Before I step forth into the project of fixing this, is it even fixable?!






And the Daily Project....

 

Yes.

 

did u get killed by cancer?
I come in here to read about races

 

death is inevitable... haha just kidding.
you migh be able to chop it off, and weld a new peice on ( not you, a professional)

or just completely replace the rear 1/4 panel

 

Man, you should see my ******* car. I got holes the size of baseballs in my pass door and my rear fenders are a ******* mess. I fixed the rear fenders easily by just cutting out the rust and pop rivetting in a new piece of metal and putting body filler ontop of that, sanding PERFECT

worked great and cost under 40 bucks. Ill hack the doors this week

 

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or just completely replace the rear 1/4 panel</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well considering I'm going all DIY on this beast, I'll be the one doing it. I'm cutting out portions of 1/4 panels (about 4 inches above the wheel well all around it) from a wrecked civic this weekend and the prolly welding them in at one point. My concern isnt the outside, its the hole in the fenderwell, don't know how I'm gonna fix that? sheet metal riveted in? It doesnt have to be immaculate, just no more rust I want go and the body to look decent.

 

So is getting new pieces of 1/4 panel the best way?

 

yea my buddy did it with rust worse than that.

 

dude, have i met you before??? u have probably seem my car, but i havent seen yers. let me know if u need help with it, ill be happy to volunteer my services.


Brett

 

You prolly have.. If you're the Brett I'm thinking of. I'm friends w/ Nash and know a few other people. I go to DCC, and yea my other car is a Red 2.5RS. I'd be happy to have some help if you're up for learning some body work I'm cutting quaters out of a wrecked coupe tomorrow then doing some welding work in the next comming weeks...

keith

 

locals that cancer does look bad but your cutting pieces off ultrahs coupe I heard...goodluck

 

yea i got it pieces of each quater with help from a sawzall and some coaxing hah, now it's time to figure out welding and a few other things, welding most importantly

 

doesn't look good. cut and weld new sheet metal.

 

Already ahead of ya

 

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brett will help you tape that piece on he's nice like that

 

Haha, duct tape, electrical tape, or scotch tape? Hopefully I can get the quater piece welded on before snow...

 

yeah that could be fixed, but i would definitly recommend a profeesional doing the work for you.

 

you already messed up. you should have cut it in a square and not round. trust me, its how its suppose to be done.
this example: you kinda should get the idea
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Yeck... Great. well I'll work with what I got I guess, or go cut some new quaters, or cut more off the same car!

Next step would be, grinder and cutting out the rust... best tools to do this?

 

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Drill a couple holes in the quarter panel so you can fit a sawzall into the notch. Commence the manliness.

 

You taking about on the old quater on the car or me cutting new(er) quaters over again? I've come to the conclusion that the sawzall makes a mess on the quater, so im looking for another method, maybe something like a circular saw...I can't remember what it is, but its powered by an air compressor...

 

I just used plain old tin snips to cut the rust out of my rear quaters and sanded it to match perfectly. You may have a rough time welding that because of the curve.
Ever thought of pop riveting?

 

Thought about it, but there's ALOT to be taken care of, plus I have a friend who welds who going to help me in that area. I know that there's going to be a good amount of filler involved so ya Not looking for it to be perfect, just a nice daily driver

 

If you're referring to an air grinder/radial cutting wheel, that'll work great too. I've actually cut fenders with one before and it's loud as ****, but it worked well.

 

That's what I'm looking for The Sawzall made a mess out of the donor car's quater so I don't want repeat it on this car.