wavey Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) new to the forum I bought a 95 Civic for $500, drives good, only thing that there was rust.. Here are some pics of the rust.. Driver side 1/4 panel: Passenger side 1/4 panel: Near Gas cap (have never seen this before.. asked many people who own a civic and none have had any there before): Now also the Driver and Passenger doors have rust along the bottom.. this picture is of the driver door.. it is alot worse than the passenger side: For fixing it.. here are my opions.. I just dont really know what is best/fastest and not spending alot of stacks.. - 1/4 panels.. will most likely have them cut out and new ones welded on.. however, would it be better to have this done at a shop since I dont really know what I am doing?.. if I try to do it myself I will prob. mess up and end up spending more $ and alot more time. Does anyone have a guess at the price that work would be at a shop? - Gas cap rust.. I dont think this can be cut out? So this is probably the only spot on the car I am thinking of using Bondo on.. remove all the rust and just use bondo to cover it up.. any other options? - Doors.. I found stuff on the net showing how to fix these exact spots but Im thinking thats alot of time and money.. the rust on the driver side is pretty bad.. my main option is to buy doors from the same Civic at a scrap yard that are in way better condition.. Im thinking its the fastest and cheapest method. Any thoughts/advice.... Edited March 30, 2010 by wavey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjordan223 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Your fastest cheapest method will be just getting different parts and putting them on. As far as the gas cap area, wont that come with the new rear 1/4 panel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) Thanks for the quick reply.. Im not 100% sure if it does.. I found this nice website with parts ready to buy but the diagram is not too clear... http://www.rustrepair.com/body_panels/onlinecat.htm?r=ru&p=sm Edited March 30, 2010 by wavey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airjordan223 Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Never used that site before but you should definitely check out http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/ if youre looking for new parts rather than from a junk yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 Depending on where you buy the repair panels from you may or may not get the gas door assembly. In the full sized Honda OEM part the gas door cutout it part of the panel. Some of the cheaper places will just sell you the wheel arch only. Just buy new doors. You would need to paint the current ones after rust repair anyway. New set of doors from the yard or CL should run you from $50-$100 as long as you don't need the interior panels as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey Posted March 30, 2010 Author Share Posted March 30, 2010 (edited) Never used that site before but you should definitely check out http://www.hondaautomotiveparts.com/ if youre looking for new parts rather than from a junk yard. I just checked that out.. looks good but its kind of expensive.. not looking to spend that much money on a few parts.. a door on there is 500$.. @Xeryon.. your probably right... btw what is CL stand for? sorry lol so say I just get the wheel arch.. and do Bondo on the gas door part? you think thats a good idea? Edited March 30, 2010 by wavey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmgogo Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 no, there is no reason you cant cut there and weld the new panel on, just drop the tank before you do any work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_adbell Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 newspaper and bondo.. what.. no one else thought of that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xeryon Posted March 30, 2010 Share Posted March 30, 2010 CL = www.craigslist.com every region in the USA there is at least a few kids taking apart civics and selling the pieces on CL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lastresort576 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Also, the reason as to why many cars will rust at the gas cap is from fuel. Fuel eats away your paint and when you don't properly allow for the nozzle to completely drain you get an oz. or so spilled in that area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wavey Posted March 31, 2010 Author Share Posted March 31, 2010 newspaper and bondo.. what.. no one else thought of that? newspaper and bondo?? lol... Also, the reason as to why many cars will rust at the gas cap is from fuel. Fuel eats away your paint and when you don't properly allow for the nozzle to completely drain you get an oz. or so spilled in that area. still a surprise that whoever owned the car before me allowed it to drip there that many times.. its a pretty nice rust spot.. im going to try to look for the peice that will go up to the gas cap.. i know someone who welds so im good with that. if anyone finds a good place to get the part for a decent price please post it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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