How To Fix Big Rust Holes On Your Car | Honda Civic 2001

In this video we are going to repair rusted through rocker panels on this 2001 Honda Civic Hatchback (EP1) with 1.4l 66hp engine. This is quick repair that hides big rust holes by welding new metal pieces and adding automotive body filler on top. Its important to add cavity wax in inside of rocker panels to prevent corrosion from coming back quickly.
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We, GK Works are not responsible for property damage or injury incurred as a result of any of the information contained in this video. Information provided in this video does not guarantee the desired outcome. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of the tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not GK Works.

[@markm2302]

The end result is excellent! Everyone has their own style, and different levels of training. If you want to complain then post a link to your video on how to do it better.

[@owenjoseph6097]

Well said!

[@alexandrhrouz666]

Glad you actually did the repair the proper way and not just hid all the damage under body filler like some people do. Good work

[@Stevespecs]

I did a repair something like this back in the early eighties on an old Monte Carlo, the repair lasted eleven years, and then I sold it. Great job!

[@jerbear7952]

Professional body men love watching and critiquing home videos.

[@DIYFastFix]

So true!

[@pinepaul9920]

Nice job. It’s tough to weld thin rotted metal. With an older car this isn’t a job that will last for years. He has taken care of the gaping rust hole which was the problem. But it is a repair that will last several years with slight surface rusting through the paint. You just have to keep touching up the light surface rust.

[@RadioNul]

amazing that it can still be jacked up :D

[@chucky2316]

He will have to weld that aswell

[@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive]

It was already jacked up before he started.

[@w05apple22]

Nice job! Probably would have seam sealed the larger panel inside before welding smaller patch to prevent rust

[@SurgieStudios]

For those who don’t understand why he did the tape the way he did for the paint coats, that’s for feathering and stuff for the actual color. It helps blend it to the original, 👍🏻

[@LondonCarnaval]

As first timer and quick repair on an old 22year old banger with 1.4 engine &66hp . it does the job and looks good in my screen so thumbs-up 👍 and well done 👏 ✔ 👍 another few years and it will be scraped or for parts so the job should last till then 👌👍👏💯✌❤☘

[@user-kp2ll7du8c]

Если он в России, ещё лет десять минимум кататься

[@Xmonders]

Good enough!!! 👍 No need to be a perfect job but more than good enough to be around people and neighbors where you don’t have to be embarrassed. Thnx for sharing 😊

[@danharvey464]

Always good to primer before body filler. Moisture can seep behind bodyfiller I’ve seen large patches of rust form under body filler

[@ireallyreallyreallylikethisimg]

You can primer before body filler?! What

[@halleffect1]

primer is porous, won't stop moisture

[@joemyler2958]

You have to apply a special primer before you cab apply body filler. Body filler is really only supposed to be used over glass, or bare metal. Fiberglass is water proof, and is stronger than standard body filler.

[@user-tb8tk2hp5c]

Excellent ❤ When I had rust holes on my vehicle in 2010. I first sand it with a sand paper until I saw silver mental on the edge of the hole, than I used rust protection spray, than I filled the hole with a wire mesh, and I applied fiber polyester on top of the wire mesh, than I sand it down with sand paper, than a applied primer paint and than finally painted it. It was my weekend hobby which only costed me about $50 from Walmart and safety gloves, mask and glasses from the dollar store. The final presentation was okay on my job, but this man job is excellent, love it ❤, thank you sir.

[@grantp4022]

Great job -- great skill, and looks fantastic.

[@bobbybanks7554]

Thank you for sharing looks better than it did before great job for a DIY 🏆

[@user-jj3bf6cu2m]

It was a pleasure to watch the progress of this work Thank you

[@SanityTV_Last_Sane_Man_Alive]

Me: " Too bad I cant weld. So I cant do this.' 7:15 "Oh hey! neither can he! alright! I guess I can do this!" lol

[@whatdoyouthink7381]

Everyone starts somewhere. We see you start with your mouth blow hard expert

[@cbsureshdvg]

Excellent job. Highly skilled and professional work.

[@Pharaohscrown]

That's a lot of work you put in. Looks great.

[@kenfrayne1013]

That’s incredible! You do EXCELLENT work! I have 2007 Ford E250 with rust like that and my body guy said he can’t fix it.

[@vlastimilbodak9326]

Change a guy😁😁😁

[@mduetue4052]

Proud fan am I you did a very good job buddy thumbs up,you will always have criticism,take it positively and do even better,don't be discouraged.

[@davidriley9194]

This guy did a fantastic job on it!!!!😊

[@jroque7891]

Very satisfying to watch thank you so much excellent job God bless

[@edwardmmanns7454]

Excellent video. Slow and steady is what is needed. I could have done without the music, but I am an old man.

