Rust repair (epic fail)

[craig green]

Just browsing a Honda forum when I stumbled upon someone poking at the rust in their sills.

http://www.hondacivicforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=17551&start=60

Suffice to say, Nova owners are somewhat more thorough when it comes to tackling rot. lol

[Adam]

Lmao lol
And it seems no one on there is even bothered about it

"And here's the rear arch patched and the sills reconstructed:"
Yeah, with body filler and aluminium mesh :eek:

[db_1.2]

Lmao, I camped with him at coombe a couple of weeks ago, what a bunch of fast of furious bellends lol

[Spudly]

That was enough to seal, but I wanted some proper underseal to prevent further problems.



Omg, he wants to prevent further problems but hasnt chopped any of the rot out:eek:

[MK999]

I scrolled down for all the "wtf have you done" posts, but there wasn't any :confused:

[Spudly]

I scrolled down for all the "wtf have you done" posts, but there wasn't any :confused:



Same, thats fooking shocking, i think he must be the guy who MOT'd my old cav SRi:cry:

[burgo]

how can none of them know how wrong that is. a sill is a vital structural part

[Spudly]

how can none of them know how wrong that is. a sill is a vital structural part



Is there an email address for vosa, think forwarding that link might be a worthy idealol

[craig green]

I scrolled down for all the "wtf have you done" posts, but there wasn't any :confused:

Same here.. nothing but praise for his workmanship. lol

[paddy quinn]

yawn honda is boring

[craig green]

Is there an email address for vosa, think forwarding that link might be a worthy idealol

Registration number is handily 'shopped' out in all the pics.

[Danb1987]

Is there an email address for vosa, think forwarding that link might be a worthy idealol

That would be Funny lol lol

[Royston]

I knew I was going wrong somewherelol

Top restoration forum:wtf:

[Spudly]

Registration number is handily 'shopped' out in all the pics.


Yeah i know ive just scoured the thread and found this out unfortunately:(



Damn, locked photobucket aswell:cry:

[Edd]

What you'd expect from Honda owners tbh :d going by the local ones round here anyway lol

Craig, you should get that chap to have a look at the scratches you have on your Civic lol

[craig green]

What you'd expect from Honda owners tbh :d going by the local ones round here anyway lol



Coont!

Speaking of bodges, how is the Sport these days? :p

[Edd]

Coont!

Speaking of bodges, how is the Sport these days? :p
Flol it's has 0.5mm more dust on it than yesterday lol

I'll carry on bodging it up later this week lol

[mowgli]

i thought stuff like that died out with the ford capri

[paul james]

I've got an old AA car maintenance book, and its guide to repairing rotten sills involves no welding of course, just chicken wire and filler.

Its funny hearing people talk about their cars back in the 60's and 70's, paper mache panels and important parts like wheels falling off all the time were the norm it seems. Perhaps its for the best everyones not an amatuer mechanic on their cars these days...

[Bubba]

where was the newspaper behind the mesh? bloody half job that

edit

hang on i see the problem

Location: Northwest, England.

[BRoadGhost]

It's had $100,000 spent under the hood; don't even think of racing him

[Cle]

I now will think twice about buying an old civic

[nov3]

looks like he even sprayed the sill with the door open!

[Balley]

dear me

[Lewis.]

thats shocking, as is their general acceptance of it!
but its not just him, my nova came with newspaper and fiberglass chassis legs lol

[bainyboy sr]

lmao well we all no how to do our sills lol il bin my welder

[24sevenslacker]

lol, fifth post down from the top on page 5, is that sarcasm? lol

[ryansnova]

someone should join this honda club and tell this guy that that hes a ****!

how long does he think its going to last??lol

[Rich]

get your rear seats and boot carpets out and waxoyl those repairs from the inside. do the same to the inside of the sills. its a bit of a pain but its worth the effort, will stop the rot coming back. mine was like yours but ended up replacing the rear part of the sill completely. worrying part is the rot gets through to where the trailing arm mounts, so its well worth spending a bit more time and knowing its all safe!!

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I know people into hondas, all i can say is none of them have a clue and seem to like spoons?

[Dayle_]

That's terrible, you would have at least thought he would have filled it with expanding foam too!!!!

[Spudly]

That's terrible, you would have at least thought he would have filled it with expanding foam too!!!!



I do hope youre actually joking by that comment....?

[maddogdaz666]

I cant belive he thought that was a "PROPER" job! and thought it'd be a good idea to tell everyone about his bodge!!!! and then everyone else thought it was "great" too!!! its put me off Jap Crap even more!!!

