I found a crx with no rust on it, and i'm gonna put alot of $ into the paint.
What can I do to make sure that it won't ever rust? do you think that there could be rust behind the weld on the rear quarter?
Hopefully you understand what i'm saying....

 

finding an east coast car (especially in the PA/MD/VA/DC area) is VERY hard to find. take the rear bumper cover off and check around that area.

 

check under the rocker panels, remove the plastic, if everything checks out, alot of old skool guys here recommend using oil in the wheel arches and stuff. really messy but works really well

 

plus on my crx and my hatch, they rusted from the inside out. take off the rear interior, and look there. then find some way to treat it, oil sounds good.

 

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Yeah thats what i was talking about, i was looking for suggestions on how to treat it...

the car was a thousand dollars in great condition..... the seller called me back today and said that he sold it to his brother instead.... and i just got the money together! I wanted to cry!

 

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Damn I hate when that happens. Oh well, other fish in the sea, just keep looking.

 

No rust on a ride on the East Coast, come ooooonnnn you gotta be kiddin! Try the oil solution that other lads have mentioned here, just get a large brush or something and throw on the oil and your good to go.

 

To answer your question on how to stop it from rusting, i have 90 si that i picked up from South carolina in 00. I live in pittsburgh and my trick is i have never driven it in the snow. If it never see salt it wont rust.

http://www.autoxphotos.com/gal...ownew=

another way i have tried is putting oil in the quarter panel from the inside, it slows it down but my 94 GSR is still rusting back there anyways.

 

I have heard nothing but great thtings about POR-15.
http://www.por15.com/

 

I have no rust with original paint still on both my cars....

 

Hey thanks Rob!!! Great contribution to the thread!

 

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some one beat me to it. VERY GOOD STUFF. I will try this stuff in the near future.

 

as long as you dont live were it snows or they dont put salt on the road you should be good. i am gettin my hole undercarrage undercoated!!!!

 

i live in ct but i have a corolla for a daily driver and my crx is garaged and taken off insurance for winter, i dont even driver her in rain lol

 

To answer your question about welds you should look into the Weld/Fabrication section of H-T. I would say if they used Weld-Thru primer you should be good if they left it bare metal then it could very well rust again.

 

Yea rust can be a pain in the ***.
Currently my CRX has been in the bodyshop for 7 months
partially my fault cuz first knock off Mugen kit and CF hood i bought from Importfan.com didnt fit (kit was off by like 3 or 4 inches in some spots) and CF hood was all warped (DONT BUY FROM IMPORTFAN.COM).

My bodyshop basically cut out my rear fenders (inner and outter), front and rear rocker panels and replaced it all with new sheet metal. And i'm spending a pretty penny on this resto job.
I remember seeing on Speed channel on that 2 Guys Garage show a device you run from your battery then to the chasis that somehow charges the metal so rust cant form on it...Ill try to do some research, looks like it might work.

And i live in Nj... We get the worst of everything
-Harsh winters
-Summers can suck with no AC
and THIEVES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

OH i think i heard about something like that, also you can get uuhhh .... i dunno some sort of metal patch to put on the car that makes all the rust go to the patch, Something with magnetism or ions, or charges. Maybe it was zinc??
anybody know?

 

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So did I