Crushed sill - sliding door stuck closed

Nalgene

New Member
Very annoyed with myself - was pulling out of a tight junction and I’ve gone over a rock covered by long grass (which I imagine was there to prevent driving on the grass verge). Its crushed the sill in so much so that the sliding door now won’t open… I will of course get booked in a body shop ASAP, but in the interim I’d really like to be able to get in the sliding door.

I started trying to move it out the way of the sliding door with pliers but wanted to check if this will make it harder to fix because its pushing the 2 pieces of metal completely together. Circled what I mean on picture.

To fix it are they likely to just cut the sill off entirely and weld a new one on? In which case I’m fine to crack on with the pliers?

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I did something similar/worse maybe on one of those low black bollards when I was sent into a tight corner by a closed road. Cost a bomb to fix, new sil etc. Found a good guy so I threw money at it on my sh1ty old van :rolleyes:
 
DM pictures of the repair sent. This guy mainly does very long term classics but did it as a favour for a mate
 
Thank you - makes me feel better to know i’m not the only one! Did you have the same problem as me with not being able to open the door because of it?


Got the pics, really helpful to see how they go about it so thanks!
 
Thank you - makes me feel better to know i’m not the only one! Did you have the same problem as me with not being able to open the door because of it?


Got the pics, really helpful to see how they go about it so thanks!
nope my door was still opening with zero issues
 
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