have the same rust issues as the 4th gen on the rear panel?

 

yes.

it's a honda problem. you'll get used to it.

 

you no how you solve that? Move to the west coast

 

or just wash your damn car regularly. avoid parking in grass.

 

My car has 85k miles and i have no rust w/e and I live with NJ weather. So no, it isnt a Honda problem.

 

pull those rubber things off the fender

 

reason i asked is because after a decade of being on the roads i have not see that typical rust starting to form in the rear quater panel on the 5th gen. lude. I have seen the 4th gen. and of course the accords. I thought the honda engineers finally solved tthat damm issue wirth the 5th gen. preludes (and all honda sedans of the like)

 

I have around 255,000 on my 5th gen, no rust issues. Proper care will go a long way.

 

Maybe this is wrong, but from what I've heard there was a change in paint used in the mid to late 90s that helped solve the rust problem.

 

it obviously hasnt solved the problem. my 5th gen had rear quarter panel rust from when i bought it but after i fixed it, it hasnt come back since taking care of it even though dd it in iowa, where it's really humid in the summers and its salty in the winters.

 

140,000 on the odo and no rust whatsoever. I live in Missouri where it is very humid in the summers.

 

problem wasn't solved... its just how u take care of the car. i just bought a 5th gen and its all rusted out.

 

First thing I do on every Honda I buy

 

Not all Preludes have the rust problem. Just depends on where about you drive and if the car was wrecked previously in that spot. None of the Preludes I have owned had that problem.

 

x2

 

move south.

 

I have noticed that the cancer always starts on Hondas on the quarter panel right below the gas tank fill neck, be careful when filling up and make sure you wipe away any spilt gas because it will just run in between the quarter panel and bumper and eat away.