davidzhou4893

is there anyway of repairing this?!?

collkid

Trouble.

White_EG1

What happened?

davidzhou4893

I have no idea i just found out today, yesterday while i was driving home my brakes suddenly stop working went all the way to the floor, thought it was air in my system, so today i flushed it all and then came to the driver side found this huge crack and my brake line was leaking from this same side. Most likely from the pot holes. Anyone know if this is repairable and how much would it cost and who do i take it to?

turbohatch96y7

iTrader: (15)

That looks like a pretty big ******* hole.

joey1320

Its metal man, it can be reshaped and welded. Is it worth it? Ahh that depends on how the rest of the car looks.

As long as you can find someone who is good at welding, they came make it safe again.

Highly recommend an alignment after the repairs.

Nave43

Thats a wicked tear, If the metal is weak enough to do that welding may not be worth it. Welding will create a new solid spot, meaning it very well may rip again in the path of least resistance (right beside the weld) if you dont reinforce the area when doing the repair.

P.S. Please dont write thread titles in caps....

purgat0ry

iTrader: (3)

Looks like you've got larger issues than your lines leaking.
Flat out, I'd total the car.

ejv8s10

The pictures are not inclusive of the general area. That makes diagnosis more challenging.

Did road debris cause the problem?
If so, then a simple repair by a welder will work.

If your car has other contributing problems (rust, accident damage, etc) then you must consider the integrity of a larger area.

davidzhou4893

No rust, no accident, clean car, I really don't know how this happened, besides the road I go to work has a lot of pot holes

tony_2018

Body shop.

purgat0ry

iTrader: (3)

Post holes lead to stress, stress weakens the body/frame all together.

Seriously though, go looking around the rest of the car, double check there aren't anymore tears like that or obvious signs of weakening metal, you may be driving around in swiss cheese with an engine, four wheels and you inside of it... and that's not safe.

tony_2018

Those cracks look clean and rust free, you must've hit something really hard to flex and break that. I've never seen anything like that before.

davidzhou4893

When I first bought this car I heard squeaking on the driver front where the crack is, it might have been small and I didn't notice it, and that's probably how the crack got bigger because off all the pots holes

tony_2018

I"m not sure why you aren't dodging those pot holes........

94EG8

It is repairable, but I wouldn't weld up the crack, it wont hold. Replace that section of the apron, they are available new from Honda.

davidzhou4893

I do dodge pot holes there's just too many you dodge one u fall into another the road is really bad, and who would i go to change that part? how much would it cost?

94EG8

If you're not doing the work yourself you'll have to go to a collision shop and it wont be cheap.

tony_2018

Its gonna have to be the collision shop, you need to replace that driver side apron, and the welds have to be good and sealed. GL dude.

JarvisW

If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ... no wait..

If you CAN'T dodge a pothole, don't hit it too hard

davidzhou4893

thanks guys i'll check out some shops today. Lol i try not to hit it too hard

davidzhou4893

so i took it to three different shops and they all said they don't repair that. They also said they don't even know who will do the job. One said it can costs thousands, another said couple hundred...

tony_2018

No, you don't ask for a repair, you ask them to replace that. Yes its expensive, but **** happens. If the cost is unbearable than you probably will have to look for a backyard mechanic to do it or buy another ride. Part this one out.

94EG8

I work for a fairly large collision shop, thousands would be the more realistic estimate. If you do the work yourself you can probably do it for less than $500.

joey1320

Might as well do a right hand conversion.