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Old 5th March 2021, 07:29   #23
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Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE 4dr manual Wedgewood Blue 2 04-05/06/2001

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Originally Posted by squire View Post
Now that's really something else, although I thought our cars mostly for at the rear end, I've seen a few with rot at the front, mainly caused both mudflaps, but never heard of any midsections rotting out.
My driver's sill is going the whole length of the seam where it meets the floorpan - probably because the sill is dented so the chrome strip doesn't sit well, which lets water in through the holes I think.

The passenger sill has some rust again where it meets the floorpan but only in the centre, roughly at the B-post, again the chrome strip is loose at that point.

And let's not mention the front jacking points......
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