How To Fix Big Rust Holes On Your Car | Honda Civic 2001
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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We, GK Works are not responsible for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Information provided in this video does not guarantee the desired outcome. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of the tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not GK Works.
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.
Well said!
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
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!
Professional body men love watching and critiquing home videos.
So true!
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.
amazing that it can still be jacked up :D
He will have to weld that aswell
It was already jacked up before he started.
Always good to primer before body filler. Moisture can seep behind bodyfiller I’ve seen large patches of rust form under body filler
You can primer before body filler?! What
primer is porous, won't stop moisture
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.
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 👌👍👏💯✌❤☘
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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, 👍🏻
Nice job! Probably would have seam sealed the larger panel inside before welding smaller patch to prevent rust
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 😊
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.
Great job -- great skill, and looks fantastic.
That's a lot of work you put in. Looks great.
"we are going to do a quick repair job" Ends up doing a a better job than my local auto body shops.
Your local body shops must be rough as a bears ass then!
It was a pleasure to watch the progress of this work Thank you
Thank you for sharing looks better than it did before great job for a DIY 🏆
A friend of mine told me the guys use to put diff oil in the sills to protect from future rust; great idea
Great job as always Jason ! Those panels look great 👍
No .. very bed ..
Excellent job. Highly skilled and professional work.
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
Everyone starts somewhere. We see you start with your mouth blow hard expert
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.👍
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.
Change a guy😁😁😁
This guy did a fantastic job on it!!!!😊
Great repair man!
Good perfection and patience
Great job and perfectly explained 👏👏👏
A lot of work, but the result is amazing ! 👍👍👍
Perfect job.
Very satisfying to watch thank you so much excellent job God bless
I have to do this on my Civic, exact same place, tanks for the tips, just need to learn how to weld now..
Absolutely brilliant
Excellent job
Finger Bondo spread in wheelhouse shows experience and the easiest method... good job..POR 15 is amazing on rust prevention.
There's a KZhead video called friends shouldn't let friends use por 15. Its actually not that good of a product.
Amazing work
Wow. That's really impressive.
To me it's a really good job, congrats!
Sir very good job thanks
You did a good job! 🔥👍🏾
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.
My mother and Grandmother did this to our mini van.
Excellent thanks 👍🏼👍🏼
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Why didn’t you grind the welds smooth? Why so much body filler?
I think it came out great!
Nice job 😊
Perfect!
Wow nice job man ! realy cool video !
Awesome job!
Very Nice work!
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.
Excellent video. Slow and steady is what is needed. I could have done without the music, but I am an old man.
I liked it actually
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 😅
I could have shit out of my ass a brand new car the time it took u to do this
Ditch the Dremel, get a Katsu 3" mini grinder. Awesome bit of kit.
Very and very satisfied this hard work is very awesome ❤
A perfect work 👍
Excellent.thank you
Very satisfying
incredible
I have this exact spot of rust on my 2002 Civic hatch, the video makes it look so easy😭
I would like to learn this kind of work/job...Nice work!
Great job 😊👍
Great job thanks
great work! nothing will ever beat hand skills. amazing result sir!
Nice job 👍
Super perfect and great job A A A +
Beautiful!
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!
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.
Good stuff 👍
Good job !
Amazing job, no way I could pull this off.
Nice job.
Very good work
Good job well finish
Good job bro. I’ll do this to my ford f150
Grate video how thick is the repair panel and what steel is it?
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 .
actually i replaced my whole body with cardboard and bondo and its been just fine soooo
Have to say your wrong. Honda civic is one of the longest lasting cars on the planet. Much better than anything made in America
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.
@@volcom05345 2010 is new civic lol i still drive 5th gen 1993 sedan lol
good work !!
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?
Good work
Amazing 😍
I need mine done next
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😊
nice job
Well job!👍
Good way to fix and flip real quick
Remind me to never buy a car from you
The last hole, I would have welded that, not Bondo,. Way better than having a rust hole. Thanks for your approach.
It was a slap job. Slap it together, who cares how long it lasts.
I like every video from zero to hero
Thank you
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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
Great work no way i could pull this off
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
Very good
Some bad chad going on there ...nice job
whats the green filler you put over the welds before putting the creamy coloured outer filler on?
What that is and what he used is a body filler with fiberglass strands already mixed in. Another name for it is "Tiger Hair" body filler. Its been around for decades.
thanks
Good work! What camera ate you using?
Nice! 👌🏼
Top class job❤
Wow! You make it look easy, but way beyond my pay grade.
Take time to bolster up your knowledge and your skill level yo dude what 😮