Rust?? - Honda Prelude Forum

furashi · 02-11-2010, 09:43 PM

so my lude is the only car i had to drive this winter and this started to appear. any way i can replace this or repair it? i dont want it to get worst

thanks in advanced

jkoni426 · 02-12-2010, 03:45 PM

i'd replace it with a new one (~$68)

looks like it's #4:

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sleeper87 · 02-12-2010, 05:28 PM

If u have the money replace the molding before it gets behind molding and cause further costly repairs on it. It doesn't take long with salt with winter, YEAH IT SUCKS HAVING WINTER FOR CARS

BlueLudeSI94 · 02-12-2010, 06:06 PM

yo yo check it, I had a similar problem. I chipped the rest away, Then cut with a razor to expose under the paint/plastic coating of the stripping. Clean the metal and brush some rust off.(Its ok if its not all gone) Then I taped off both sides to not get paint on the car. And I just put a few coats of black spray on it, I think it was a spray paint used for metals.

It looked good after. Cheap and quick fix. Lol replace it. Thats dumb Youre gonna take the whole glass out and then re-install with only one new strip. Its better not to mess with seals because sometimes they leak.

R I P Blue Lude

ike200000 · 02-12-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueLudeSI94

yo yo check it, I had a similar problem. I chipped the rest away, Then cut with a razor to expose under the paint/plastic coating of the stripping. Clean the metal and brush some rust off.(Its ok if its not all gone) Then I taped off both sides to not get paint on the car. And I just put a few coats of black spray on it, I think it was a spray paint used for metals.

It looked good after. Cheap and quick fix. Lol replace it. Thats dumb Youre gonna take the whole glass out and then re-install with only one new strip. Its better not to mess with seals because sometimes they leak.

R I P Blue Lude

I'm pretty sure its aluminum and that's only surface rust. mine was like this too and you can just chip the rest away and paint it ^^^^

Phantom240 · 02-12-2010, 08:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ike200000

I'm pretty sure its aluminum and that's only surface rust. mine was like this too and you can just chip the rest away and paint it ^^^^

Aluminum doesn't rust, it oxidizes. When it oxidizes, it turns white. That's a ferrous metal underneath the plastic coating.

Just paint it or replace it.

minilogoguy18 · 02-12-2010, 08:38 PM

I had the same prob and I'm in FL, just take a dremel with the drum sanding bit and strip it to the bare metal, mask off the surrounding area and paint it with some satin black paint, done.

ike200000 · 02-13-2010, 09:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Phantom240

Aluminum doesn't rust, it oxidizes. When it oxidizes, it turns white. That's a ferrous metal underneath the plastic coating.

Just paint it or replace it.

wow sorry I had a big brain fart there

Phantom240 · 02-13-2010, 09:52 AM

lol it's all good.

ike200000 · 02-13-2010, 11:51 AM

I'm blaming the morphine from the ER visit I had lol

jkoni426 · 02-13-2010, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueLudeSI94

Lol replace it. Thats dumb Youre gonna take the whole glass out and then re-install with only one new strip. Its better not to mess with seals because sometimes they leak.

i highly doubt u have to remove the whole glass to replace. according to the diagram i posted, it's just one clip and one screw. guess i just like my car too much to ghetto rig it...

BlueLudeSI94 · 02-13-2010, 06:42 PM

Yeah thats what I said paint it....
JC Amen , Holy Ghost etc.... hahaha