Topic. Is it even possible?

 

is it possible... yes... do i know how.. no..

 

i needed this done, needless to say i just got them filled and sprayed by someone who knew what they were doing. allthough the crease at the back above the arch still doesn't look right from some angles

 

cut and weld one from a body that doesn't have damage...or you can cut the bad one out and make your own body panel with an english wheel and hand tools

 

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im getting mine cut and new metal welded on. this all should happen after winter.

 

depending on how bad it is, you're most likely just need to cut a good rear panel off a wrecked Prelude and have it welded on

 

dont weld anything, it only warps it, and youll end up doing more work than you need. if your talking about a 4th gen, they do not make after market replacements, which they need to. so that leaves you with only a couple options. 1. buy new from honda, and spend the big buck and do it right. 2. buy used quarter from junk yard with no rust, cut out, and GLUE in. yes i said glue. they make a special glue for this job. then procede with the body work. 3. cut out the rust, and mud it up. the cheapest way out of it. i highly suggest you take to a body shop.

 

do NOT glue in the quarter panels

if you open your door you can see that the rear quarter panel is part of the peice of metal that forms the whole side of the car

if you look closer you can see that this peice is tack welded on about every 3 inches....basically all you need to do is find a good local junkyard, most will chop that whole side of the car for you for about $250 and then take that to a body shop, if they know what they're doing, they can weld it on there the right way and it will not warp...its not like you can use an arc welder on this kinda stuff, with a good MIG or TIG welder this can be done correctly

 

ive actually taken my silver 1 to a shop to have it looked at for this...solution: cut off old one. get 1 from junk yard and weld new 1 back on. they would cut from middle of door frame to the back of q panel. my 3 quotes in town were 1400 1600 1900...so i bought my white lude for 2000 and said the hell with it. i have a dd now....


gl

 

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Not true, Tac weld a spot every 3 inches or so then go back and do it again in the middle of those 3 inches and continue until the panel is completely welded. It will warp if you try to run a continuous bead for the length of the weld just make sure the spots are cool before you weld next to them again and no warpage.

 

why can't a body shop take molding of the side, and then make metal peices that would fit there...then tack weld those peices on.

 

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Recreating the curvature accurately probaly is the problem. It would require a lot of machinery and expertise as well I'd assume. Now if your talking about carbon fiber that's a different story.

 

slhonda has body panels including rear panels.. you will have to bring it in to a body shop to have them welded up here is a link http://www.slhondaparts.com/br...=true

 

lol im a wleder and welding doesnt warp the metal if u know what your doin......thats all u have to do is use a mig welder wit low heat settings put little eigth inch tacs around the piece your welding in about 1 inch apart each one.....work ur away around and cool after each weld with a air chuck

 

yea i just had my rear quarter panals fixed they tac welded one side and filled the other side i believe and got repainted. Cost me 900 but they also repainted the doors and fenders and it looks good. so answer to your question i would just go to a body shop that knwos what they are doing