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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 01:15 PM
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is there anyway of repairing this?!?




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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 01:23 PM
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 01:25 PM
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What happened?
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 01:45 PM
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I have no idea i just found out today, yesterday while i was driving home my brakes suddenly stop working went all the way to the floor, thought it was air in my system, so today i flushed it all and then came to the driver side found this huge crack and my brake line was leaking from this same side. Most likely from the pot holes. Anyone know if this is repairable and how much would it cost and who do i take it to?
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 02:24 PM
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That looks like a pretty big ******* hole.
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 02:32 PM
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Its metal man, it can be reshaped and welded. Is it worth it? Ahh that depends on how the rest of the car looks.

As long as you can find someone who is good at welding, they came make it safe again.

Highly recommend an alignment after the repairs.
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Old Apr 7, 2015 | 03:53 PM
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Thats a wicked tear, If the metal is weak enough to do that welding may not be worth it. Welding will create a new solid spot, meaning it very well may rip again in the path of least resistance (right beside the weld) if you dont reinforce the area when doing the repair.

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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 04:50 AM
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Looks like you've got larger issues than your lines leaking.
Flat out, I'd total the car.
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 07:25 AM
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The pictures are not inclusive of the general area. That makes diagnosis more challenging.

Did road debris cause the problem?
If so, then a simple repair by a welder will work.

If your car has other contributing problems (rust, accident damage, etc) then you must consider the integrity of a larger area.
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 10:48 AM
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No rust, no accident, clean car, I really don't know how this happened, besides the road I go to work has a lot of pot holes
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Old Apr 8, 2015 | 11:38 AM
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Body shop.
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 06:19 AM
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No rust, no accident, clean car, I really don't know how this happened, besides the road I go to work has a lot of pot holes
Post holes lead to stress, stress weakens the body/frame all together.

Seriously though, go looking around the rest of the car, double check there aren't anymore tears like that or obvious signs of weakening metal, you may be driving around in swiss cheese with an engine, four wheels and you inside of it... and that's not safe.
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Old Apr 9, 2015 | 03:01 PM
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Those cracks look clean and rust free, you must've hit something really hard to flex and break that. I've never seen anything like that before.
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 01:59 AM
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When I first bought this car I heard squeaking on the driver front where the crack is, it might have been small and I didn't notice it, and that's probably how the crack got bigger because off all the pots holes
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Old Apr 10, 2015 | 03:37 AM
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I"m not sure why you aren't dodging those pot holes........
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Old Apr 11, 2015 | 03:22 AM
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It is repairable, but I wouldn't weld up the crack, it wont hold. Replace that section of the apron, they are available new from Honda.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 01:34 PM
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I do dodge pot holes there's just too many you dodge one u fall into another the road is really bad, and who would i go to change that part? how much would it cost?
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 01:58 PM
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If you're not doing the work yourself you'll have to go to a collision shop and it wont be cheap.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 04:27 PM
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Its gonna have to be the collision shop, you need to replace that driver side apron, and the welds have to be good and sealed. GL dude.
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Old Apr 13, 2015 | 05:34 PM
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If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ... no wait..

If you CAN'T dodge a pothole, don't hit it too hard
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Old Apr 16, 2015 | 02:10 AM
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thanks guys i'll check out some shops today. Lol i try not to hit it too hard
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Old Apr 17, 2015 | 04:15 AM
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so i took it to three different shops and they all said they don't repair that. They also said they don't even know who will do the job. One said it can costs thousands, another said couple hundred...
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Old Apr 17, 2015 | 05:40 AM
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No, you don't ask for a repair, you ask them to replace that. Yes its expensive, but **** happens. If the cost is unbearable than you probably will have to look for a backyard mechanic to do it or buy another ride. Part this one out.
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Old Apr 17, 2015 | 12:37 PM
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so i took it to three different shops and they all said they don't repair that. They also said they don't even know who will do the job. One said it can costs thousands, another said couple hundred...
I work for a fairly large collision shop, thousands would be the more realistic estimate. If you do the work yourself you can probably do it for less than $500.
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Old Apr 17, 2015 | 02:12 PM
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Might as well do a right hand conversion.
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