I was replacing the rear struts, upper, and lower control arms on my 1998 Civic LX and noticed some nasty rust/rot where the trailing arm bolts to the subframe. Is this something that can be fixed? Can you get a subframe welded? Any advice is welcome.


Nasty

 

That is not a subframe, that is the unibody.

It could probably be replaced but the cost of such work will far exceed the value of an older Civic.

 

So I can't go cut off that section of a donor car and get it welded on?

 

You can but that is a pretty major part that is structural. Would take peeling back many layers to stick new sheet metal back in correctly. The labor will be stupid expensive.

If that section is that bad the remainder of the car is probably not far behind.

 

Sadly there's no other major rust. Guess I'll keep an eye out for donor cars to either transplant what's good from this one or start learning how to weld. Dang why couldn't it have been the subframe.