who else has a RUST problem?

[thoughthard]

03 Civic EX coupe in Colorado

Some of the chips on the hood and front fenders rusted. Wiper arm chips rusted. Both rear fender lips where rocks could hit them have rusted.

Not deep rusting, but rather just surface rust. Friggin annoying. My non-7thgencivic that is a 1992, with a chip peppered hood, has ALOT less of the problem than the Civic.

Anyone else noticing the subpar corrosion protection on their 7thgen?

 

[Kaotic_Zeus]

maybe one little bitty chip on the hood for me..near the fender...

 

[joe7987]

no problems on my 03 so far...

 

[ojay]

maybe you have bad luck with rocks flying at you in your 7thgen?

 

[got_sake?]

my front end is virtually blemish free and I have 56K on it. sounds like you're just having a good run of bad luck there.

 

[Matt.]

All cars are ment to break... Sad but true. It makes sure you keep coming back for new ones.

 

[pon55]

I have found lots of chips in the hood and fenders. I'm not happy since i never drive off nicely paved roads No rust, only surface chips. 03 w/15k on it!!!!!!!!!!

 

[destined2race]

i would have your car clayed and paint sealant'd. Ive done detailing for 5 years and it helps a lot with that. Factory raildust causes that to rust more often. Ive seen it allot, especially with cold weather. Just my 2 cents though

 

[Powershift]

03 Civic EX coupe in Colorado

Some of the chips on the hood and front fenders rusted. Wiper arm chips rusted. Both rear fender lips where rocks could hit them have rusted.

Not deep rusting, but rather just surface rust. Friggin annoying. My non-7thgencivic that is a 1992, with a chip peppered hood, has ALOT less of the problem than the Civic.

Anyone else noticing the subpar corrosion protection on their 7thgen?

i have a few rusty spots, oi my 7th gen

bit i think it all about how deep chip is?

that's why touch up paint is good, not so much to fix chips ans scratches, but to prevent rust!

1oz touch up paint in honda dealer go for $10 or so. good to keep around!

 

[thoughthard]

Yeah, I gotta go get some of the Honda touch-up paint. Most of the deeper chips are black from the rust converter that I applied to them, or brown from rust

 

[damnitzryan]

All cars are ment to break... Sad but true. It makes sure you keep coming back for new ones.

yup. if they can f**kin make rocket ships that fly around the moon and withstand 2000 degrees of heat, why cant they make a car that lasts, and not have the bumper fall off -chris rock

 

[Matt.]

I have found lots of chips in the hood and fenders. I'm not happy since i never drive off nicely paved roads No rust, only surface chips. 03 w/15k on it!!!!!!!!!!

snap! You got a year on me and same mileage!

 

[Blazed]

rear quarter panel..some spots..
nothing u can do about it in the northeast..specially if ur car is a daily driver..

 

[joe7987]

snap! You got a year on me and same mileage!

I just hit 10k yesterday

 

[Blazed]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...10k? lol i hit 130+ with my d16y7...but then i aint buy the car new..
but my mileage much lower now...

 

[03HCE]

haha, yea, 10k... on an 03... my '03 just is about to hit 30k! That's ok b/c I garaging it and buy a '95 Integra SE for the winter! Should be a fun winter!!

 

[bklynEG]

i used to have that problem living in new york, but not since i moved to cali. i dont think body shops even know what rust is.

 

[2poor2ricemyEX]

Sounds terrible! I don't have a spot of rust on my 93.