I'm looking to buy an integra (maybe even a CRX). I'm familiar with the spots hondas typically rust in and aware of the processes to go through to help stop rust, I was just curious as to how hard the rust in these pictures would be to fix? Or if I should just stay away from the car? These are around the rear wheel wells. Photos below, Thanks.

Drivers side:



Passenger Side:


Thanks again.

 

If you plan on keeping the car long I would advise against buying a car with rust like that. Although it doesn't look bad, it will get bad with time.

You would have to cut out a good chunk of the fender and fab some metal pieces to weld in place.

 

I would stay away from that.

 

Depending on your location, that could be little rust. Living near Buffalo, it's hard to find Honda products without rust there. You could get that fixed pretty easily before it gets worse.
Take the repair work into consideration with the selling price. It also depends the rest of the cars overall condition. Personally I don't think it's that bad, plus black should be relatively easy to blend.

 

Rust is a biotch to fix man, stay away from it unless you work in a full body and frame shop, which has the ability to strip and sand blast the entire car. And if you have the money to blow 10k in restoration or 5k and six months of your time.

 

Really doesn't seem that bad to me either.

Everyone would prefer to have a rust-free car, and it's wise to avoid a car that is already suffering from it if you can avoid it, but in some areas and with some years/models it's almost impossible to find one that's totally rust-free.

In fact there's a good chance that if you don't see any in those prone areas, that it's already been fixed. If not done properly it could end up being worse than if you just purchased one with a little rust in those areas and either had it fixed properly or just took steps to prevent it from spreading.

My civic, for example, has a small amount at the rear quarters, but is virtually rust free everywhere else. The underside of the car is in especially good condition IMO. Compare that with an '86 Accord I used to drive that had rust only on the driver's side rear quarter (was wrecked there, that's the excuse I was given for the rust) and it was "fixed" by a body shop. After being "fixed" you couldn't tell anything had ever rusted there, but the underside of the car wasn't such a pretty site.
In the end, though that car is still on the road today, the repair work done to the rusted area ended up worse than before that work was done. Didn't take that long either.

BTW, shady visions, what processes do you plan to use for keeping that rust from spreading?

 

yeah if you buy an early 90s civic around here and it doesn't have rust I'd be more worried.