[Novasport]

Nothing like a bit of ally thrown into the mix to speed up the corrosion process ;).

Expanding foam, Vauxhall used to use it after welding the B pillars on early Corsa B's when they cracked lol

Seriously, a shocking repair that will prob not get picked up by an MOT tester.
What a muppet, if that gets sold on and it gets involved in a bad accident, god help the new owner!

[Rich]

lucky its not a vtec model, so much power it would twist the chassis on launch

[jaygsi]

Credit where credit is due hes handy with the filler lol

[Dayle_]

I do hope youre actually joking by that comment....?

Yes I'm joking!!!! Jeeze. Thats a proper bodge, i can't believe no one on the 22 pages of that thread haven't picked it up!

The fact he has spend money on things like coilovers etc when the car is a rot box!

[Dayle_]

Seriously, a shocking repair that will prob not get picked up by an MOT tester.
What a muppet, if that gets sold on and it gets involved in a bad accident, god help the new owner!

Looking at it it won't get picked up as its covered by the side skirts so they will never see what's behind it.

[Novasport]

lucky its not a vtec model, so much power it would twist the chassis on launch

lol when the VTEC kicks in the rivets on the sill will pop out under the strain!

[NOV4_SPORT]

Epic fail, the bodge reminds me of ades sill on his red puntova sill before he put it right.


Iain

[dhdev (Oli)]

Nothing like a bit of ally thrown into the mix to speed up the corrosion process ;).

My thoughts exactly!!! :eek: Bring on the salted roads ;)

[Saloony]

lol wish it were near me to MOT lol id have he on that and on the trailing arm bush thats started to go. Hmmm im gonna join

[Saloony]

Right im signed in...VTEC-YO lol

[Dayle_]

Just looking at the rust repair.. proper job that, right up until the point were you forgot to replace what was once metal with metal. Does it not cross your mind that most of the cars structual integrity is now lost?lol

Get him told. Shame there has been no replies yet:thumb:

[Saloony]

Wanted to call him a biblical bellend, but seen as it was my first post i was gonna keep it light and airy lol

[Tim Harpley]

He probably knows a dodgy test station where he can get his MOT over the phone like the one VOSA done earlier this yearlol

[Saloony]

Read his reply... i nearly fell over

[RossRog]

Think you have made a friend!!

[Mark]

Cocks..

[Mark]

Ironically, with all the time and effort involved in that repair it would have actually been easier to weld a new sill in..lol

[Mark]

**sigh** Have I done something to you that I am unaware of for you to spend your first 3 posts attacking the rust repair on my car..?
I am aware how extensive the rust is.. and if it continues to worsen I'll be buying a new shell in good condition for buttons and transferring all my mods over to it. But as it stands I'm happy with it. I believe it's structurally sound, maybe not as much as it was out the factory, that's a given, but enough for me to feel comfortable driving it for the time being. At the end of the day, I'm driving it and if I'm comfortable with that I don't see an issue. Flies through it's MOTs tbh

Jesus fecking henry.....Not a clue!

[Saloony]

This is all very humours. When vtec kicks in the chassis twists.... epic statment.

[mowgli]

i hope you qualified your knowledge of rust by pointing out you are involved with novas...

[Keif]

Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Nothing more to add at this point. lol

[thedondy]

class thread this just made my day!! :D

[RossRog]

well fair play to the lad for actually sorting it out now!

[Saloony]

Recieved this pm from the bods



Hi,

Just to let you know that your account has been flagged to me as one that has joined to do nothing but berate other people and be rude about their cars.

Please start to become a functioning, contributing member of this community and keep your argumentative side to yourself.

Regards,
Alec


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Im sorry you and others got girly and saw this as argumentative, but its not. Merely cruising the web and this was presented to me. My statements maybe bold but it is ones of truth and common sense/knowlegde. More to the point, if there was someone with vehicle savvy on here do you not believe that someone should of put across that what action was taken in repairing said car was inadequate, cant tell me that this site is populated by the ignorant surely. Even with a sense of logic someone can see that its wrong, we're not living in the 70's where we cruised around in mini's and capri's Fred Flintstone stylie. At the end of the day, its down to his/her safety, worst case and hopefully it were never to happen but how would that car fair in a side swipe...? Fair point i believe. Please tell me if you think otherwise,

Regards Craig

[mowgli]

i hope you now point out your motor trade credentials and how the aforementioned civic is actually a death trap etc..... and how your contacts at vosa will be given the link for further investigation.

[Saloony]

I didnt want to pull out the big guns.. but still could lol

[Rich]

You have to treat civic owners like little kids, your being really mean to them.