rusty 1/4s

[chi]

my 91 has some pretty jank looking quarter panels on it,do they sell replacement panels or do I have to start searching junk yards for them?

[HenRoc]

You used to be able to get whole panels from the Honda dealer years ago but now you just get smaller patch panels off of eBay.

Finding a car in the yard with clean panels is hard especially in the rust belt area of the US. Cutting whole quarters will be a better but expensive route..so the cheaper solution is to use patch panels but be mindful that the rust will always comeback.

[chi]

You used to be able to get whole panels from the Honda dealer years ago but now you just get smaller patch panels off of eBay.

Finding a car in the yard with clean panels is hard especially in the rust belt area of the US. Cutting whole quarters will be a better but expensive route..so the cheaper solution is to use patch panels but be mindful that the rust will always comeback.

I thought about line-x'ing the underside of the car to prevent rust from coming back after I finish it. I know where a really clean 2dr sits,absolutely zero rust on it,but I'm not too sure if they would work on my sedan..its the only rust free one I've found within about 40mi of where I live lol finding anything rust free in Ohio is hard to do(for cheap),I've been searching for about 2 months just for a cab and bed for my truck. Thank you for the info though man,i appreciate it!

[HenRoc]

I thought about line-x'ing the underside of the car to prevent rust from coming back after I finish it. I know where a really clean 2dr sits,absolutely zero rust on it,but I'm not too sure if they would work on my sedan..its the only rust free one I've found within about 40mi of where I live lol finding anything rust free in Ohio is hard to do(for cheap),I've been searching for about 2 months just for a cab and bed for my truck. Thank you for the info though man,i appreciate it!

Not a problem man!

2 door wouldn't really work only because the 'dog leg' portion of the quarter wouldn't match up.

Yeah I have a few friends in Ohio (Columbus area) and even they have a hard time finding decent parts. Although there is an older member (fleetw00d) who owns at least 3 of them and he actually did an extensive quarter panel replacement on his.

Rescuing Ruby

Note: Unfortunately because of Photobucket's sudden change some of the image links might be broken.

It's 8 pages but you can see the amount of work he put in definitely a dedicated guy and I believe at one point he owned 5 at once now he's down to 3.

[chi]

I skimmed through it but wow! That's some killer work,i can only hope mine turns out that good lol. If you know anyone looking for clean coupe parts,send them my way and I'll point them to my "private" pick and pull around Dayton,I'd hate to see that 2dr get crushed if someone else can bring it back to life.

[HenRoc]

Sure man. I know it doesn't look like it's active here but once you break out of the beginner section you can probably link up with some of the locals.

[chi]

right on,i cant wait! I know towards dayton,cinci,and Columbus there is a ton of people into the Honda scene,and those are the people I need to meet. I was raised around a farming community so everyone I know is either into lifted 4x4s or diesel trucks,not many people from my little town care for Hondas or fwd cars in general lol,i'm aiming at changing that