Modified by De_tour at 6:24 AM 8/30/2008

 

woot

 

Good info, I'm sure guys in northern states will like this!

 

Modified by De_tour at 6:25 AM 8/30/2008

 

w00t

 

Now thats dedication.

 

that will help, but honda rot happens from the inside out. when you drive in freezing conditions and it is nice and toasty in your car you get condensation. like a glass of ice water on a 80° day, except now the condensation is on the inside of your body panels. the water drips down and lands in the seam where your inner fender meets your rear quarter panel, around the inside of the wheel well lip. there the water sits and begins to cause rust since that area is not perfectly sealed like the rest of the paint on the outside of your car. eventually you will see a bubble form on the outside of your fender before the honda rust starts. this is because it eats from the inside out. even if you are looking at buying a civic with no signs of honda rust, still best to take out the rear plastic panels and look at the inside first to be sure

 

Another good tip to prevent rust that i did is get rid of that rubber strip on the rear fender, and replace it with rocker gaurd. If you are doing body work back there already as in patching an inner fender filled with rust holes, build the inner fender out in such a way that there is no lip on the inside, that way wet, salt filled dirt from the road won't sit there.

 

what do u think is the best way to remove the lip?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by wspcivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">anyone know of a good undercoating? since they reccomend u check up on it every year and such </TD></TR></TABLE>

I found some pretty good rubberized undercoating paint specifically made for that. I am planning on griding a bit of my fenders this week and will use that afterwards. Hopefully it will work.

I would be catious about removing all the grim. Believe it or not that actually prevents rust. It coats chips with grease which is a rust inhibitor.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by teal_dx &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">that will help, but honda rot happens from the inside out. when you drive in freezing conditions and it is nice and toasty in your car you get condensation. like a glass of ice water on a 80° day, except now the condensation is on the inside of your body panels. the water drips down and lands in the seam where your inner fender meets your rear quarter panel, around the inside of the wheel well lip. there the water sits and begins to cause rust since that area is not perfectly sealed like the rest of the paint on the outside of your car. eventually you will see a bubble form on the outside of your fender before the honda rust starts. this is because it eats from the inside out. even if you are looking at buying a civic with no signs of honda rust, still best to take out the rear plastic panels and look at the inside first to be sure </TD></TR></TABLE>

Bingo. Chips will also do it. Those happen a lot on roads up here, salt trucks and highways are always a nasty combination. If you really want to protect your car in the inside and out just get it annually oil sprayed.

This is a popular company that does it, the webside also explains what it is.

 

rather than building an inner fender that has a lip to be spot welded against the outer fender, make it sit at a 90 degree angle against the lip of the outer fender, weld it up and fill it up with rocker gaurd.