

Must be all the ladies from Quebec that come to give a shot at taking their clothes off for a living in my town.

"We can't live sans you Ryan"........uhhh, something along those lines.

Mixed responses on this side sill deal, maybe I'll pop them on for insurance, and pull them myself at the shop. One chip up on the doors and I'd be peeved.

Related note I had my sills painted for $300 Cdn and they look great, that's just over $200 US. Thought that was a decent deal.

 

[slaughterj]

I've done it before, just be careful with entry/exit.
-W

So important in many areas of life.

 

[BigCarrot]

I've done it before, just be careful with entry/exit.
-W

So important in many areas of life.

 

[GR8_ASP]

Observed Team Viper drag racing a Gen I some time ago without the sills. No problem. And in drag racing you know the converters were getting toasty.

BTW sans is quite normal in speach here north of the border (for the uninformed Detroit is north of Windsor, Ontario).

 

[slaughterj]

Observed Team Viper drag racing a Gen I some time ago without the sills. No problem. And in drag racing you know the converters were getting toasty.

BTW sans is quite normal in speach here north of the border (for the uninformed Detroit is north of Windsor, Ontario).

Ah, you may be north, but you are south of the border

And "sans" is a fairly common term in general... if you're pretentious!

 

[GR8_ASP]

South of which border? Detroit is north of Windsor. Only major US city directly north of a Canadian city.