Civic EG

Hey guys paint just cracked near the rear, this is just under the window.

What do you rekon I should do?

only thing you can do is repain it or atleast sand it down and primer it

Just the part where it is cracked? Or the whole panel?


I'm really new to this.

just around the crack .. but depends on what you wanna do really..

if you wanna paint it its easier to do the whole panel that way you wont have trouble trying to blend in the new paint but you can always do the little section if the person that is painting it knows how to do it

Cheers for that, but painting over rust, there will still be rust isn't it? What can I use to kill the rust? Is there any spray for rust protection or something?

If you're new to it, you'll make a mess - trust me! I did haha

It need sanded back to bare metal to get rid of the rust, primed and then painted. Only the bare metal areas where the rust was will need primed, then the colour needs to be blended into the existing paint so that you wont notice a difference in shade, and the whole panel will need clearcoat

^^^ correct and the ONLY way to stop rust is to sand all the way down to metal or get rid of that section of metal all together

no is only surface rust. you dont need to replace the whole section. just need to grind it down to metal. etch prime it and re paint

depending on how close it actually is to the window and how the rust looks, i would pull the window, fix/repair your area, respray the the quarter (blend the base, reclear the whole panel) and reassemble

VhondaW wrote:depending on how close it actually is to the window and how the rust looks, i would pull the window, fix/repair your area, respray the the quarter (blend the base, reclear the whole panel) and reassemble

yup thats how i feel too.