alscrx

Well i went to a body shop in CT and they said 7-8 grand to repaint whole car with replacing both rear quarter panels. Thats too much money to spend on a daily driven car so i am looking for somewhere or someone who has experience changing out quarters. I live in NY so please let me know. Not looking to spend a fortune but would like to do quarters now. More pics on page 2





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Modified by alscrx at 4:58 PM 12/4/2007

msinsky14

i was looking to do this same thing myself along with the wheel wells and rockers. its gonna be hard, but its a shitload cheaper than any shop will charge, all i need is a welder. the shops around here said 2grand to repace them, not including parts.

sc4dr

I would charge you around $1,200 to replace the quarters and fix your wheel wells. Thats not including parts and materials. Try and find someone to make you patch panels.

Sleepy86o

I hear there is this new thing where they use some type of glue instead of welding now a days due to the fact that welding is very time consuming. I did some research and it does seem like it would work. Makes sense too because when you weld you need som special primer. Glue is also prone to rusting. What they do is flanged the panel so its like a step and use sheetrock screws or those nifty fastener to hold it in place, then remove once the glue cures and apply filler.

corked1260

yeah they are using panel adhesive.. they use them for alot of parts... the shop i worked at got alot of hail damaged cars and just glue new roof skins on... alot of car companys are staring to use it in factorys is really does work.... i did cab cornors on my truck wiht it over a year ago and still looks gret

reactone

rustrepair.com has replacement wheel arches for crx's but they take some finangling to fit properly, as the body contours arent exactly form-fitting. I wouldn't attempt it unless you have some welding experience with thin gauge sheet metal. Also, if your inner fender wells are rusted you will have to rebuild those as well, which I don't know of anyone that makes replacement panels.
I've been replacing the quarters of my brothers crx for the last week or two, its not fun.

alscrx

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sc4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would charge you around $1,200 to replace the quarters and fix your wheel wells. Thats not including parts and materials. Try and find someone to make you patch panels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Its just that both panelsare bubbling under the paint in a few areas so the quarters are shot for sure. Don't think its worth it to make patches

msinsky14

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sc4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would charge you around $1,200 to replace the quarters and fix your wheel wells. Thats not including parts and materials. Try and find someone to make you patch panels.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'd pay you 1200 to replace the quarters and fix the wheel wells on a dime. thats a decent price, too bad u dont live near me

sc4dr

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alscrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Its just that both panelsare bubbling under the paint in a few areas so the quarters are shot for sure. Don't think its worth it to make patches</TD></TR></TABLE>

I could make patch panels to fix your rust, but it would be close to the same price.

On Hondas I use panel bonding glue to bond the area around the wheel house. When I clamp it, all the excess glue gets in all the hiding places, which helps keep any moisture out.

If you are not looking for a restoration, have someone do custom sheetmetal patch repair on it. Any metal man can do this for you, it's not rocket science.

alscrx

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sc4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I could make patch panels to fix your rust, but it would be close to the same price.

On Hondas I use panel bonding glue to bond the area around the wheel house. When I clamp it, all the excess glue gets in all the hiding places, which helps keep any moisture out.

If you are not looking for a restoration, have someone do custom sheetmetal patch repair on it. Any metal man can do this for you, it's not rocket science. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Trying to find a reputable guy in NEW YORK is hard.

Burgiop

Thats to bad, over in Canada here I got someone who would do body work and paint the whole car for 1000 bucks

msinsky14

anyone know of a write-up for replacing a honda quarter panel(any honda) to get an idea of how this is done?

krazyturbo1

i live in ri about 2 hours from ny i do all custom paint and body work have done a few honda quater panels replace say about ten i can send you some photos of my work if you like but figure with paint and materials single color base coat clear coat paint around $2 grand get back to me at krazykustomz1@yahoo.com if your interested...i also do air brush and custom grafix.....use hok,ppg,sherwin,sem,dupont to name a few of the paints i use

Bigblockhatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Burgiop &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats to bad, over in Canada here I got someone who would do body work and paint the whole car for 1000 bucks</TD></TR></TABLE>I would like to see some of this guys 1k jobs.......You will have around $500-1000k in just materials for a good job on this car.The guy said replaced the quarters not fill it full of mud so the rust comes back

Bigblockhatch

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alscrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

Trying to find a reputable guy in NEW YORK is hard. </TD></TR></TABLE>well you can send it to TN and i will fix them for around $1200

nuckingfuts

its fun stuff

alscrx

Nice!! Did you do that yourself?? How long does it take to remove??

msinsky14

damn dude, how hard was that?

and u got any more pics?

sc4dr

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by alscrx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Nice!! Did you do that yourself?? How long does it take to remove??</TD></TR></TABLE>
Hopefully no more than an hour, if your a bodyman.

msinsky14

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sc4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Hopefully no more than an hour, if your a bodyman.</TD></TR></TABLE>

another question: how difficult is it to line up and stitch weld the sectioned parts?

msinsky14

bump!

nuckingfuts

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sc4dr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Hopefully no more than an hour, if your a bodyman.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Unless you have actually done this before, its hard to imagine what exactly is involved. There is many different ways to go about doing it, most body shops cut corners, thats how they save time which is what makes a profit for them. It takes time to drill out spot welds, and that was the method i chose to do. i know they have special tools for drilling spot welds, but i'm not rich and i have just been using the standard spot weld cutter "bits". i'm not done as you can see i need to recreate the inner 1/4 panel.

msinsky14

u mean u have to recreate the inner wheel housings? sounds like fun.

cant u just replace the inner wheel housings with honda parts by drilling out spot welds also?

Newark Built

real fun

alscrx

Making patches sounds like its easier but my quarters are bad. Rather start fresh.
Can these still be ordered from honda???

Any good bodyman in NY, NJ area looking to do my quarters???????