# Rust Repair body shops **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [January 14, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust-repair-body-shops/268085 "2014-01-14T11:56:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 49
**Author:** ![PJB](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/pjb/32/6389_2.png) [@PJB](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/PJB)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2014, 10:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust-repair-body-shops/268085/49 "2014-01-21T10:53:16Z")
> [@WTF: Decent 2008 Newbie](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtf-decent-2008-newbie/53798/5): > > Love4boost, That is what I am talking about…How long is a patch going to last???So you cut out the rust hole and patch it 3 month later it starts rusting just to the left or right of the patch…If rust came through on a fender in one spot the whole fender is the same age so there is rust there it just hasnt come through yet…Then you weld in a patch and the heat from welding speeds up the process of rust…And by the way if you are patching the rust there is bondo/filler in the repair there has to be…Again the only way to get rid of rust is to replace the panel…So you are no better than the rest,That is the way they all do it PATCH…any body man will tell you it wont last…But as with all dealers the game is to get it sold…And dont even try to tell me your not that way…Money is why your there fix it cheap sell it high…It is the way it is…The nature of the beast…Im not saying your wrong its just business…Right or wrong…Bill So by your logic about age fuck repairing rust, replace the entire car because iits the same age as the rusty panel --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rust-repair-body-shops/268085)._