Rust Fix

[H4G64T]

You should ask for your money back, I am willing to bet that is mostly filler.

 

[BoostedYeep]

You should ask for your money back, I am willing to bet that is mostly filler.

I'm thinking the same, I looked at it and I'm looking where the welds are and there was more rust around it. If I sand the part where they painted I'm pretty sure I will see the rust they left behind to eat up my car.

But unfortunately I don't have time since I'm a full time worker and college student. Plus I read over their conditions after I signed it and it was kind of saying they stand by their work but are not restoring it to factory specs. It's decent. I guess I will just have to do the work myself next time.

It will do for now since I needed to get it done before winter. Don't have time to do it myself until winter break when school semester ends.

But I was looking where the rust hole was and you can see around the metal it "caves" a little which I don't get. I'm not sure if they cut the metal out or just left the rust there and put something on it and just welded a metal piece above the rust. I'm not sure... Anyone from looking at the picture can tell?

 

[Nasty Dream]

To me the rust holding the rear suspension looks beyond repair. And it looks dangerous. Deadly.

 

[housegsx]

Wow, $330 seems like a lot for that. You could probably buy a new complete strut tower for that.

Anyways, sell the car asap! You are wasting your money. That rocker and suspension pickups are in horrible shape. And to me, are a bigger issue than that strut tower rust. Don't even take off your sideskirts or you will cry.

Just to let you know what you'll be chasing in no time...

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[Anubis_4_99]

Wow, $330 seems like a lot for that. You could probably buy a new complete strut tower for that.

Anyways, sell the car asap! You are wasting your money. That rocker and suspension pickups are in horrible shape. And to me, are a bigger issue than that strut tower rust. Don't even take off your sideskirts or you will cry.

Just to let you know what you'll be chasing in no time...

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those pics just made me sick

 

[BoostedYeep]

To me the rust holding the rear suspension looks beyond repair. And it looks dangerous. Deadly.

Well, I was gonna get a quote from them again to see how much it would for them to repair. They've shown me pictures of their work with much worse rust under the car than mine. But mine does look really bad. =(

Wow, $330 seems like a lot for that. You could probably buy a new complete strut tower for that.

Anyways, sell the car asap! You are wasting your money. That rocker and suspension pickups are in horrible shape. And to me, are a bigger issue than that strut tower rust. Don't even take off your sideskirts or you will cry.

Just to let you know what you'll be chasing in no time...

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Wow, that is just horrible....

 

[Nasty Dream]

Well, I was gonna get a quote from them again to see how much it would for them to repair. They've shown me pictures of their work with much worse rust under the car than mine. But mine does look really bad. =(

But it doesn't matter if there's some rust on the floorboard or summin' - they can patch that up - it's the parts holding the wheel on are rusted through!

I would talk to someone qualified who isn't a "rust technician" who gets paid from fixing this stuff!

You do not want your wheel to come loose while you are driving, and having it pointing in a completely different direction! You won't be able to just pull over to the side of the road. You'll be lucky if you don't hit a tree or pole.

I mean, I don't mean to alarm you. I can't really get a good analysis from that photo even if I was qualified to determine the depth of the rust. In my opinion, you should take it to a shop or garage or something... slowly. See if they think it will be safe to have the rust is repaired. They might take a look at it for free.

 

[BoostedYeep]

But it doesn't matter if there's some rust on the floorboard or summin' - they can patch that up - it's the parts holding the wheel on are rusted through!

I would talk to someone qualified who isn't a "rust technician" who gets paid from fixing this stuff!

You do not want your wheel to come loose while you are driving, and having it pointing in a completely different direction! You won't be able to just pull over to the side of the road. You'll be lucky if you don't hit a tree or pole.

I mean, I don't mean to alarm you. I can't really get a good analysis from that photo even if I was qualified to determine the depth of the rust. In my opinion, you should take it to a shop or garage or something... slowly.

I'll take better pics of the rust tomorrow if its nice out. But are you looking at the first set of pics or the one above this post which looks like a disaster waiting to happen?

Because if my car looked like that I would not be driving it period...

 

[Nasty Dream]

I'll take better pics of the rust tomorrow if its nice out. But are you looking at the first set of pics or the one above this post which looks like a disaster waiting to happen?

The rod going to your wheels. The place where it connects to the frame is rusted badly. I don't know enough to tell you if it's safe or not, but to me it looks unsafe.

I would take it to a shop and ask them if they can please just take a look at it. Tell them you think the rust repairman is 'taking you for a ride' and you don't feel safe. Show him the rear there. Probably no charge if it's a slow day.

You might show him the work he's already done

 

[BoostedYeep]

The rod going to your wheels. The place where it connects to the frame is rusted badly. I don't know enough to tell you if it's safe or not, but to me it looks unsafe.

