I chopped an image of a hatch to show a design change in the rear quarter panel. The downflow of of the panels should allow water to flow out and drain rather than camp out in your sheet metal.

 

So what is this solution? I don't see any design change...

 

i dont get it. hahaha

 

Okay, I have a question about this..

Should I remove the plastic/rubber wheel well line to avoid rust? Or just cut it back?

 

remove the plastic rubber thing

its not water thats causing the rust, its mud that sits on the lip.. then u drive through water and water sits in the mud... etc etc...

the only way to stop the rust is to block that area off completely, or remove the lip

 

I'm not good with advice. I'm just saying that the current design is flawed. The wheel wheel line is actually trapping water in there right now because the current panel cut is a plateau. It should be a hill that angles up toward the tailight.

 

i totally disagree.........DO NOT remove that rubber strip. i have owned 2 90-93 accords wich are the hondas that have the worste rust. i thought you should remove that strip to but u dont. if u move that strip it leaves the paint on that lip to become chipped off from sand spitting up from your tires and little rockes and what not. and when the painbt comes off bare metal is expossed. so leave that rubber lip trust me from experiance. i have a 93 civic with no rust at all and what i did was bought rubber silicone and put it all along the inside of that lip and rubber strip and then tapped the lip overnight to hold it tight. and now no mud or water can access the lip and start rust. that lip is there for a reason dont remove it.

 

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Now there is a good idea.

 

My solution to that problem is live in San Diego.

 

my solution,

POR 15 the ***** *****.

 

can u get that POR 15 from home depot or something

 

no, only por 15 stores or http://www.por15.com

 

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POR 15 the ***** *****. </TD></TR></TABLE>

hell yeah por 15 is the ****

 

hahaha to me those pictures were like one of those spot the difference in these picture games... but anyways for the people that didnt notice the change... look where the rear bumper and rear quarter panel meet.

 

WTF??? They only rust solution is don't drive in the salt and keep your car clean... As for rust repair thats a whole different game...

 

not only did i just do that i rubber undercoated the entiore rear body panel and the underside of each rear fender/lip etc. my **** is winter proof and salt proof.

 

i live in salt lake city , GREAT

 

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do you have a writeup for this? I just bought a newer civic and i want to avoid rust as much as possible. Pics would be awesome

 

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do you have a writeup for this? I just bought a newer civic and i want to avoid rust as much as possible. Pics would be awesome</TD></TR></TABLE>

Just keep it clean... easy as that.

 

Im going to be doing a Por15 write up

This stuff is great too http://www.por15canada.com/can/primer.asp

 

ahhh, i hate that ****. i though i was the only one... now i dont feel so alone. I was thinking about doing that rhino liner **** inside my wheel wells...

thoughts/ opinions????

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 5thgencivicr &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i totally disagree.........DO NOT remove that rubber strip. i have owned 2 90-93 accords wich are the hondas that have the worste rust. i thought you should remove that strip to but u dont. if u move that strip it leaves the paint on that lip to become chipped off from sand spitting up from your tires and little rockes and what not. and when the painbt comes off bare metal is expossed. so leave that rubber lip trust me from experiance. i have a 93 civic with no rust at all and what i did was bought rubber silicone and put it all along the inside of that lip and rubber strip and then tapped the lip overnight to hold it tight. and now no mud or water can access the lip and start rust. that lip is there for a reason dont remove it.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Or just keep it clean after removing the rubber boot, most cars come without the rubber. Only a few car manufacturers have those (Subaru,Honda, and a couple others). Those companies seem to have a rusting issue with most of there cars.