How To Fix Big Rust Holes On Your Car

How To Fix Big Rust Holes On Your Car | Honda Civic 2001

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In this video we are going to repair rusted through rocker panels on this 2001 Honda Civic Hatchback (EP1) with 1.4l 66hp engine. This is quick repair that hides big rust holes by welding new metal pieces and adding automotive body filler on top. Its important to add cavity wax in inside of rocker panels to prevent corrosion from coming back quickly.
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@alexandrhrouz666 Ай бұрын

Glad you actually did the repair the proper way and not just hid all the damage under body filler like some people do. Good work

@markm2302 4 ай бұрын

The end result is excellent! Everyone has their own style, and different levels of training. If you want to complain then post a link to your video on how to do it better.

@owenjoseph6097 2 ай бұрын

Well said!

@theadorephaedon1691 Күн бұрын

👍

@jamesfrench7299 Күн бұрын

Revolting lil humans love to knock others to prop their ego.

@Stevespecs 4 ай бұрын

I did a repair something like this back in the early eighties on an old Monte Carlo, the repair lasted eleven years, and then I sold it. Great job!

@pinepaul9920 4 ай бұрын

Nice job. It’s tough to weld thin rotted metal. With an older car this isn’t a job that will last for years. He has taken care of the gaping rust hole which was the problem. But it is a repair that will last several years with slight surface rusting through the paint. You just have to keep touching up the light surface rust.

@jerbear7952 5 ай бұрын

Professional body men love watching and critiquing home videos.

@DIYFastFix 25 күн бұрын

So true!

@SurgieStudios 11 ай бұрын

For those who don’t understand why he did the tape the way he did for the paint coats, that’s for feathering and stuff for the actual color. It helps blend it to the original, 👍🏻

@TheDiegomaya 15 күн бұрын

I am not a pro welder and i dont have a exclusive car.but i do have a old car that i want to fix up.thanks for sharing your way.👍

@LondonCarnaval 11 ай бұрын

As first timer and quick repair on an old 22year old banger with 1.4 engine &66hp . it does the job and looks good in my screen so thumbs-up 👍 and well done 👏 ✔ 👍 another few years and it will be scraped or for parts so the job should last till then 👌👍👏💯✌❤☘

@user-kp2ll7du8c 4 ай бұрын

Если он в России, ещё лет десять минимум кататься

@w05apple22 Жыл бұрын

Nice job! Probably would have seam sealed the larger panel inside before welding smaller patch to prevent rust

@user-tb8tk2hp5c Ай бұрын

Excellent ❤ When I had rust holes on my vehicle in 2010. I first sand it with a sand paper until I saw silver mental on the edge of the hole, than I used rust protection spray, than I filled the hole with a wire mesh, and I applied fiber polyester on top of the wire mesh, than I sand it down with sand paper, than a applied primer paint and than finally painted it. It was my weekend hobby which only costed me about $50 from Walmart and safety gloves, mask and glasses from the dollar store. The final presentation was okay on my job, but this man job is excellent, love it ❤, thank you sir.

@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive 3 ай бұрын

Me: " Too bad I cant weld. So I cant do this.' 7:15 "Oh hey! neither can he! alright! I guess I can do this!" lol

@whatdoyouthinktodd 2 ай бұрын

Everyone starts somewhere. We see you start with your mouth blow hard expert

@danharvey464 Жыл бұрын

Always good to primer before body filler. Moisture can seep behind bodyfiller I’ve seen large patches of rust form under body filler

@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg Жыл бұрын

You can primer before body filler?! What

@halleffect1 Жыл бұрын

primer is porous, won't stop moisture

@joemyler2958 Жыл бұрын

You have to apply a special primer before you cab apply body filler. Body filler is really only supposed to be used over glass, or bare metal. Fiberglass is water proof, and is stronger than standard body filler.

@xgearheart8592 8 ай бұрын

"we are going to do a quick repair job" Ends up doing a a better job than my local auto body shops.

@hoojchoons2258 3 ай бұрын

Your local body shops must be rough as a bears ass then!

@Pharaohscrown 26 күн бұрын

That's a lot of work you put in. Looks great.

