Leaking Windshield/Rust Repair

Old Sep 25, 2018
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Leaking Windshield/Rust Repair

Good morning fellas. Looking for some opinions here. '02 Civic EX, 280k+ miles on the body, rust has appeared around the top of the windshield. A few years back I had a cracked windshield and got it replaced, while the shop was replacing it they showed me all the rust where the windshield mounts/seals. They cleaned off what they could but it has now gotten bad enough that it has starting leaking when it rains. I absolutely love the car and want to keep driving it but in my opinion any water leaking in and soaking the carpet is unacceptable. So, is it worth having a body shop repair the rust and repaint or is she now a fair weather car? Anybody have an idea on what a repair like this would cost?

P.S. The local body shop charges $125 to remove the windshield before giving an estimate to repair. Hence why I'm asking here first.
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Re: Leaking Windshield/Rust Repair

i'd pull down the head liner and see if i could see the bad areas at the back.
girlfriend's car has a similar problem, when the windshield got done i warned them there might be a hole and said just fill it with the urathane
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Re: Leaking Windshield/Rust Repair

It is leaking from the top driver's side corner right now. There are four large rust spots across the top that I can see.
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Old Sep 28, 2018
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Re: Leaking Windshield/Rust Repair

They can leak through the channel the roof molding sits in too. (rust out or bad seam sealer)
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