I would take it to a shop and ask them if they can please just take a look at it. Tell them you think the rust repairman is 'taking you for a ride' and you don't feel safe. Show him the rear there. Probably no charge if it's a slow day.

Alright I'll take it in. It all looks rusted to me. I'm unsure if its repairable or not. But if you can could you circle the spots where it needs to be checked? Thanks.

 

[Nasty Dream]

Sure.

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The entire circled area, in particular the small inner circle. I can't see as well as I'd like. Anyway, I'd rather be safe than sorry. It's a very important area to be strong.

Looking at my repair manual, it looks like that rod (the trailing arm) is the suspension component that keeps the wheel straight on one side.

I feel bad in saying this, but personally, I would want to get rid of this car. Many other areas, including the lower control arm doesn't look great either. This stuff is hella-expensive to replace... I'm thinking you might end up repairing or replacing a lot of things.

But it's a 99GSX!

Don't listen to anything I've said, except one thing - take it to a shop and see what they think. Good luck.

EDIT: BTW That rod is called the trailing arm, it works opposite the toe control arm (not shown). Together they keep the wheel pointing straight ahead.

 

[shockracer]

Wow, and I thought the couple of bolts on my exhaust were bad, so happy that mine still has factory paint on her under belly. So happy they don't salt our roads!

 

[BoostedYeep]

Alright I see, so the same goes for the other side then? I was pretty scared though when I first saw the rust like that. Because its so close to the suspension. I was thinking the same. I'll go to my body shop and ask them.

I'm looking for other bodyshops in my area preferable an hour or so away. I might send better quality pictures of the areas and see what they say also.

Wow, and I thought the couple of bolts on my exhaust were bad, so happy that mine still has factory paint on her under belly. So happy they don't salt our roads!

Lucky....

 

[H4G64T]

The whole rear sub-frame can be unbolted and replaced, stop scaring this guy, the car is definitely fixable. Everything you guys are "worried" about is a bolt on affair.

 

[Nasty Dream]

The whole rear sub-frame can be unbolted and replaced, stop scaring this guy, the car is definitely fixable. Everything you guys are "worried" about is a bolt on affair.

I was afraid I was overreacting. That's why I was like, "I don't know, I'm not qualified."

That, and this:

Don't listen to anything I've said, except one thing - take it to a shop and see what they think. Good luck.

I just bought a POR-15 rust repair kit. I'm going to do it tomorrow and the next day.

All I've got is a couple of small red spots here and there.


"I don't want to alarm you but... " But personally, I was alarmed.

 

[H4G64T]

Find a piece of crap 420a shell with no rust and cut out what you need and have it welded in, problem solved.

 

[housegsx]

The whole rear sub-frame can be unbolted and replaced, stop scaring this guy, the car is definitely fixable. Everything you guys are "worried" about is a bolt on affair.

That is not bolt-on. That is the body of the car. Absolutely not the subframe.

Look at the seam where the car gets jacked up from, pretty soon the jack will go through, hopefully the OP is not underneath when this happens. Please have something under the wheels and not just the body when working on this car.

 

[H4G64T]

This is New England...are you saying we should just junk all our DSMs?

 

[housegsx]

Yes, if they look like that or my Talon I posted. That is what I did.

 

[BoostedYeep]

That is not bolt-on. That is the body of the car. Absolutely not the subframe.

Look at the seam where the car gets jacked up from, pretty soon the jack will go through, hopefully the OP is not underneath when this happens. Please have something under the wheels and not just the body when working on this car.

Yea there are a lot of weak points where the jack points are so when I try and jack it up as high as I can I put the wheels on ramps. I don't want to die anytime soon over my own stupidity that could have been avoided.

But anyways. So there is really no way for me to fix her? =(

 

[BoostedYeep]

So if this is beyond repair. I shouldn't be building it? =(

 

[Nasty Dream]

Take it to a garage and have them look at it. An unbiased opinion where they don't fix rust, and they can really get a good look at it (unlike us). Don't forget to inform them that you are having the rust patched up. You could show them the work on the front tower, like I said.

If it is truly beyond repair, you could swap your parts over to another GSX.

 

[Paching]

How many times do we have to see the same pictures WTF ? Can't anyone leave a comment directed to the postees name?

 

[Blurred Talon]

That far along you are looking at some serious work by a qualified shop, not some rust repair place.
It would likely be cheaper for you to buy a new shell.

 

[BoostedYeep]

I will bring it to a shop to check it to see if its worth repairing. Even so, it seems like I have to sell it and buy another one. But no rust 2g GSX's are very hard to come by in New England. I was hoping I could still use this car while fixing it up slowly and getting the rust fixed since I'm a full time student and worker... Sucks...