Rear Quarter Panel Rust *warning: gruesome pic*

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:29 pm

Midnight_Rider wrote:Is that stuff sound insulation? I'm wondering if DCX applied it for noise reduction.

I think so, yes. I'm not sure just where it is all located, without pulling the interior apart tho.

Forest Green 2k wrote:
occasional demons wrote:The car has been in my parent's garage for going on two weeks now, and that crap was still damp.
Do you have a de-humidifier? Putting one next to the car might help.

My point was more that it has not seen any rain for that long, and it hasn't dried, which leads me to believe it never dries out, unless you live in the Death Valley.

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 1:46 am

occasional demons wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote:Is that stuff sound insulation? I'm wondering if DCX applied it for noise reduction.
I think so, yes. I'm not sure just where it is all located, without pulling the interior apart tho.

2000 Plymouth Neon brochure wrote:Silence is golden. Expandable foam injections and baked-on mastic inside the door pillars further reduce the chance of engine and road noise inside Neon.

Just checked my files and found this quote. I'll bet that this foam was sprayed inside of the fender lips as well. Probably what you are dealing with.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:26 am

It doesn't surround the entire lip, just reaches out and touches that one spot. Like the finger of Death.

Well Mr Death, how's 9 fingers workin' out for ya?

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 11:41 pm

Update: A trail of bubbles on the lip has worked its way to the bumper (good thing that's plastic). I can only imagine how bad it truly is under there with water leaking right into the first rust hole

gilly02le · Post by **gilly02le** » Wed Oct 19, 2011 8:56 am

Oil undercoating is your best friend if you have to drive in the winter. Its been saving mine for quite a while now, plus it makes getting suspension bolts out, a hell of a lot easier with all that soaked in oil everywhere.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:00 pm

What do I do?

Post by **occasional demons** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:10 pm

I'm not relating to where that is. Is it the inside view of the QP or the trunk area?

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 5:58 pm

Quarter panel. That little sliver of panel between the door and wheel arch. Where everyone else rusts out at the subframe meeting spot, but mine is getting really bad really fast.

EDIT: Click on it, it's a video.

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:16 am

Just sold my Neon for $800 an hour ago.

Post by **occasional demons** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:37 am

Best rust fix ever!

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:40 am

Forest Green 2k wrote:Just sold my Neon for $800 an hour ago.

Time for a new one.

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 11:32 am

Forest Green 2k wrote:Just sold my Neon for $800 an hour ago.

Atta boy! I'd love to be headed down that same road right about now.

Oh, and to fix my rust, I sprayed rustoleum paint over it. Whatever.. at least it's better hidden.

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 11:55 am

Midnight_Rider wrote:
Forest Green 2k wrote:Just sold my Neon for $800 an hour ago.
Time for a new one.

I'd scoop up another Neon in a heartbeat now that I know what to look for.

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:06 pm

Forest Green 2k wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote:
Forest Green 2k wrote:Just sold my Neon for $800 an hour ago.
Time for a new one.
I'd scoop up another Neon in a heartbeat now that I know what to look for.

So that means you will still be posting here?

Forest Green 2k · Post by **Forest Green 2k** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:27 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
Forest Green 2k wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote: Time for a new one.
I'd scoop up another Neon in a heartbeat now that I know what to look for.
So that means you will still be posting here?

Yeah, I want to stick around for the drama when no one gets their ASP manifolds.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 12:59 pm

sidepipe87 wrote:
Forest Green 2k wrote:
Midnight_Rider wrote: Time for a new one.
I'd scoop up another Neon in a heartbeat now that I know what to look for.
So that means you will still be posting here?

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:21 pm

Forest Green 2k wrote:
sidepipe87 wrote:
Forest Green 2k wrote:I'd scoop up another Neon in a heartbeat now that I know what to look for.
So that means you will still be posting here?
Yeah, I want to stick around for the drama when no one gets their ASP manifolds.

Ouch!

you guys are too much.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:54 pm

Um yeah, lets just stick to the original topic....

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:43 pm

But it was boring.

theColonel · Post by **theColonel** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 7:55 pm

occasional demons wrote:Um yeah, lets just stick to the original topic....

Time to lock this one !

UriahRR · Post by **UriahRR** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:02 pm

No.

I still need some F'ing updates on how to fix this rust. No conclusion has really been presented.

Post by **occasional demons** » Wed Dec 28, 2011 8:10 pm

Cut and Paste. lol

Check Chew*'s P Log, he chopped out quite a bit. The bitch is you need a donor piece, or be damn good at metal forming. Or you can just hack it with 'glass or bondo.

The cost of new q panels is prohibitive, unless you can somehow find cheap chinese aftermaket ones.

2GN.ORG

Rear Quarter Panel Rust warning: gruesome pic