Car Sills Rust & Repair: Signs, Cost and MOT Advice

Two mechanics in a repair workshop working on a heavily corroded vintage car body structure, using welding tools to rectify structural MOT compliance failures.

Car sills are the structural steel panels running underneath the doors along each side of your vehicle. Rusty or damaged car sills can weaken the vehicle’s structure, affect safety and cause an MOT failure. In many cases, rotten sills can be repaired by cutting out the damaged metal and welding in new steel, with typical […]

MOT Welding Repairs Explained: What Stourbridge & Halesowen Inspectors Check

Two mechanics in a repair workshop working on a heavily corroded vintage car body structure, using welding tools to rectify structural MOT compliance failures.

MOT welding repairs in Stourbridge and Halesowen follow a specific, standardised set of criteria — they’re never arbitrary. If your car has ever failed its MOT with a mention of “corrosion,” “structural weakness,” or a specific area like the sills, chassis, or floor pan, you’ve probably wondered exactly what the tester was looking for — […]