Different sills on late cabbys?

 Hi Guys, I have finaly managed to decide on a style for my project which is a MARS RED 83 GTI tin top retro look for my 1992 cabby, cool I thought.
I have removed the bumpers, arches and sill trims all going well but I have since noticed that there seems to be a lower section to the sills…a tin top has a sill that comes from under the door down to the floor edge easy but it seems that a cabby has about an extra 2" box section before the floor edge. I undrstand that this is probably top add structural reinforcement having removed the roof but is the floor actually lower ?
I can make the sills smooth to mimic the tin top look but if the floor is alredy lower ( i.e the distance between the bottom of the door to the floor is greater ) when I lower the car to the desired hight ill be dragging my ass down the road which is not my plan plus its obvious what i've done and that it's a late car with the trim and bumpers removed which is less than I'm looking for.
If anyone has any prior knowledge I would be very grateful for some clarity.

cheers J

 

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All Cabriolets have sills like that - it's an extra reinforcement to compensate for the roof being chopped off. On the earlier models there's a thin metal trim strip that goes along it; on the later models it's covered by the bodykit. I'm not sure what it means for the height of the floor though - my guess would be that it's the same height as on the tin top.

On my 81 Diesel I had a Chrome strip at the sill edge below the door, this was the Same on some of the Cabriolets pre-87 and the introduction of the "Clipper" lit or Ground effects.  

Thanks guys I think I'll have to take some measurements at the weekend and ask a kind soul with a tin top to compare them for me.


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