Outrigger Protection - Front Bottom Wheelarch damage

[AJSGSE1990]

The outriggers seem to be a significant problem with this car if they ever start rusting. I am lucky and mine seem to be in rude health. However, this is now the stage in the rebuild where I should be thinking of protecting the area against future problems. Also, the bottom of the front wheelarch has taken some damage and whilst the fibreglass can be patched it does seem like that would be an obvious place to add some protection. Either with an ally plate, something relatively thin, or some thin mud flap material. What have people tried? What should I do to protect the outriggers?

Thank you,

Andrew.

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[RonR]

The later SEs had extra butyl rubber sealant and drainage holes in the sills, if your car's an early SE it may be worth adding them - Details are in the "Water Ingress Addendum" to the Service Notes - Section BK.

[AJSGSE1990]

The later SEs had extra butyl rubber sealant and drainage holes in the sills, if your car's an early SE it may be worth adding them - Details are in the "Water Ingress Addendum" to the Service Notes - Section BK.

Brilliant, thank you!

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[DublinBlueElan]

I'd like to add to this since I have never seen it mentioned before. The holes in the sills are right behind the outriggers in line with the 2 jacking points. I have found that the sill itself is hallow. For anyone with no carpet, you can put your hand through the outriggers and touch the sill. This is the inner sill, not the outer sill you see when looking at the car. These are sealed units and hold water. Look at what came out of mine after I added a hole.


To explain what I did different to the bulletin, see below.