Aluminum vs Stainless Door Sills - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

TimAustinW · 11-04-2007, 05:06 PM

Was thinking about getting some door sills and noticed on Ebay that there is a choice between stainless and aluminum. The aluminum ones are much more affordable. Anyone buy the aluminum ones and had a bad experience? I'm tempted to shell out the extra cash and go for the stainless for rust reasons. When it rains and when I wash my car I notice a decent amount of water gathering in the sills.

Thanks

rick3000 · 11-04-2007, 05:18 PM

I recently bought some color matched sills, that adhere magnetically for $26. If you want some more information PM me and I can tell you were to find them. There more discreet, but won't show scratches like the metal ones.

blue2000s · 11-04-2007, 05:23 PM

You're not going to have rust problems with aluminum for sure. Technically, some stainless steels will rust, but I don't know what stainless they're using.

Aluminum scuffs and scratches very easily, it's a much softer material than stainless. I'd never use aluminum on a door sill.