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RedJane42

Does Honda use lower quality steel than Toyota or just their rust proofing?

I live in the North East and it seems like every Honda/Acura car starts rusting around the rear wheel wells after 8-10 years while Toyotas don't seem to.

My friend had a 2010 Civic Hybrid and 2009 Toyota Corolla and the Civic started rusting first while the Toyota was traded before it had any visible rust.

That same friend is convinced that Honda uses lower quality steel. I think it's just a matter of where you're driving or possibly the body design holds split around the fenders.

Anyone have any insight or thoughts?

Posted Aug 7, 2021, 5:38 PM UTC

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lavafish80•

It's Honda's rust proofing, Honda doesn't do rust proofing well usually. I live in a pretty dry area of California though so there's little to no rust here

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JayM05•

I think that might be the case for all cars, unless you get some rust proofing done after purchase I THINK. Only thing I can say for sure is I had a Chevy and a Nissan in the past that started rusting on the wheel well area and I never got any rustproofing done after purchase.

I used to do rustproofing at a detail shop and it’s spraying tar-like stuff in certain areas from beneath. Pretty sure the rust is sometimes inevitable though

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RedJane42OP•

Yeah, there are some places locally that do an oil spray, wondered if it's worth it, the thing that freaked me out about it is they said they drilled holes to get oil in certain areas. I don't like the idea of holes in my car filled with oil.

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CleoArchWhiza•

From what I've seen, toyota seems to add plastic guard on the rear wheel well that honda for some reason doesn't do. That's why hondas tend to rust back there.

These days though they probably have those on as well.

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