@bobbybanks7554 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing looks better than it did before great job for a DIY 🏆

@Xmonders 11 ай бұрын

Good enough!!! 👍 No need to be a perfect job but more than good enough to be around people and neighbors where you don’t have to be embarrassed. Thnx for sharing 😊

@fredbloggs1993 22 күн бұрын

A friend of mine told me the guys use to put diff oil in the sills to protect from future rust; great idea

@user-jj3bf6cu2m 10 ай бұрын

It was a pleasure to watch the progress of this work Thank you

@RadioNul Жыл бұрын

amazing that it can still be jacked up :D

@chucky2316 Жыл бұрын

He will have to weld that aswell

@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive 3 ай бұрын

It was already jacked up before he started.

@joemyler2958 Жыл бұрын

I always use a cheese grater file, when the body filler is the consistency of rubber. This reduces how much sanding down of the filler I have to do. Once the filler hardens. I always machine sand, then block sand the area to eliminate any machine marks.

@robertdominguez1304 3 ай бұрын

My mother and Grandmother did this to our mini van.

@kenfrayne1013 18 күн бұрын

That’s incredible! You do EXCELLENT work! I have 2007 Ford E250 with rust like that and my body guy said he can’t fix it.

@vlastimilbodak9326 16 күн бұрын

Change a guy😁😁😁

@roberthoy9922 Жыл бұрын

Why didn’t you grind the welds smooth? Why so much body filler?

@davidriley9194 3 ай бұрын

This guy did a fantastic job on it!!!!😊

@cbsureshdvg 4 ай бұрын

Excellent job. Highly skilled and professional work.

@grantp4022 7 ай бұрын

Great job -- great skill, and looks fantastic.

@pstreetgarage7304 4 ай бұрын

Great job as always Jason ! Those panels look great 👍

@user-zs5wk4hm5p 4 ай бұрын

No .. very bed ..

@ChatMotorsport 4 ай бұрын

I have to do this on my Civic, exact same place, tanks for the tips, just need to learn how to weld now..

@mikehopkins4040 10 күн бұрын

Really very good but the amount of work that went into this would be far beyond myself. Am I right in thinking this was a lady that did this 😊

@duck7322 Ай бұрын

I have this exact spot of rust on my 2002 Civic hatch, the video makes it look so easy😭

@edwardmmanns7454 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video. Slow and steady is what is needed. I could have done without the music, but I am an old man.

@dungeonmasterelite2 7 ай бұрын

I liked it actually

@johnny_w Ай бұрын

A lot of work, but the result is amazing ! 👍👍👍

@brahimbenamara7523 20 күн бұрын

Good perfection and patience

@driverslqqk7940 2 ай бұрын

He makes it look easy it's not this is a very skilled individual also I wonder how many people have all these tools that he uses for a repair job like this you did a good job but this wasn't his first rodeo he probably works in the body shop and does this routinely or he works on his own side but he's very skilled and he knows what he's doing the average shade tree would have a very tough time pulling this off and specially going out and buying thousands and thousands of dollars worth of these tools it's almost probably cheaper to take it to a body shop then to buy these tools for a one-time fix but I do give him credit he's an expert in his field of body repair very few people have this kind of capability😊

@michaelpoggi8064 3 ай бұрын

Finger Bondo spread in wheelhouse shows experience and the easiest method... good job..POR 15 is amazing on rust prevention.

@corey7733 Ай бұрын

There's a KZfaq video called friends shouldn't let friends use por 15. Its actually not that good of a product.

@1harleyvette Жыл бұрын

As a lifelong bodyman I have to say that at best that process might serve as a temporary fix for a home shop to get your car through one or two state inspections , but is not a quality repair. the life for that car is very short so i would not advise putting much money in it .

@thundercockjackson 9 ай бұрын

actually i replaced my whole body with cardboard and bondo and its been just fine soooo

@bernieglass8098 2 ай бұрын

Have to say your wrong. Honda civic is one of the longest lasting cars on the planet. Much better than anything made in America

@volcom05345 23 күн бұрын

I can attest. I have a 2010 manual Honda Civic. That car is a beast. Im gonna drive it until it finally dies. Im sure it has a few more years left on it and yeah I have done many repairs and maintenance on it.

@ziginaigra 12 күн бұрын

@@volcom05345 2010 is new civic lol i still drive 5th gen 1993 sedan lol

@mduetue4052 10 ай бұрын

Proud fan am I you did a very good job buddy thumbs up,you will always have criticism,take it positively and do even better,don't be discouraged.

