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Rust on car, what to do?

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07 accord, 130K miles

I just noticed that my car has a bunch of spots about 2-3 inches along the two wheel well arches that have bubbling paint and rust. is there anything I can do to attack this problem before it spreads?

I must say the the thing i'm most disappointed about this car is no matter how meticulous i was in washing and waxing the car, i'm getting massive paint delamination along the doors and now rust problems. Is it worth taking to a body shop to have them work it out? or is it a futile effort?

This car has been bullet proof and I bought it brand new, but there are paint chips galore. Honestly, all of the threads i've started the last few weeks about checking out new cars is because i've been noticing rust in places.
 
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By the time you see bubbling paint, it's too late. You could take a pointed object and poke holes through with little effort because the metal is like swiss cheese. All the washing and waxing in the world won't help when the metal is rusting from the inside out.

I went in to get a windshield replaced many years ago and they called me in the back asking me if I had water leaks to show me what they'd found when they removed the damaged windshield. The roof where it met the windshield opening was completely rotted away. I mean like non-existent rotted away. The molding around the windshield they had removed was held in by little more than hope. There was a mating surface for the windshield to lay in but there was an enormous open cavity above that with no metal. They cobbled it all together and I got rid of the car.

I asked a friend that was in the know about a lot of things and was told that the manufacturer was supplied a sealant for that area where the panels met that got corrosive when exposed to moisture. It rotted from the inside out because condensation would form in that area when the temperature and conditions were conducive to that. The condensation reacted with the sealant and essentially turned it into an acid that rotted the metal away.

The door problem is most likely related to the drawing compounds that were used in the manufacture of the door. The stuff was very difficult to clean off and as a result the paint does not stick. How soon it fails is a crap shoot. Problems like the above two occurred with many car manufacturers and across many car lines. I walked outside to head to work one day and after an overnight rain, laying in my driveway next to the tire was the paint from my fender. It was folded up accordion style like it just slid off the panel in a sheet and folded up as it landed.

Rust is like cancer. Your best chance of it not returning is to eradicate it entirely. With rust, what looks like a small area can in fact be a huge area once you start into the repair. Combine it with it rusting from the inside out in areas that really can't be seen and the dollars really start adding up.

Sorry for your loss.
 
A lot of car repair videos on youtube on how to repair those rust spots.
You will need to clip off the rusted area then either weld on new metal or just buy or visit junk yard for a replacement panel.

Who knows. Call your insurance company and see if it is covered.
 
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And paint work.

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bleh.

I came to the conclusion last week that I was going to try and keep my car for another 2 years at least. it's obvious this is going to affect my car's depreciation. is it worth selling now while the problem isn't too bad?
 
Glad I have an aluminum car.

If the seller knows what he's looking for, the depreciation has probably already occurred, but I'm sure there are plenty out there who don't know about rust spots.
 
Some Accords are known to have paint delamination issues. Most often it occurs on the roof, but it can happen in other places as well.

At this point, the only thing you can really do is to repaint the car, but that's expensive and not worth it given the age and miles.
 
I've had good luck with loctite extend rust neutralizer. Hit the rusty spot with wire brush, wipe with alcohol, and paint the neutralizer on. Go back for second coat. Usually lasts for a season or so and only takes a few minutes. Definitely slows down the cancer.
 
Yuriman said:
Glad I have an aluminum car.

If the seller knows what he's looking for, the depreciation has probably already occurred, but I'm sure there are plenty out there who don't know about rust spots.
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Aluminum for the win.
There's always POR 15 - sand the bubbling paint down the metal and put some POR on it.

This really is a problem with econoboxes, they're spec'd out to be disposable. I would recommend buying something little better next time if you're trying to max out the useful life - aluminum suspension pieces, proper wheel well liners, galvanized metal, bed liner/ seam sealer on anything that could get chiped etc.
 
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Call Honda customer service, be polite and ask if they will assist in the repairs. We have salt on the roads here , I see many 06 and 07's that do not have corrosion or paint issues.
 
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