Anyone pay to get their rear arches done.

vetrox · Post by **vetrox** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 12:30 pm

ATR84 wrote: That's the thing with these cars, not many people will be able to justify spending 3 times what the car is worth to sort out the rust. When the time comes with mine I will have the same decision to make and it will really depend on what my financial situation is like at the time. With a young child and a mortgage to pay the car is not top priority, and let's face it the reason most of us are driving Preludes is because we wanted performance motoring, but on a budget.

Im still making this decision. I do love my prelude but do i just leave it as is and let her slowly die or do i go balls to the wall and just throw money at it and hope i dont resent it 9 months down the road XD

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 8:05 pm

vetrox wrote:
ATR84 wrote: That's the thing with these cars, not many people will be able to justify spending 3 times what the car is worth to sort out the rust. When the time comes with mine I will have the same decision to make and it will really depend on what my financial situation is like at the time. With a young child and a mortgage to pay the car is not top priority, and let's face it the reason most of us are driving Preludes is because we wanted performance motoring, but on a budget.
Im still making this decision. I do love my prelude but do i just leave it as is and let her slowly die or do i go balls to the wall and just throw money at it and hope i dont resent it 9 months down the road XD

Yep because you won't get your money back if you do sell it. If you can be sure you are going to keep the car for the next 5+ years I would say it is worth it, if not then probably not.

I like the lude so much that when the time comes I will seriously consider throwing money at it.

vetrox · Post by **vetrox** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:32 pm

ATR84 wrote:
Yep because you won't get your money back if you do sell it. If you can be sure you are going to keep the car for the next 5+ years I would say it is worth it, if not then probably not.

The problem i have is I often throw money at cars and then get immediatley bored, my record is owning a car for about 9 months (although to be fair it did jobby itself on the drag strip)

However I really am smitten with the prelude. I can see me regretting it badly if i sold it or let it rot. Rot is not the way I want it to go.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:35 pm

And I thought throwing £1300 at a gearbox was an easy decision.

JohnnyB · Post by **JohnnyB** » Mon May 04, 2015 1:42 am

I've got the rear arch repair panels sitting in my garage waiting to be welded in... Not had any quotes yet but with a bit of luck the old girl will be back on the road and free from rot soon. When I get the work done I'll let you know what I paid

mk4mark83 · Post by **mk4mark83** » Wed May 20, 2015 6:29 pm

I got a quote yesterday, £220 to cut out rust on both wheel arches and corners of skirt, filled with fiber glass and primed

ATR84 · Post by **ATR84** » Wed May 20, 2015 7:42 pm

mk4mark83 wrote:I got a quote yesterday, £220 to cut out rust on both wheel arches and corners of skirt, filled with fiber glass and primed

bargain!

akiragost · Post by **akiragost** » Wed May 20, 2015 10:10 pm

That is actually dirt cheap, I'm getting the whole car done ATM but I was quoted 750 to cut and weld in new metal and spray for both rear arches.

Post by **Vtecmec** » Wed May 20, 2015 10:13 pm

A glass fiber repair will not last though, new metal will.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Wed May 20, 2015 11:11 pm

Plus you said primed. Not painted and lacquered?

Lude Generation

Anyone pay to get their rear arches done.

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