Fixing your Honda Rust

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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By flamingdragon
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 12:10 am #358749 i tried welding the fixmyrust panels and caused it to warp. how would you guys fix this? cut it out and completely redo the welding and grinding with a new panel or try to blend the warped parts with fiberglass filler?

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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By teal_dx
- Sun Mar 27, 2016 3:47 am #358755
flamingdragon wrote:i tried welding the fixmyrust panels and caused it to warp. how would you guys fix this? cut it out and completely redo the welding and grinding with a new panel or try to blend the warped parts with fiberglass filler?

That sucks, but I wouldn't do it all over. I'd go with some quality filler. Give it plenty of time to cure/shrink before going on to paint. Mine warped a little but not that bad. It's easy to get on a roll when welding and get the metal too hot. A lot of breaks is key, alternate from side to side will give time to cool too. :thumb:

Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By flamingdragon
- Sun Mar 27, 2016 2:03 pm #358756 Would you recommend reshaping the panel with like a dolly or a porta-power? My dad said he was able to push out some dents on my cousins fender that got banged up hitting a deer with one.
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By teal_dx
- Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:44 pm #358766 You could try it, but I think an area warped from welding will be harder to press out than a dented area. Keep an eye on the welds to be sure they don't crack. :thumb:
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By rusty_eg3
- Mon Aug 01, 2016 6:48 pm #359553 Hey everyone! As some of you might know (those who read my "build" thread) I've also fabricated my rocker panel and obviously it has no holes to hold the side skirt clips. One of the factory clips remained in place though, the first one from the front. The plastic side skirt was mounted using that front clip and some silicone on the underside in the rear because yeah, I'm lazy. After almost a year the plastic fell off :))))). Is there a better way to mount that side sill or do I really have to drill those holes? Btw Teal, you did an awesome job drilling, I hope I'll get it right if it's necessary. Thanks.
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By teal_dx
- Wed Aug 10, 2016 6:06 pm #359583 There are some good adhesives out there, but not sure how they would hold up over time. Or if they would ever come off if you needed to take the skirt off for some reason.

Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By EG_XJ
- Fri Sep 08, 2017 2:30 pm #6907735 Definitely hoping to get this done to my coupe. Pretty bad on the driver's side from the salt here in IL. Thanks for the write-up!
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By TrailerTrash
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:38 am #6907747 I did it to my coupe using this writeup. i used hatchback quarter panels from fixmyrust.com and just cut out what i needed
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By teal_dx
- Wed Sep 20, 2017 12:35 am #6907751
TrailerTrash wrote:I did it to my coupe using this writeup. i used hatchback quarter panels from fixmyrust.com and just cut out what i needed

I've always wondered how that works out on a coupe... get any pics by chance?
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By TrailerTrash
- Thu Oct 12, 2017 11:06 pm #6907858 I do have some but not easily posted lol
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Re: Fixing your Honda Rust

By 69cuda340s
- Mon Jul 13, 2020 2:40 am #6909062 Hi all, I am newby here, but long time car person. Fixing the rust on my daughters '93 Civic Si. She bought the car in 2014 and daily drove it every day, including winters, until 2019. In fall of 2019 I started on drivers side, winter set in, then in spring 2020 completed the installation of patch panels on both sides. Car had several paint jobs all piled on top of one another so decision was made to sand all of those layers off entire car. Here are some pics:

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