Anyone who drives a Subaru in an area where there’s road salt knows that these cars pick up rust spots behind the rear wheels. Since this is my daily driver,…
Anyone who drives a Subaru in an area where there’s road salt knows that these cars pick up rust spots behind the rear wheels. Since this is my daily driver,…
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A good idea, but more effort needed than I had time for when I did this repair.
I did. It wasn’t TOO bad, but wouldn’t have fooled anyone even at 50 feet. The paint and primer flaked off in a year, leaving the patch repair underneath it exposed (and 100% intact). I painted it a second time and that lasted until the car went to the junkyard.
Better than doing nothing clearly. Did you paint it?
You also try alumalloy rods by welding them into a tightly welded cross grid (#), then use an aluminum based bond gel or melt the extra alumalloy rods in a kiln oven
It closed, indeed. It sealed out moisture, (temporarily) halted the spread of rust, and the patch outlasted the rest of the car. It got me through inspection, which was my ultimate goal.
dirty but closed all right 😉
that is indeed a dirty repair, lol
Agreed. However, the repair outlasted the car. The patch was holding solid when the engine died.
There is no reason why a Bondo Fiberglass patched car shouldn’t look good and last many years. well prepped area, and take your time. Putty over it, sand it level and smooth, and paint, it would look better.
it happens to the most of us, but at least you got something out of it, i did as well i took alot from your videos on the legacy, and thank you for it.
All’s well that ends well, I suppose. I shouldn’t have bought that last car. BUT, that car, with all its problems, led to MANY of the videos on my channel. So, I made some lemonade, I suppose.
ah i gotchya, well still thats unfortunate, but glad you got a new wagon, i myself have had a tranny crap out too, that was on my impreza i guess earlier subaru tannys are known for that if they have had a bad life, but i bet you it could have worked out with that other motor that you had, ive heard that any of the motors are pretty much plug and play even with the newer motors if you can macgyver some wiring here and there.
Well, I sold the car with the bad engine six months ago. But it’s replacement was another 1995 Subaru 2.2L, which is my current (and much healthier) daily driver. So, all’s well. As for the parts car, I junked that a few years back before getting a chance to pull the engine. Even then, it was a pre-OBDII engine, so I’m not sure how difficult it would have been to run it in my car.
dang thats really unfortunate for your little subaru, i havent heard of the ej22s doing that at all either, ive heard that they are one of the best engines made by subaru, but i was looking at some of your other videos and seen that you had purchased another subaru for a parts car, by chance did you sell that engine yet? and if not i would say to put that one in there
Hello, Ed. I had low compression in cylinder 2. At first I thought it was a bad valve and replaced the cylinder head. In the end, the problem came back, accompanied by low oil pressure. Kind of a fluke (I hope). I haven’t really heard of the Subaru 2.2L engines doing that.
your engine gave up on you? i take it thats a legacy L with a 2.2, what went wrong with the engine? i have the same wagon except dark pearl blue and its a 98, also have a 00 impreza RS.
Well, this one was a standard Legacy, but my current wagon is a Legacy Outback.
Miracles, no. I agree. But, this did seal off the rust hole and prevent (or slow down, at least) the spread of rust until the engine gave up on me. I wouldn’t have done this to a nicer car, but for a long-haul daily commuter into the city, this repair worked well for me.
that miracle paint does not do miracles.
Subaru Outbacks are great wagons!
Subaru=Love!
Well, I do care about appearances – to a reasonable degree. But, this repair, and daily driving a station wagon in general, are about utility for me.
Its funny how you can click on any repair video and see some negative comment about the repair and the boy that makes the comment doesn’t have a video of his/her own work. Why would he put a professional body repair on a beater car? As stated, this repair is not for looks at all, if he cared for looks.. he wouldn’t be driving a station wagon.
I agree. I’d rather buy a car that’s already taken a depreciation hit. Unfortunately, where I am, cars like that come with an infinite supply of free rust.
it did look better
Very good points. However, at the time, I had a few hours tops to do this, and I can’t weld and complete a repair that quickly. The point wasn’t to make a cosmetic repair, but rather to stop the spread of rust and seal out the weather. This repair outlasted my ownership of the car. When I sold the car (with a basically dead engine) a year and half later, the repair was still holding strong.
Mig/Tig metal sheet in the gaps isnt difficult, it retains panel strength and unnoticable after a respray.
Halfords is like Oreillys or Autozone, but a bit more stuff added usually, camping, bicycles, etc..
Halfords commercials are usually very strange, but funny.
Well, the repair actually outlasted the car. Maybe with a future beater car, though.
maybe you should try painting the car with plastidip… could help prevent rust
you are do it yourshelf man good !
Raaaaavin it!
great job!did someone help you or you do’it by yourself?
Well, with regular waxing, the salt won’t blast away paint. As for the aluminum tape, that’s not a bad idea, except something like that would almost inevitably trap dirt and moisture, making the problem potentially worse.
Seems to me, a person who lives in the western U.S., that it would be wise to cover certain body parts (lower door, fender arches, floor pan) in some sort of aluminum tape before the salt can blast the paint away and expose the metal to rust damage.
haha:)) in my country car at 15 -17 year is good and accesible… car for junkyard is 25 30 year old:))
I don’t know the reference.
Is this one of those Halfords Adverts?
Thanks. As of recently, it looks like this repair will outlast the rest of the car. So, in retrospect, I made the right decision not to fuss too much over this.