@thelazyhandyman8581 4 күн бұрын

That's amazing work

@guyh.4553 3 ай бұрын

This whole process reminds me of my 1st "truck", a 1962 Ford Falcon Ranchero. Or the "Rusty Bean Ranchero" as everyone called her. Yes, if i moved the carpet square i could see the road and the rear wheel wells, on the outside body panels, were rusted out. I always wanted to restore here but my dad nixed it. Want to find another one and restore it. With one "minor" modification. Drop a 302 BOSS in it rather than the 289 it came with. 😂😂😂 So when they said rust modifier, does that just mean Naval Jelly? Very nice work!

@janettavculek9308 19 күн бұрын

Perfect job.

@pires908 Жыл бұрын

Amazing job, no way I could pull this off.

@DIYFastFix 25 күн бұрын

Great repair man!

@karuppusamypandian7595 6 күн бұрын

Amazing bro

@barbiesboats4522 Ай бұрын

I think it came out great!

@deltajohnny 6 ай бұрын

Great job and perfectly explained 👏👏👏

@GoProTony912 10 ай бұрын

You did a good job! 🔥👍🏾

@Choober65 8 ай бұрын

Ditch the Dremel, get a Katsu 3" mini grinder. Awesome bit of kit.

@Alex-wd4zg Жыл бұрын

Great work! I don’t have many tools but you showed me that I do not need a whole work shop to accomplish this!

@duskostivic-en9zx Жыл бұрын

U Srbiji to limari neće da rade jel su monteri a ne limari. Svaka čast za video.

@derekaddis6085 3 ай бұрын

Absolutely brilliant

@agentcarbunkle 3 ай бұрын

Zintec is my go to now not just mild steel, not too much more for a patch and doesn't rust nearly as quickly as mild steel, most primers are porous so water goes through them, use a top coat any will do, they are only a key coat btw

@2Jeezuzisreal Жыл бұрын

On my Chevy van big rust on lower under doors I got some ABS black plastic 6 in and ran it through a table saw cut it in half. Two pieces the length from tire to tire. Drilled out resessed holes in top and Screwed in self tappers.. Black Caulk the top. Underneath I bent 5 bolts connected to anything. It's ugly Rusty mess but it worked and it will never rust there again. Oh I forgot I used old engine oil in a spray bottle mixed with some paint thinner and sprayed all the underneath before I started. For other projects, If you want free metal just find a commercial metal shop dumpster. If you get lucky you'll find the primed and painted with the plastic film overlay.

@apaches04soccer Жыл бұрын

great work! nothing will ever beat hand skills. amazing result sir!

@Jan_-_- Ай бұрын

Nice job 😊

@PROSTO4Tabal 11 ай бұрын

I like every video from zero to hero

@user-hn7rs9gx1c 2 ай бұрын

Amazing work

@exeuropean Ай бұрын

Another quality job. I am sure it will last a few months depending n where you live

@MarzNet256 4 ай бұрын

Wow. That's really impressive.

@dinamik967 20 күн бұрын

Perfect!

@Quartered_Rodent 3 ай бұрын

Dude, you're a real professional. My hats off to you. May I ask... how many years of experience you have with... well with everything you just demonstrated here?

@JulioGutierrezFlores Ай бұрын

También me gustaria saber cuantos años de experiencia tienes

@WilliamJones-xh8xz 7 ай бұрын

Excellent job

@filly85 2 ай бұрын

To me it's a really good job, congrats!

@harvymckiernan93 Жыл бұрын

I remember jacking up a vehicle like this. The car stayed where it was, and I saw the back seat getting higher and higher. I was told it only needed a small patch welding on the outer sill 🤣

@hukilausurfer Жыл бұрын

Lol

@JohnnyBailey-jq1qm Жыл бұрын

You jacked it up from the floor not the pinch welds

@harvymckiernan93 Жыл бұрын

@@JohnnyBailey-jq1qm Nope! Jacked up on the rear Radius arm mounting point. Give us some credit to our knowledge!!😂 It shouldn't have been on the road. It was slightly more extensive than the owner realised. They only see the rusty patch on the outside. It had rotted internally along the whole inner sill rail to the rear wheel housing. It had been covered in years and years of bitumen underseal to stop the water getting in and soaking the carpet! They didn't realise, at the same time, it stopped water and condensation from getting back out. The car was condemned. It was badged as a Triumph Acclaim in the UK ( Honda Ballade elsewhere )