[@dungeonmasterelite2]

I liked it actually

[@pstreetgarage7304]

Great job as always Jason ! Those panels look great 👍

[@user-zs5wk4hm5p]

No .. very bed ..

[@fredbloggs1993]

A friend of mine told me the guys use to put diff oil in the sills to protect from future rust; great idea

[@apaches04soccer]

great work! nothing will ever beat hand skills. amazing result sir!

[@xgearheart8592]

"we are going to do a quick repair job" Ends up doing a a better job than my local auto body shops.

[@hoojchoons2258]

Your local body shops must be rough as a bears ass then!

[@ChatMotorsport]

I have to do this on my Civic, exact same place, tanks for the tips, just need to learn how to weld now..

[@TheDiegomaya]

I am not a pro welder and i dont have a exclusive car.but i do have a old car that i want to fix up.thanks for sharing your way.👍

[@johnny_w]

A lot of work, but the result is amazing ! 👍👍👍

[@guyh.4553]

This whole process reminds me of my 1st "truck", a 1962 Ford Falcon Ranchero. Or the "Rusty Bean Ranchero" as everyone called her. Yes, if i moved the carpet square i could see the road and the rear wheel wells, on the outside body panels, were rusted out. I always wanted to restore here but my dad nixed it. Want to find another one and restore it. With one "minor" modification. Drop a 302 BOSS in it rather than the 289 it came with. 😂😂😂 So when they said rust modifier, does that just mean Naval Jelly? Very nice work!

[@joemyler2958]

I always use a cheese grater file, when the body filler is the consistency of rubber. This reduces how much sanding down of the filler I have to do. Once the filler hardens. I always machine sand, then block sand the area to eliminate any machine marks.

[@robertdominguez1304]

My mother and Grandmother did this to our mini van.

[@harvymckiernan93]

I remember jacking up a vehicle like this. The car stayed where it was, and I saw the back seat getting higher and higher. I was told it only needed a small patch welding on the outer sill 🤣

[@hukilausurfer]

Lol

[@JohnnyBailey-jq1qm]

You jacked it up from the floor not the pinch welds

[@harvymckiernan93]

@@JohnnyBailey-jq1qm Nope! Jacked up on the rear Radius arm mounting point. Give us some credit to our knowledge!!😂 It shouldn't have been on the road. It was slightly more extensive than the owner realised. They only see the rusty patch on the outside. It had rotted internally along the whole inner sill rail to the rear wheel housing. It had been covered in years and years of bitumen underseal to stop the water getting in and soaking the carpet! They didn't realise, at the same time, it stopped water and condensation from getting back out. The car was condemned. It was badged as a Triumph Acclaim in the UK ( Honda Ballade elsewhere )

[@chopperhehehe]

​@@harvymckiernan93 I mind o them rusted from inside out lol ok one year and death trap the next engine's was good tho lol 👍👍👍😜🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🦕🦄😁🤞✌️

[@randalbugiel5692]

😂

[@michaelpoggi8064]

Finger Bondo spread in wheelhouse shows experience and the easiest method... good job..POR 15 is amazing on rust prevention.

[@corey7733]

There's a KZbin video called friends shouldn't let friends use por 15. Its actually not that good of a product.

[@danielbernatchez3216]

Wow nice job man ! realy cool video !

[@deltajohnny]

Great job and perfectly explained 👏👏👏

[@duck7322]

I have this exact spot of rust on my 2002 Civic hatch, the video makes it look so easy😭

[@brahimbenamara7523]

Good perfection and patience

[@driverslqqk7940]

He makes it look easy it's not this is a very skilled individual also I wonder how many people have all these tools that he uses for a repair job like this you did a good job but this wasn't his first rodeo he probably works in the body shop and does this routinely or he works on his own side but he's very skilled and he knows what he's doing the average shade tree would have a very tough time pulling this off and specially going out and buying thousands and thousands of dollars worth of these tools it's almost probably cheaper to take it to a body shop then to buy these tools for a one-time fix but I do give him credit he's an expert in his field of body repair very few people have this kind of capability😊

[@filly85]

To me it's a really good job, congrats!

[@jdonez8347]

Good stuff, very satisfying to watch. Inspirational even. Have moat of the stuff in the garage to attempt this on the old 89 k1500 that could use a lil cab corner rocker attention 😅

[@user-uv6tc2zc1z]

I could have shit out of my ass a brand new car the time it took u to do this

[@Choober65]

Ditch the Dremel, get a Katsu 3" mini grinder. Awesome bit of kit.

