i have a 1992 honda civic si hatchback and it has rust on the quarter panels in the back above the tires on both sides, a little bit of rust underneath the door and i was wondering if anyone has dealt with this problem already and where i can buy some quarter panels from i looked online but i can't find much, and honda wants 600 bucks per panel so im lookin for somethin cheaper, thanks.

 

Many people have done this. Google will help you find them

Look on eBay. Search for "civic rear fenders". You'll find them there for cheap. Or here

 

yeah that looks fine but i have rust underneath the door too and that piece stops right before where my rust is i would need the bottom part too. that connects to that piece

 

pics please

 

You can get those pieces in that link, fenders, doors, hoods, trunks. Any other small parts you will have to cut and weld in new yourself. Thats just the way it is.

 

were going to need to see some pics.

its a very well known honda problem, its always in that area. depending on how bad it is you may not have to replace parts, but dont be suprised if you need to replace parts of the quater pannle.

 

no rust aaaaggghhhhh i hate rust i just replace mine so im all good they was 60 bucks for both pair an the guy charged me 250 to install them so im good for now

 

here is the pics

 

has anyone used those panels from the link? how did things line up, was fitment quality good?

 

So where's the rust below your door?

 

sorry i thought it was on the door but it's not its right next to it as you can see, so like the other guy asked has anyone already used these to get rid of their rust? work well?

thanks.

 

Ya I used them on my first hatchback. They work fine if you can line them up. You have to outline them and cut the old area away, so just make sure you have them line up 100% or youll be welding little pieces in the gaps.

 

Dude, sweet! I was getting desperate because I couldn't find anything. My rust is bad so I'm going to have to fabric the inner panel but this will help so much. It was getting to the point where I was going to fabric the rear quarters from a set of front fenders! The extra flare would be cool but that's a lot of work to get everything to look right.

On that note, does anyone know if the rear wheel arch is the same between hatchs, 2 doors, and sedans for 92-95?

P.S.

Good luck on fixing your rust!

 

The hatch/coupe are about 98% similar. I'm pretty sure if you compare them, you'll find that the coupe has a small angle where it meets the bumper, the hatch is just flat. I think the sedan panel is unique, it has a wierd curve where it meets the bumper.

Hatchback (with flat bumper to panel)


Coupe(with small angle at bumper/panel)


4 Door(with wierd curve?)

 

Yeah, I think I see what you're saying. Thanks for the help! I ordered my Quarter Skins this morning instead of fabricating my own though. So, I'm hoping to get started on the work as soon as I get them in!

 

hey thanks a lot good luck on fixing yours as well let me know how it all went since you already ordered yours because i wont be ordering mine for maybe another 2 months cant wait for my hatch to look nice.

 

I feel ya. I'm sick of driving a car with a bunch of rust around and I want my car to look nice before I invest in any performance mods. I'll let you know if there are any fit and finish issues.

 

Any updates?

 

Sorry, I forgot about this thread.


I actually just started work this weekend. The rust ended up being a lot more extensive than I had originally thought. I ordered both the "quarter skins" and the "rear wheel arch" for both the driver and passenger side from fixmyrust.com. See "A" and "J" below:



The Rear Wheel arch was great quality and needed very little adjustment but the quarter skins were kinda crappy. We ended up using the quarter skins to fabricate the inner wheel house. Luckily, my dad has 30 years experience as a body man so he's pro as hell at that stuff. Below are some pictures of the driver side work. I'll post some more pictures later when I find a place to host them.

We outlined were we needed to cut to weld in the new panel.


Here's a picture of my dad welding in the new panel. (i can't weld so I let him do that)

 

Also, I was planning on doing a small write up.

 

goodbye honda cancer

 

Here's a picture of the fabricated inner wheel house. We made this out of part "J" from fixmyrust.com. Sorry about the random posts. I promise to compile these in a more concise source later.

 

Coupe and sedan have the same curve where they meet the rear bumper (they actually use the same rear bumper) so the theory at least is that you can make a coupe quarter panel by cutting and welding a hatchback and sedan quarter panel together.

 

Thanks for the update. Let us know how it works out...

 

looking nice