Paint work just starying to bubble

[Jaaack]

Civic FN2? They commonly go there if so. Honda seem to be quite decent for sorting it out under warranty.

[zURG]

Tomsim said:

That's what I've got.

Cause: Air pockets that have been buried or trapped in the car paint film while it is still wet.

[Tomsim]

zURG said:

Cause: Air pockets that have been buried or trapped in the car paint film while it is still wet.

Thanks will these carry on getting worse? Is it ok to peal the windscreen rubber seal off to get more access or would this be unadvisable. I.e it may not re-seal when I put it back?

[TooMany2cvs]

Tomsim said:

That's what I've got.

It's had a windscreen at some stage in the past, and when the old one was cut out, the paintwork was scratched down to bare metal and left Moisture's got in, and rust is creeping under the paint. To sort it, you'll have to get the screen out, clean everything back to bright shiny metal, and repaint. You might need to get some new metal let in, depending on what you find.

Leave it alone, and you'll get rust perforation letting water in, or a broken screen where the expanding metal has cracked it. Then, when you come to replace the screen, you'll find there's not much metal left...

[Tomsim]

Just peeled the trim back abit and the metal under it looks sound. It looks like it has started bubbling from the trim outwards.

[lord trumpton]

TooMany2cvs said:

Tomsim said:

That's what I've got.

It's had a windscreen at some stage in the past, and when the old one was cut out, the paintwork was scratched down to bare metal and left Moisture's got in, and rust is creeping under the paint. To sort it, you'll have to get the screen out, clean everything back to bright shiny metal, and repaint. You might need to get some new metal let in, depending on what you find.

Leave it alone, and you'll get rust perforation letting water in, or a broken screen where the expanding metal has cracked it. Then, when you come to replace the screen, you'll find there's not much metal left...

This for sure - seen it lots

[Mound Dawg]

+1 on that. We had to do this repair on my Alfa when we repainted it last year. Lucky the screen was cracked anyway. It was a lot of work because there were holes under the screen trim. We had to weld in a whole front edge.

All because of a botched screen replacement at some point in the car's past.

[Tomsim]

Pretty sure it hasn't had a new screen. Its meant to be a common place were they start to rust on Suzuki swifts. I pealed back one side of the windscree trim abit and the metal under it seemed sound. Is it ok to remove the trim totally or is this asking for trouble. I.e it not sealing when putting it back on?

[lord trumpton]

OP - listen to me; There is nothing you can do to stop it getting worse.

Once the chemical reaction has taken place and rust forms then it will not stop. It will continue to spread and gather pace of its deterioration. Acting swiftly (no pun intended) will allow you to grind it away and treat it without having to cut the metal out.

I can understand you want two more years from it so you can either live with it and monitor it closely or bite the bullet, take it to a bodyshop and get it sorted.

Mincing around on the forums hoping someone will suggest a magic cure is hopeless I'm afraid.

As the Master Jedi Yoda once said 'Do or do not, there is no try'

[oilslick]

Tomsim said:

Pretty sure it hasn't had a new screen. Its meant to be a common place were they start to rust on Suzuki swifts. I pealed back one side of the windscree trim abit and the metal under it seemed sound. Is it ok to remove the trim totally or is this asking for trouble. I.e it not sealing when putting it back on?

It's a £500 car, keep it until it fails its MOT and buy a new one. For gods sake stop chucking money at fixing the rust (and starting threads every time you find a spot), unless you're going for a bare metal respray it's only going to come back. Save your cash and put it towards your next car.