[@GoProTony912]

You did a good job! 🔥👍🏾

[@pires908]

Amazing job, no way I could pull this off.

[@derekaddis6085]

Absolutely brilliant

[@WilliamJones-xh8xz]

Excellent job

[@MarzNet256]

Wow. That's really impressive.

[@FranklinQuijote-ev1up]

Good job bro. I’ll do this to my ford f150

[@matahirhunzala8983]

Very and very satisfied this hard work is very awesome ❤

[@duskostivic-en9zx]

U Srbiji to limari neće da rade jel su monteri a ne limari. Svaka čast za video.

[@1harleyvette]

As a lifelong bodyman I have to say that at best that process might serve as a temporary fix for a home shop to get your car through one or two state inspections , but is not a quality repair. the life for that car is very short so i would not advise putting much money in it .

[@thundercockjackson]

actually i replaced my whole body with cardboard and bondo and its been just fine soooo

[@bernieglass8098]

Have to say your wrong. Honda civic is one of the longest lasting cars on the planet. Much better than anything made in America

[@volcom05345]

I can attest. I have a 2010 manual Honda Civic. That car is a beast. Im gonna drive it until it finally dies. Im sure it has a few more years left on it and yeah I have done many repairs and maintenance on it.

[@ziginaigra]

@@volcom05345 2010 is new civic lol i still drive 5th gen 1993 sedan lol

[@Jaujau933]

Excellent thanks 👍🏼👍🏼

[@janettavculek9308]

Perfect job.

[@alexandruvoicu923]

Very Nice work!

[@sean6049]

Thanks for the tips. I bought a welder and gave this a shot with no experience. It was actually very easy..

[@chopperhehehe]

Lol

[@sean6049]

@@chopperhehehe I can email you the results if you wanna see.. lol

[@chopperhehehe]

Hopefully you have welded more than this guy

[@sean6049]

@chopperhehehe I literally just bought a welder, and a big peice of sheet metal. Started messing around with it until I was comfortable with my welds. Then I cut out the rust on my truck. Shaped a patch with cardboard, welded it in. Wasn't hard.

[@markspence9339]

OK for mot standard work,wouldn't really call it welding though,more like a series of very weak tack welds,fair play to the guy for having a go

[@DIYFastFix]

Great repair man!

[@roberthoy9922]

Why didn’t you grind the welds smooth? Why so much body filler?

[@PROSTO4Tabal]

I like every video from zero to hero

[@jpo1056]

Wow! You make it look easy, but way beyond my pay grade.

[@rodneyhopper22]

Take time to bolster up your knowledge and your skill level yo dude what 😮

[@Alex-wd4zg]

Great work! I don’t have many tools but you showed me that I do not need a whole work shop to accomplish this!

[@kevinpicur7739]

I would like to learn this kind of work/job...Nice work!

[@user-po6lu9fr6x]

Super perfect and great job A A A +

[@user-hn7rs9gx1c]

Amazing work

[@timh1910]

The last hole, I would have welded that, not Bondo,. Way better than having a rust hole. Thanks for your approach.

[@WagsAutomotive]

It was a slap job. Slap it together, who cares how long it lasts.

[@2Jeezuzisreal]

On my Chevy van big rust on lower under doors I got some ABS black plastic 6 in and ran it through a table saw cut it in half. Two pieces the length from tire to tire. Drilled out resessed holes in top and Screwed in self tappers.. Black Caulk the top. Underneath I bent 5 bolts connected to anything. It's ugly Rusty mess but it worked and it will never rust there again. Oh I forgot I used old engine oil in a spray bottle mixed with some paint thinner and sprayed all the underneath before I started. For other projects, If you want free metal just find a commercial metal shop dumpster. If you get lucky you'll find the primed and painted with the plastic film overlay.

[@karuppusamypandian7595]

Amazing bro

[@craig357]

Awesome job!

[@steveokunkel9696]

Some bad chad going on there ...nice job

[@RJHYPERKIDS]

Great work no way i could pull this off

[@rajeshmurali6680]

A perfect work 👍

[@JimNH777]

this is such an amazing job and there's beauty in skill and repairing stuff instead of throwing it away... yet I can't help myself thinking for the cost of all the tools used (not to mention having a house with a garage) you can probably buy another used 2001 civic :)

[@ggj666]

But unfortunately another used 2001 Civic will be as bad for rust as that one 😄 and the fun he had repairing it. I only say that as I spent the weekend swearing alot and repairing a sill on my van,🤣

[@germanomora6345]

❤that is right,,ii love to do that. Hopefully soon will have a big house with a big garage..then will be busy. Good job.

