rust?!? :(

i live in minnesota and i am going to buy a CRX, but the only thing can do is fly down to texas or something like that to find a CRX without the rust. but i would rather not do that! does anyone have any ideas on how to remove rust or estimates on how much it would cost?!? thanks in advance!
Luke

Well I live in AUS but I have heard people over there getting a job done with all the rust cut out and a respray for $2000 - $3000 depending on how bad the rust is and if u want a full respray...

my quarter panels (infront of the rear wheels) were rusted to shit. i had them cut out, and new metal welded in. they only painted minimum, using blending technique. think it was around $900 Canadian.

i bought three new panels, 1 front and two rear for like 400 canadian and installed them myself, made my own rocker panels too, now it looks like im gonna have to replace the fourth panels on the pass front:mad:

If the rust is just surface rust, and isn't through the body it can be fixed by just renting/borrowing a sandblaster and go crazy with it on those spots. Sometimes they will leave small dimples in the relative area that you have done it in. These can be fixed by going to a auto parts store, getting a quart of Bondo (it can be handy to have at times) and put a thin coat on to fill the dimples. The end result looks good, is cheap and rust hasn't come back on my truck for 4 years.

Rust is the shit!!!! makes your car so much lighter!! im just kidding.
I had a little bit of rust on my car when i got my body work cost me about 500$ to have the bad stuff cut out and new metal put in. Is rusting a big problem where u live??

I think we can all agree that rusting is a problem where ALL 4g Civic's/2g Crx's LIVE....

I have seen very few in my day that have original paint and no rust....

Originally posted by Civicsiassasin91
Is rusting a big problem where u live??


yeah...its so horrible here in minnesota...in order to have a car that doesn't rust you can't drive it in the winter, because when they snow plow they put down salt and then the salt gets on your car and eats it away! it sux so bad! almost every car that is 9+ years old here in minnesota has rust on it unless its been taken real good care of.:mad:

my car is rust free:D

my 14 year old dx only has very minor surface rust and im in Toronto where it also snows alot and gets salted alot.

In boston and winter salt is a big problem.. On top of that i live on a penninsula and last winter my car got POUNDED by salt water on a daily basis.. the winter the hatch is goin in the garage can the nissan is commin out.