The window frame on my 5th gen Prelude is oxidizing and I can see the bare aluminum in some parts. Looks like its flaking off, the previous owner said it was like that too when he bought it. Looks like crap to me and I want to fix it.

Anyone have a cheap/easy fix for this problem?

 

take a quick photo so to better understand what the hell your talking about!! if its corrosion then take some scotch-brite pads and scrub them it works ok, better would be to shell blast, ground up walnut (or other hard) nut shells under pressure, like sand blasting but with wood/shells...

 

The problem you've described happens to every 5th gen. YOu can either scrape the rest of it off and repaint it, or just buy replacement pieces from honda which run about $40 dollars for each side.

 

anyone have a part number ?

 

72410-S30-003
72450-S30-003

 

My 4th gen had that on the bottom part of the back window. There is a trim piece that I bought and replaced in about 1 hour.

 

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you bought that part new? i need that piece also, how much was it ? did you have to get new clips?

 

haha... Im pretty sure every single 4th gen needs this part. I know I've had 3 and they all needed it. In for the part #