I looked at a civic today that had a bit of rust on the right rear wheel well area:


Does anyone know how much this will take to fix, so that I can adjust the price w/ the dealer?

 

welp, i heard that when 5th gens rust you are better off replacing the whole quarter panel,thats if you dont want it never to come back! im not sure of a price on that though! either way i would say at the least 500-600

 

Reduce the picture, please!

Try sanding it down and spraying it with some rust neutraling stuff... I use one product that comes in a spray can, but I can't quite remember the name of it now. treat it now and save as must of the metal as you can... but once the cancer starts, it's extremely difficult to stop. I am just about to start the battle to save my 7 from cancer.

 

good luck man!:thumbup:

 

I actually had one shop tell me that it would cost about a grand to fix a similar spot on mine. If you do get an estimate let me know so that I can tell if that guy was reasonable or not.

 

I had that same rust on mine. I grinded and sanded it down to bare metal, sprayed it with that rust neutralizer stuff, and primered over it. It still came back within a couple months. So now I have to re-do that whole process every couple of months. If you have the money, go to a body shop, have them totally cut out the affected area and weld in new sheet metal. Thats the only way to really take care of the problem, and not just prolong the slow decay process. I like that cancer analogy, thats just about right.