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    Gotta love Northern cars

    I'm from the South... Nashville, TN to be exact. We don't have rust here... and if you do have it, it's few and far between and not a big issue.

    Anyways, I bought my CD from New Jersey from a member here. The car is great and I'm not complaining about it technically but... any Northerner here can understand what I, a Southerner, am now going through

    Anyways..

    Buying the car I noticed that it had some patchwork done on the body under the gas door as seen here:


    (picture was taken after I lowered it and put the 'Ludes on there)

    Here is a closeup of the discoloration:



    It is bubbled up somewhat and this perturbs me (I think that's the correct spelling). I was 99% sure it was bondo'd rust since I checked it with a magnet and it did not stick... well today I decided "F*ck it" and sanded it down...




    Ah... the beauties of buying a Northern car...

    Well, anyways, I sanded it down smooth and repainted the area that was already painted. No, the touch up area STILL does not match the rest of the car. Apparantly, my color only comes in "touch up" paint in the little pen. Seattle Silver from the CB7s is available in the spray can but not Cashmere Silver... so I got the only can that said "Cashmere" on it. I'll post up pics tomorrow of it repainted.
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      #3
      Originally posted by Big Body LX
      I'm from the South... Nashville, TN to be exact. We don't have rust here... and if you do have it, it's few and far between and not a big issue.

      Anyways, I bought my CD from New Jersey from a member here. The car is great and I'm not complaining about it technically but... any Northerner here can understand what I, a Southerner, am now going through

      Anyways..

      Buying the car I noticed that it had some patchwork done on the body under the gas door as seen here:


      (picture was taken after I lowered it and put the 'Ludes on there)

      Here is a closeup of the discoloration:



      It is bubbled up somewhat and this perturbs me (I think that's the correct spelling). I was 99% sure it was bondo'd rust since I checked it with a magnet and it did not stick... well today I decided "F*ck it" and sanded it down...




      Ah... the beauties of buying a Northern car...

      Well, anyways, I sanded it down smooth and repainted the area that was already painted. No, the touch up area STILL does not match the rest of the car. Apparantly, my color only comes in "touch up" paint in the little pen. Seattle Silver from the CB7s is available in the spray can but not Cashmere Silver... so I got the only can that said "Cashmere" on it. I'll post up pics tomorrow of it repainted.
      mines the same color. If you find some of that paint let me know

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        #4
        looks 10x better than mine

        the first post not the second

        on the stairs, she grabs my arm, says whats up,
        where you been, is something wrong?
        i try to just smile, and say everything’s fine.

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          #5
          I have that EXACT same thing on my 5th gen. its just not discoloration like yours was, its kinda like raised a little. its wierd. Ill take a picture tommorow.
          -Mark-
          CB7
          CD5


          And if i could swim I'd swim out to you in the ocean
          Swim out to where you were floating in the dark.

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            #6
            Yeah mine was bubbled up somewhat too but it's hard to see in the second picture.

            Hopefully I smoothed it out enough where it'll be nice.

            I've had a couple of leads on where to get the paint so if all turns out well I might tape it off and repaint it again sometime here soon.

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              #7
              I probably have more rust on my CB than anyone on this board.

              Sucks bawlzorz

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                #8
                it looks bubbled up because of just a crappy bondo job... be extremely happy, most of us who sand down anything end up finding gobs of rust and rotting holes. i see clean metal under there!


                - 1993 Accord LX - White sedan (sold)
                - 1993 Accord EX - White sedan (wrecked)
                - 1991 Accord EX - White sedan (sold)
                - 1990 Accord EX - Grey sedan (sold)
                - 1993 Accord EX - White sedan (sold)
                - 1992 Accord EX - White coupe (sold)
                - 1993 Accord EX - Grey coupe (stolen)
                - 1993 Accord SE - Gold coupe (sold)
                Current cars:
                - 2005 Subaru Legacy GT Wagon - Daily driver
                - 2004 Chevrolet Express AWD - Camper conversion

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                  #9


                  thats the best picture of it I could get. you can kinda see it, its bubbling a little, and you can REALLY see how shitty of a repair job they did on it. especially around the lip of the wheel well.
                  -Mark-
                  CB7
                  CD5


                  And if i could swim I'd swim out to you in the ocean
                  Swim out to where you were floating in the dark.

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                      #11
                      as a lot of people on this board know, rust sucks MAJOR ass. my first cb was a rust bucket and so i dumped it. i think one of your damn northern cb7 made its way to Oregon! actually I should check out the carfax on that cb7. i'm curious to see where it was originally from. hopefully i can find the VIN.

                      the car I saw with the worst rust problem ever was a first gen teggy. the whole under carrage was rotted out. you could kick the side of the car and pieces of metal would just fall out all over the place. I seriously didn't feel safe riding in the car. Just think if we would of got into a wreck. The thing would of shattered like the T-1000 in Terminator 2!
                      "the J32a2 should be considered one of Honda's masterpieces..." Honda Tuning, July 2006

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                        #12
                        my cd is northern but zero rust i just need some touchup paint from someone tapping my car

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                          #13
                          ....i know how it feels ........my rust on my car...(not that much rust)...makes me wanna part my car in the BOONDOCK away from everybody nice rust free cars.....thats way i like to part at the end of the line at almost every meet that i go.........

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