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About to do Rust Removal DIY but...

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    About to do Rust Removal DIY but...

    Hey guys, I was just inspecting my car's rust to get an idea more or less what's going to happen when I do ATX's DIY but i noticed something funny that worried me. The passenger side quarter panel isn't so bad so I don't notice it much, but the driver's side is pretty bad. I noticed that the inside of the panel is hollow. Now I don't know much about cars so I'm a tad worried by this. Also, below the hollow area is like a white hard, pasty type thing. I dont know if that's Bondo and the repair has been attempted before. Now I'm worried about the hollow thing beacause I don't know if that shouldn't be like that and that the rust ate up that much of my metal. Can anyone tell me if thats how it should be and give me an idea what the pasty white thing is. I'll provide pictures soon, most likely tomorrow, if you need an idea of what i mean.
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    The pastey white stuff is just the chalking between the pieces of metal. Just grind EVERYTHING make sure ALL the rust is out, don't be shy with it, if you leave one little part rusty it bubbles through within a month. I didn't want to go all the way through the metal on my drivers side and I payed for it, it just bubbleing up again a month later. Just go all the way through, if it's a big whole use wire mesh with the adhesive backing and form it to the body, then the bondo will stick to that. I just bought some wire mesh and the fiberglass bondo since I grinded A LOT off, it's easy to fix so don't worry about it.

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      Pics for an idea of what I have to work with





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        Oh wow. That's pretty bad... I've got some too. I'm hoping to fix up next weekend perhaps. Yeah, from reading the DIY many times it looks fine. Just get everything off, and much of the area around. Then maybe try the cut metal to put back in in place and bondo... Good luck, I'm sure it'll look nice.
        Click for my ride thread.

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          Ya, you gotta cut that out and replace it with new sheetmetal to do it RIGHT.
          1992 Accord LX - SOLD

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            is it unbondoable (made-up word, lol) ? Because I don't really have the money to get it fixed professionally and I dont have any welding equipment. I was just going to do what ATX said he did, use aluminum or tin to make the shape of the panel. Me and my dad are going to do it together in 2 weeks since he's off next weekend, so I have plenty of time for any extra opinions, thoughts, or advice.

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              Here's a link to the thread I made after working on mine last weekend....

              http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=72259

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