Well, as the title clearly states, I'm a college student and I don't have enough money to repair my rear quarter panels. I bought my $100 93 Civic Dx Hatch from a friend who is a car salesman, and might I tell you that the rear quarter panels have the worst Honda cancer I had ever seen. The previous owner tried to bondo over the area, and obviously that didn't work. Now I'm sick of looking at it and I wanted to fix the area for good. I don't have enough time between college and work in order to mig weld another piece on, so I had a different approach. Expanding foam insulation (for shape), Fiberglass the area, then bondo on top of it to smooth it out. I know this won't last long, but long enough until I can either get another car, or until the summer where I might actually be able to pay to weld the side on. This is the first time I've done body work like this, and I know there's going to be a lot of people whining because they started a religion against bondo, but I really don't have much of a choice. I started this thread to somewhat document my progress, and I hoped there would be people who could help me out a little with the whole situation. I'll post pictures when I get the chance to you can all see what I have to deal with. In short, the rust has destroyed about 2 inches above the original wheel well on both sides, and it expanded on the right side to the bottom of the quarter near the door. So far I've filled in the sides with foam, and now I'm currently fiberglassing. Anyone have any suggestions for me?

 

Post pictures.

 

I find this awesome haha

 

Baaaaaa...Baaaaaaa...

 

*click click* *BOOM* (shoots the Baaa-ing sheep)

 

A sheep killing another sheep.

 

 

Holy mutton chops, a sheep soldier?!? It fights battles using an exceptionally poor strategy involving nonsensical bleats and generally ends up on the dinner table. A sheep soldier's worst enemy is friendly fire.

 

Expanding foam is the worst, but I know that budgets rule and you gotta do what you gotta do. Before spraying the foam, I hope you used a rust encapsulating paint like POR 15 or Eastwood Co.'s rust encapsulator. That way when the foam starts soaking up moisture it doesn't make a bad situation worse. Post some pics and share your progress.