@chopperhehehe Жыл бұрын

@@harvymckiernan93 I mind o them rusted from inside out lol ok one year and death trap the next engine's was good tho lol 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️

@randalbugiel5692 Жыл бұрын

😂

@jdonez8347 2 ай бұрын

Good stuff, very satisfying to watch. Inspirational even. Have moat of the stuff in the garage to attempt this on the old 89 k1500 that could use a lil cab corner rocker attention 😅

@user-uv6tc2zc1z 2 ай бұрын

I could have shit out of my ass a brand new car the time it took u to do this

@timh1910 Жыл бұрын

The last hole, I would have welded that, not Bondo,. Way better than having a rust hole. Thanks for your approach.

@WagsAutomotive Жыл бұрын

It was a slap job. Slap it together, who cares how long it lasts.

@jroque7891 Жыл бұрын

Very satisfying to watch thank you so much excellent job God bless

@craig357 3 ай бұрын

Awesome job!

@kotteeswaranmassmageshwar7625 23 күн бұрын

Sir very good job thanks

@danielbernatchez3216 Жыл бұрын

Wow nice job man ! realy cool video !

@richardb1791 3 күн бұрын

This is a good patch job to get rid of a car or last a couple of years. This is NOT a permanent, professional repair for many reasons. However It still takes a lot of skill to do a patch job. That steel on the top of that patch was very thin and you can see it burn through, that won't hold up.

@sean6049 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips. I bought a welder and gave this a shot with no experience. It was actually very easy..

@chopperhehehe Жыл бұрын

Lol

@sean6049 Жыл бұрын

@@chopperhehehe I can email you the results if you wanna see.. lol

@chopperhehehe Жыл бұрын

Hopefully you have welded more than this guy

@sean6049 Жыл бұрын

@chopperhehehe I literally just bought a welder, and a big peice of sheet metal. Started messing around with it until I was comfortable with my welds. Then I cut out the rust on my truck. Shaped a patch with cardboard, welded it in. Wasn't hard.

@markspence9339 Жыл бұрын

OK for mot standard work,wouldn't really call it welding though,more like a series of very weak tack welds,fair play to the guy for having a go

@kevinpicur7739 6 ай бұрын

I would like to learn this kind of work/job...Nice work!

@FranklinQuijote-ev1up Жыл бұрын

Good job bro. I’ll do this to my ford f150

@spatvmobile2270 4 күн бұрын

Good job

@llewis7324 9 ай бұрын

Should add a few more years to the car. Nice job.👍

@alexandruvoicu923 Жыл бұрын

Very Nice work!

@barryelstone2992 Жыл бұрын

Definitely an amature repair using an hobby welder, application of filler poor standard of welding poor with gaps but having said that it's a good effort.

@rajeshmurali6680 3 ай бұрын

A perfect work 👍

@matahirhunzala8983 6 ай бұрын

Very and very satisfied this hard work is very awesome ❤

@bodybywill 2 ай бұрын

Great job 😊👍

@chrisadams6595 3 ай бұрын

Good stuff 👍

@VIJAYSINGH-wp2sj 5 ай бұрын

Nice job 👍

@evanthegreat2332 4 ай бұрын

Very satisfying

@nidhkr Жыл бұрын

great work ! if u can DIY this will save you $$$ compared to to a professional body shop. i have small stick welder not sure if that will work though.

@ricoyourmom8706 Жыл бұрын

Good way to fix and flip real quick

@jerbear7952 5 ай бұрын

Remind me to never buy a car from you

@Jaujau933 9 ай бұрын

Excellent thanks 👍🏼👍🏼

@achristian7015 3 ай бұрын

You should have used Krown. There are plenty of factory rubber plugs in the underside of the rocker panel for access.

@RJHYPERKIDS 8 ай бұрын

Great work no way i could pull this off

@LordPhoton-rl4ot 2 ай бұрын

Anyone who shows their welds on youtube is a braver person than I lol

@JimNH777 Жыл бұрын

this is such an amazing job and there's beauty in skill and repairing stuff instead of throwing it away... yet I can't help myself thinking for the cost of all the tools used (not to mention having a house with a garage) you can probably buy another used 2001 civic :)

@ggj666 Жыл бұрын

But unfortunately another used 2001 Civic will be as bad for rust as that one 😄 and the fun he had repairing it. I only say that as I spent the weekend swearing alot and repairing a sill on my van,🤣

@germanomora6345 11 ай бұрын

❤that is right,,ii love to do that. Hopefully soon will have a big house with a big garage..then will be busy. Good job.