[@bodhixxx1]

you are right I am on a ranch and bought a 1979 crew cab GMC 4x4 3/4 ton it has rocker panel rust and door rust etc and yes I have access to a shop and have most of the tools to do this however I am not that detail geared to do body work and also busy with ranch work cattle and fencing etc I was going to "Mad Max" this truck by using the patch panels and glue and use rivets holding it together it will look pretty rough when done but also it will probably give the truck a cool frankenstein look as well.

[@franciscobravoalcalde2868]

Aficionado

[@JulioGutierrezFlores]

​@@ggj666 yo tengo un accord 97 con oxidación en donde va la rueda de refaccion y en la parte de delante del motor así ando en el

[@barbiesboats4522]

I think it came out great!

[@ultramanxk7]

Beautiful!

[@perpersen2043]

Amazing job. Increible tight spot welding, and should there be a minor mistake, bodyfiller is your friend. ;)

[@rodneyhopper22]

Yo dude its spelled incredible just so you know you should of stayed in school

[@perpersen2043]

Well.. I´m really sowwy

[@user-se5xg3vz8p]

@@rodneyhopper22"should of" dude skipped kindergarten

[@jeffersonfabio8156]

⁰​@@rodneyhopper22

[@markjasper5663]

Yo dude! Either your punctuation keys are broken, or you too ‘should of’ stayed in school.

[@user-bc5rx9yr2h]

Μπράβο ρε μάγκα πολύ καλός

[@bberroutberrout1043]

Very good work

[@Quartered_Rodent]

Dude, you're a real professional. My hats off to you. May I ask... how many years of experience you have with... well with everything you just demonstrated here?

[@JulioGutierrezFlores]

También me gustaria saber cuantos años de experiencia tienes

[@mikehodson4911]

whats the green filler you put over the welds before putting the creamy coloured outer filler on?

[@joenmass]

What that is and what he used is a body filler with fiberglass strands already mixed in. Another name for it is "Tiger Hair" body filler. Its been around for decades.

[@mikehodson4911]

thanks

[@kotteeswaranmassmageshwar7625]

Sir very good job thanks

[@martymcfly3986]

great video man! what gauge of sheet metal you used and what welder? i did similar repair on my car and it was very tough as it was burning holes regardless of the settings.

[@georgesloane402]

😂🎉😢😮the

[@dinamik967]

Perfect!

[@llewis7324]

Should add a few more years to the car. Nice job.👍

[@Jan_-_-]

Nice job 😊

[@agentcarbunkle]

Zintec is my go to now not just mild steel, not too much more for a patch and doesn't rust nearly as quickly as mild steel, most primers are porous so water goes through them, use a top coat any will do, they are only a key coat btw

[@nidhkr]

great work ! if u can DIY this will save you $$$ compared to to a professional body shop. i have small stick welder not sure if that will work though.

[@evanthegreat2332]

Very satisfying

[@mikehopkins4040]

Really very good but the amount of work that went into this would be far beyond myself. Am I right in thinking this was a lady that did this 😊

[@bodybywill]

Great job 😊👍

[@OOTYDAS]

Good job well finish

[@nw8000]

Grate video how thick is the repair panel and what steel is it?

[@MrJbaker020]

Excellent.thank you

[@VIJAYSINGH-wp2sj]

Nice job 👍

[@pbgt4866]

Cara!!que trabalho incrível!!! parabéns!!MT acabamento!!!

[@alexp.1989]

Good work! What camera ate you using?

[@exeuropean]

Another quality job. I am sure it will last a few months depending n where you live

[@ricoyourmom8706]

Good way to fix and flip real quick

[@jerbear7952]

Remind me to never buy a car from you

[@mikeyurek9960]

Great job thanks

[@DanDan-ku3yq]

Good work for 3 months. The rust will be waiting for the ouner under putty. 😢 Large problem for the cars from winter territory.

[@klausjensen9150]

DAN i hear you and ditto to that . I use a marine grade filler , totally water proof and a lot stronger . Now i dont use it everywhere but in areas like that it is sometimes a blessing although harder to sand out . I have once had to repair a front fender and used 304 stainless for the lip , then blended with marine grade bondo on my old dodge truck . That was a 91 Dakota . That SS is still there , 400,000 plus . Canadian salt on the roads .

[@DanDan-ku3yq]

@@klausjensen9150 If I good understand you used marine grade filler with epoxy ? I often put epoxy on the rust and then only paint or putty. Thanks for info ;)

[@rodneyhopper22]

Really I wouldn't of never have guessed it hmmm 🤔🤔😅

[@chrisadams6595]

Good stuff 👍

[@Codzilla71]

I think i would have just thrown some underseal on the weld and left it at that. Nice job. I need to have a go at welding. Where can you get scrap metal for the repair in the UK?