maxima_man1992

Im goin to get my rust on my back fender wells looked at tomorrow. I work accross the street from the body shop and some of my friends at work say that he does a good job. So im goin tomorrow morning to have it looked at. If its too much I wont get it doen and just deal with it lookin crappy (my dad keeps b***hing at me cause its such a cheap car that its not worth it) So lets hope its not too much money.

Deridex

Why not just use the body filler they sell at AutoZone? I had a couple small rust holes and the body filler along with touch up spray paint did a wonder on them.

maxima_man1992

I dont think bondo will take care of these big holes.

Deridex

Not sure about the first pic , but the rest can definitely be fixed with a body filler.

internetautomar

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Bondo will make the rust worse. Bondo is porous which means water goes right through it allowing it continue rusting.
Fiberglass will help prevent the rust from getting worse if done properly.

goon9

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Cut and weld.....

ColombianMax

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Amen to that, you gonna help me with mine goon?

Mr. Blue Sky

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I agree with this suggestion as well. Of course you need to cut a little beyond the area of the rust, so you can stop it in its tracks. Me and my father did that to a previous car we bought(had to replace a chunk of the rear quarter panel), and the rust didn't come back. You can go to a local pick n pull and cut the pieces off of a 3rd gen there.

ColombianMax

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Wish I had that option but all the ones local have more rust than mine. I'm getting mine from down souff where theres no rust

Hectic

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I feel bad for you guys in rust territory. You should all get a hefty tax break IMO. Salt is for food, not for roads.

goon9

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If your up for a drive.....

gen3fan

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Yeah that's fixable, I think. One thing to remember though, for all the rust you can see, there may be more you can't see. Cut & weld is the ideal solution, just keep in mind that you may be doing more of it later.

About a year ago on my GXE the drivers side strut tower started coming apart after rust had weakened it. Lucky I had a friend do a great welding job on it. It at least it bought me some time, because it had a lot more areas (some along the unibody welds!) and I knew it wasn't worth it in the long run. Its a parts car now.