@bodhixxx1 6 ай бұрын

you are right I am on a ranch and bought a 1979 crew cab GMC 4x4 3/4 ton it has rocker panel rust and door rust etc and yes I have access to a shop and have most of the tools to do this however I am not that detail geared to do body work and also busy with ranch work cattle and fencing etc I was going to "Mad Max" this truck by using the patch panels and glue and use rivets holding it together it will look pretty rough when done but also it will probably give the truck a cool frankenstein look as well.

@franciscobravoalcalde2868 6 ай бұрын

Aficionado

@JulioGutierrezFlores Ай бұрын

@@ggj666 yo tengo un accord 97 con oxidación en donde va la rueda de refaccion y en la parte de delante del motor así ando en el

@Codzilla71 5 ай бұрын

I think i would have just thrown some underseal on the weld and left it at that. Nice job. I need to have a go at welding. Where can you get scrap metal for the repair in the UK?

@DanDan-ku3yq Жыл бұрын

Good work for 3 months. The rust will be waiting for the ouner under putty. 😢 Large problem for the cars from winter territory.

@klausjensen9150 11 ай бұрын

DAN i hear you and ditto to that . I use a marine grade filler , totally water proof and a lot stronger . Now i dont use it everywhere but in areas like that it is sometimes a blessing although harder to sand out . I have once had to repair a front fender and used 304 stainless for the lip , then blended with marine grade bondo on my old dodge truck . That was a 91 Dakota . That SS is still there , 400,000 plus . Canadian salt on the roads .

@DanDan-ku3yq 11 ай бұрын

@@klausjensen9150 If I good understand you used marine grade filler with epoxy ? I often put epoxy on the rust and then only paint or putty. Thanks for info ;)

@rodneyhopper22 9 ай бұрын

Really I wouldn't of never have guessed it hmmm 🤔🤔😅

@user-po6lu9fr6x 10 ай бұрын

Super perfect and great job A A A +

@crazyantny9161 2 ай бұрын

One thing i learned as vette man. Fibwrglass doent rust. I dont for the life of me understand why so many people go ahead and use metal again on rust pron vehicals, espeially when they have a perfect template. Even body shop repais. The rust is back with a bubble in under a year and rusted out in a few years, tops. The only time to use steel is going into a pinchweld simply because of strenth and integrity. Id still dink that in and put mess over it. What most people dont understand saying use primer or paint the underside is that the weld melts it and immedialy starts rust as it cools

@fridaythompson2236 20 күн бұрын

I need mine done next

@steveokunkel9696 7 ай бұрын

Some bad chad going on there ...nice job

@NotWorthIt9 3 ай бұрын

Sheer artistry.

@user-lh4oe4uz6m 2 ай бұрын

Outstanding Demo, Where are you located? How much does such a repair cost?

@tommyt4062 Жыл бұрын

I can't remember the last time I saw a rusty car. Replacing and patching up panels used to be so common but since they started making car bodies galvanized everything else seems to die before rust becomes an issue.

@HeartSoulLeake Жыл бұрын

We see it all the time here in NYC because of all the chemicals spread by sanitation during the winter months. As a matter of fact, our 2005 Honda CR-V EX has some rust on the rear side panel that needs to be fixed.

@tommyt4062 Жыл бұрын

@@HeartSoulLeake I don't know how true this is but I heard certain manufacturers don't galvanize cars for the north America market?

@HeartSoulLeake Жыл бұрын

@Tommy T Any car can get bumped, scratched at any time, and if not addressed, it can lead to rust.

@tommyt4062 Жыл бұрын

@@HeartSoulLeake I understand what you're saying because all my friends said the same thing years ago when I think it was possibly Audi who started to galvanize their cars as standard. This was back in the days when me and my friends still enjoyed working on cars. Alll I'm saying is that I can't remember the last time I see a rusty car on the road? In the past, passing your MOT often meant parching up and making sure no sharp pieces of rust were sticking out and car body filler wasn't just used to repair dents, Holes were also a real issue.

@alb12345672 Жыл бұрын

@@HeartSoulLeake Rust in upstate NY is unreal. Even new cars.