"Jim Yanik" <jyanik@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
> "Elle" <honda.lioness@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
>> I think any solution here is going to be an annoyance, so
>> you have to be motivated.
>>
>> Honda-tech.com has a fair amount of discussion of folks
>> trying to fix these panels with riveting, various putties
>> and epoxies, and welding. See for example:
>> http://www.honda-tech.com/z*****hread?id=881836&page=1
.
>> OTOH, the rocker panel areas may be structurally unsound
>> (may fail when a jack is placed underneath). Hence, as
>> you
>> probably know, the inspection failure. I am not so sure a
>> cheap fix would let me sleep at night, besides.
>
> good points.I was thinking of some states that fail cars
> if they have rust
> holes in the bodywork. Even patching them with metal tape
> gets them past
> the inspection.
I read you about how little fixes to improve appearance are
possible. Yet right now, for example, I do have concerns
about the jacking points on my own 1991 Civic. It was driven
in the Northern U.S. for about half its life, and the jack
points are corroded/ing. I have to start getting used to
jacking at the control arms or front and rear points.
> I know Florida and the southern states still have a lot of
> CRX's running
> around. We don't get much rust here,unless you live near
> the seashore.
> Here,the paint,plastic and cloth goes first.
I am annoyed that my Civic's sills (the equivalent to rocker
panels?) cannot really be replaced properly except by
welding. Tegger talked to me about it, along with some posts
at Honda-tech.com . So I contemplate (dream, really) of
buying a shell and switching engines or similar. (Plus I
have this wild idea that I must switch at least one engine
out before I die or get too old to be able to handle it
physically, or my life will be incomplete. :-)) ) I think
if I happen upon something at a wrecker yard or in the local
used car ads, I might go for it. 'Cause I like knowing my
Honda's engine, suspension, brakes, and electrical system so
well. It seems a pretty easy car to keep running. Knock on
wood one day the engine (rings first?) will fail.
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