TheSpeedRacer

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wanabe

not understanding the question...
are you asking how to get the wet outta the crack between the paint and trim?
if so, leaf blower baby!!

TheSpeedRacer

lol, sry i guess im not very clear in my first post. I am hesitant about leaiving the rubber trim on the wheel well becasue I do not the panel to rust. However, I understand the trim is there to protect the QP from stone chips. It's a catch 22... leave the trim and run the risk of rust or remove and get stone chips. I just wanted to know if other members discard the rubber trim or do they often remove the trim, clean it and the wheel well, then place the trim back on the car?

vincewchan

Hmm.. I 'kinda' get what your saying but at the same time I don't.

Maybe you can post a picture of what your talking about to further clarify?

bcs

I'm trying to figure out what rubber trim piece you're talking about.

Off to look at pictures of my own car. haha.


Edit...

Oh wait... are you talking about the inner fender liner?

Added a pic. #1 or #2? Those are the only rubber/plastic parts that I could find around the rear wheels.

TheSpeedRacer

Yeah pic number #1! I guess I could have posted a pic to help. The inner fender liner concerns me because Honda's too often develop rust at that location.

s2000cr

It is the rubber trim on the inner lip of the quarter panel. It's meant to prevent rock chips from removing the paint and exposing the metal to the elements. The downside is that the adhesive loses its adhesion and allows water to be trapped in between the rubber and the lip of the quarter panel which causes moisture retention and eventually rust formation. For a summer driven car, I would remove it and give it a nice shot of undercoating using tape to make it a clean line. For a winter driven car, I would not suggest removing it as it probably does more good then bad by preventing stone chips from forming where the salt can get at the bare metal.

Vanishing Point

I suppose you could remove the liner, spray an undercoat and then reapply the liner. I have never removed the liner, Honda may have already applied a sealant underneath.

03silver2000

I took the fender liner rubber off of my S, it has yet to get any scratches or beat up in any way. I took it off so it wouldnt trap the moitsure in an rust!

bcs

I've removed the liner. It isn't too hard to do. I even went so far as to try to remove the under coating spray because I thought it was road tar. haha. Ooops.

Anyway, I don't think that keeping it there or removing it is really going to make that much of a difference. If you feel like you need to remove it, then go ahead. It's not going to do anything. Except for what s2000cr said in that you might get a few more rock chips up there.

I know what you're talking about with the rusting areas. I had that problem with my CRX. But I think Honda has come a long way in that regards...since a lot of people don't remove it and don't seem to have any problems.

Personally I like it there because I don't like having a wide open space behind the wheels.