This is my daily driver/beater... do u think it can last me 1 and half years ?.... or should i think about fixing the rust problem?

thanks a lot.....







there is actually a hole in the above picture because while im flaking it off i poked a hole in the middle....



thank you so much for the help and advise..... i love driving this car man.....

 

if ur not really wanting to keep it **** it let it rust, not too big of a deal but if u love ef's like most ppl on the board do they'd fix it hahah

 

Hit it now before it gets worse.

Your issue isn't even bad.

Screwdriver/Wire brush it all back and then hit it with POR-15 (but don't remove ALL the rust, the POR-15 NEEDS rust to bond well.

 

lol my winter rex had holes so big u could fit ur fist through on all four corners....engine died before anything else there was so much wrong with that car lol. for a beater thats not so bad

 

well i love this car but i was wondering if it was worth it to fix.. because i bought her 2 days ago at $1600 for a DX model at 128k with no ac and stereo but clean title.........


how do i fix it with POR-15? just wire brush it off and spray it on? im not so familiar with POR-15 how many types are there? and what about the hole i made on the rocker cover? how should i seal it up?


i love drivin the crx , i've own rx7 , mr2 before and i would say crx can match up very well with those car mentioned..... impressed me very much for a daily driver.....so i hope someone can help me out with this cancer the poor car has.......sigh*

some pics of the car.... what do u think for $1600?

 

I take a small flathead screwdriver and chip back all the rust I can. I pop it through all the holes I can, and scrape up all the paint that will come up.

Then I POR-15 it all (you could buy the starter kit, $20 IIRC) with a little brush.
Great stuff.

My rocker panels were similar. I just Dremeled off ALL the rusted areas, let it flash rust, and then POR-15'ed it all up. When I put that plastic panel back on, one can't tell.

But remember, POR-15 WILL NOT STICK TO PAINT! It will peel off of anything that isn't rusty or etched. Otherwise it holds like a *****!

For the wheel well areas, I Fiberglassed them. POR-15 works REALLY well w/ Fiberglass (You can even use the FG mat w/ the POR-15). But, under the metal of that rocker panel is prob more rust, best to dremel it all out and take care of it that way.


OH! AND TAKE OUT THOSE STUPID RUBBER STRIPS IN YOUR WHEEL WELLS!!!
They trap dirt and water, and cause SUPER rusting.

 

thanks for the explaination but i havent really work on a car body before so any website with step by step picture tutorial will be good if anyone know of any

dremel it as in just sand it with a dremel? or what bits do u use(drill? )


and i dont understand why they want to put those plastic rocker cover thing... it just traps dirt and moisture on the body panel.... anyone has ever ditched these for something else?


Modified by VeilSide_Mas at 1:42 AM 7/25/2005

 

anyone ?

 

nice rex... wish i still got my rex...

but compare to the rust i had in my rex i still tried to fix that beloved rust bucket of mine... all you can do is grind down with a grinding or a rust wheeler until you hit bare metal.. then coat it with that NAVALJELLY... after washing it down ... immediately coat it with primer... this is a repeated process until you hit all the spots where you got rust...

* note of caution this only slows down the process and does not totally get rid of that cancer... the only way to get rid of that cancer out is actually cuting clean metal around that rust area... and fabricating/ metal sheetwork repair... i dont really know how far and serious you are in restoring your rex... but this process is not as complicated as i make it seem...

 

well thank you for the advise integra_gs


does anyone ever experienced water leaking through the rear hatch? cause today i found lots of shirt stuffed into the plastic compartment on my rear shocks etc.... so i dont know what the ex-owner did.... so now im thinking if there were leaks how i could check it....

or was it just for sound proofing or reduce squeking sound?

 

we all have leaking hatch problems, its a bitch. you could get a new hatch seal and it may go away.

 

I just found rust like this on my CRX. It is rusted on the rear corner panel between the door jame and the wheel well. Right where you put the jack. How much do you think would cost to fix that?

 

so u saying that the crx has a common hatch leak problem?.......

 

here are some links that i have save in my favorites folder last year when i was dealing with my rex rust issue...
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1201000
https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=881836

 

some times the water comes from the tail light gaskets, remove the tails and selicon(sp?) them(both sides) to make sure water doesnt get in there.

-joseph

 

the many I have owned have leaked, ill try silicone.

 

thanks for the advise all.....


today it was quite a heavy downpour and i check the rear hatch when it stopped and notice its quite dry so i think the clothes that were used there was to stop squeking sound *laughs*

weird.... but do post any rust solution u guys can help me find .... i wouldnt want my rex to rus tto hell