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Civic EK 1999 Shock Tower Rust

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Old Nov 17, 2020 | 05:19 PM
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Default Civic EK 1999 Shock Tower Rust

Good day everyone! Does anybody here experienced having rust on their strut towers?

Is it worth it to repair?

Please the attached pictures for the condition.

Thank you very much!!

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Old Nov 17, 2020 | 07:49 PM
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If you have rust all the way up there, I wonder how bad the rest of the bottom of your car is.
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Old Nov 18, 2020 | 11:12 AM
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Default Re: Civic EK 1999 Shock Tower Rust

Depends on how far that goes through.

Pull off the brackets for the wires there. Take a wire wheel and grind down one of those spots. If there isnt a hole tap on that metal with a screwdriver see if it breaks through. If it doesn't and you dont care about looks just paint that new fresh metal and let it go. If there is a hole and you want a proper repair thats a bit more work and will require welding.

Could also just choose to ignore it spray it all down with a self healing undercoat like Fluid Film or PFC just to slow it down. Will get you some more time but isnt really a "repair". Though like Tony said if its that rusty up there im scared to see the rockers, under-body, ex. That shell may not be worth a nice repair, but spraying it down to get a few more winters from it would be.
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