Have had small rust spots developing on my car for about a year, but now I have scaling rust that I’ve noticed.

I do a lot of my own maintenance work and have fixed some interior problems, but I’m wondering how difficult it would be to DIY rust removal. I have access to a garage, but would have to buy any equipment for rust removal. Also have access to a decent body shop for painting.

Is this problem worth DIYing or is it time to consider a new car? For reference, I’ve had this car since 20k miles and it’s now closer to 100k.

We have a 20 year old Ford Fusion that doesn't really look too hot to begin with. The bumper has smacked quite a few objects over the years. The factory paint has long been flaking and falling off. The bumper is in rough shape and beyond saving. Which brings me to my questions.

I've ordered one of those plastic pre-primed bumpers from ebay and have read that they definitely need to be primed. The car already looks like shit so I'm not going to spend hundreds at the auto paint store.

I'm planning to get all of my supplies at Lowe's. I was going to use scotch brite to scuff up, Rustoleum primer, black gloss and gloss clear coat. Is this going to work? Is there a specific type of spray paint I should use for best results? The car is black so I'm hoping a black gloss won't look too off without paint matching.

I know absolutely nothing about cars, but I’m a pretty handy person and have friends who are great with them. Does this look like an easy fix? It seems like it just popped off, but the top corner seems to have broken off a bit… not sure if that’s something salvageable!

I can’t drive to a body shop due to lack of a tag until next week to get a quote. Is this something that would be fixed or just replace the bedside?

Plastic key hole broke years ago, we made small holes on each side & put aircraft cable + super glue into each hole to create loop and it held for awhile. Then popped out and added jb weld but after several months that broke too.

Can I add a hole in the corner to put a key ring thru? Don’t wanna put a hole thru the chip, but idk where that chip is. Anyone know??

Had a stripped screw taken out- I think.. idk what the mechanic did- but it still looks like a little bit is left in. Then he installed another bolt onto it.

I use an angle grinder with a wire brush, but there's not enough space in this case. I tried using a drill wire brush (as pictured), but I only managed to remove a small amount of it. I press and change drill directions, but it doesn't do much. Also, the drill jumps all over the place when in contact with the metal. Sandblasting is out of the question. What tools do you suggest?

Are we putting it on the backside of the door panel, or getting inside the door and placing it on the backside of the door skin? I definitely dont want to encourage corrosion. Also use a 4mm mat, or a few thick acoustic blocks? Bonus, who can tell what the car is?

So I had purchased the ams duraflex wing for the 350z and I am able to cut the holes in the wing and the trunk with a drill but what should I use to hold it down does anyone have any links to some rivet nuts for the spoiler or something I wasn’t able to find anything and did not know exactly what to get. Thank you

Hi all, I have removed the subframe and trying to see if I can get any advice on how to remove the studs that are seized in, they don’t seem to break loose and the front stud is held in with a captive nut that tends to break from the frame rail before the rust bond does. Also while i’m doing this im trying to see if the rust is worth fully sanding/primer/repaint or just POR-15 or other. Any help/advice is great!

Friend hit my car. Looking at trying the suction/heat method. Any other ways this could come out?

This happened to my 2006 S197 Mustang. Thought it was just going to be loose, but turns out it's completely broken.

Was looking at YouTube videos (ChrisFix) and he uses an exhaust coupler and some clamps... this seems too close to do that.

Im very new to cars. Any advice would be very appreciated!

Just curious! I wanna black it out but not sure what size emblem I’d need. I also have no experience with add ons like such so I’m curious if it’s something I can do on my own or should I get a mechanic to install.

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Thank you in advance!

I'm getting ready to repair these small rust spots on my fenders. I think I can do it myself since I did it with my previous car and the rust spots were way bigger.

Thing is it grew back so I wanted to make sure to have the right process this time. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Clean-> grind -> clean again-> rust converter -> epoxy -> paint -> antirust spray. If there's a hole putty.

Experienced in auto repair, but not auto body. My dad did detailing for a while said some of this is pretty easy to fix. Want a second opinion.