So, first off, I've changed my mind on the 'motorsport look', and have decided on some fake VS-XX knockoffs. Lol. Gotta be super cheap for now. Maybe one day I'll buck up for good (real?) wheels, but sticking with fake for now.
I also had kind of a sad moment when I had to cut a few corners on this build due to time/budget. :angry7:
I took a closer look at my quarters yesterday to see what I was in for on the body work, and I definitely wasn't happy with what I found. Here's a few pics. Black marker circles the main areas of body work.
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The passenger side is definitely worse than the driver's side, but they both suck. They both have Honda cancer that needed to be handled, but I also found quite a bit of body filler and a heavy fill primer on top of it when I started sanding. The passenger side has had a patch welded in at the bottom and a little sanding revealed the tops of welds that were already sort of starting to show through. They looked like rust bubbles starting, which is why I sanded that area in the first place. I took a grinder to both sides to reveal what I was really working with. Not pictured is the LARGE area of past body work done behind the passenger side quarter glass. That whole area is cracking and chipping from being filled with body filler, so that will all be removed eventually as well.
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Here's where I had to cut some corners. The RIGHT way to fix this much rust is to replace both quarters. This, while I'd love to do that, doesn't fit into the budget or the timeframe. So, I'm cutting out the rust and patching it, while also coating it all with a POR-15 type product. It's called Chassis Saver, but it's made by the same chemical company that makes POR-15. I went with Chassis Saver since it comes in 1/2 pints as opposed to the POR-15 that only comes in pints and quarts. This way isn't completely wrong, but it's definitely not right. You'll also see some rough patches I've cut and coated the backs of. More forming will go into these when I start to weld.
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You'll also see that I coated pretty much the entire back side of each quarter. This SHOULD help to avoid future 'Honda cancer' problems, but when dealing with rust and reusing the same quarters, there's no telling when it might come back. Hopefully I never have to deal with rust in these quarters again. We'll see.
I feel like this is a boring update with a lot of pics, but maybe it'll help someone who needs to treat rust in this area. Again, this isn't the right way, but it's easy, quick, and
hopefully effective. More updates soon.
