Rust repair

97Civicrollin · Post by **97Civicrollin** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 11:48 pm

Ive got rust over the rear quarter on the driver side of my car, and i was wanting to do the job myself. Just need someone to point me in the right direction to get things started, cuz the more i wait the worse its getting. any help is appreciated. ill take some pics of it tomorrow and post em up so you can see what i'm dealing with.

MaSSaCrE · Post by **MaSSaCrE** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 12:22 am

Well if you dont plan on doing metal replacement then do fiberglass and im working on my car right now on my own for rust remove at least and im just using a sandgun and its stripping off pretty good just depends how deep it is and the depth of the pits also.

97Civicrollin · Post by **97Civicrollin** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:57 am

its fairly deep, not all the way through. but yea fiberglass was what i was leaning towards cuz i dont have the tools for metal replacement. ill have some pics of it tomorrow.

MaSSaCrE · Post by **MaSSaCrE** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 3:00 am

You could do alot of sanding yourself with just a sandgun then fiberglass it over and then resand it down and remove the rest of the deep rust is what I was taught then do the final fiberglass good so its strong. Dont let people complain how your using fiberglass there picky on here so your going to get it.Im not for sure exactly what would be best to use on deep rust because sand guns only go so far and I was using some really heavy ass sandpaper on mine.

97Civicrollin · Post by **97Civicrollin** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:35 pm

My99Si · Post by **My99Si** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:38 pm

I'm no body specialist but you might not be able to get by with just some fiberglass

97Civicrollin · Post by **97Civicrollin** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:42 pm

My99Si;141454 wrote:I'm no body specialist but you might not be able to get by with just some fiberglass

well i hope thats not the case. i dont got alot of money to work with right now.

MaSSaCrE · Post by **MaSSaCrE** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 4:51 pm

Dont listen to him fiberglass will clearly fix that little bit ive seen both quarters almost the whole things done fiberglass.Fiberglass is pretty strong if its done by the proper people and multiple coats are done and stripped to make it stronger.

kikkinasphalt · Post by **kikkinasphalt** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:02 pm

MaSSaCrE;141471 wrote:Dont listen to him fiberglass will clearly fix that little bit ive seen both quarters almost the whole things done fiberglass.Fiberglass is pretty strong if its done by the proper people and multiple coats are done and stripped to make it stronger.

hey stupid.

covering rusted metal with fiberglass dosent stop the rust process.

if your going to bother doing it, do it right.

MaSSaCrE · Post by **MaSSaCrE** » Sat Oct 11, 2008 5:17 pm

Um correction yes it does.MAybe if your a moron and dont remove all the rust it wont stop it but if you remove the rust it will hold just like any other fiberglass that you are smart with.Coming from a family that deals with charlies autobody down the road from broadway has fiberglass tons of rust and if its ALL removed it comes out fine at the end.ALOTTT cheaper you just sacrafise some strength