Rusted bottom rear strut brace.. Wonder how to fix it.

[MotorChan]

See below my rear bottom brace (strut bar? Not sure what it is called). It is all rusted.. I'm looking to repair it or replace it. I wonder if I can get some fiberglass material to fill the hole as it has rusted through.

Or if I should replace it, does anyone know where I can get the part number for it as I'm guessing that I have to get it through the dealership. However, I don't even know what to call that bar.. lol..

Any suggestion?

[Doespike]

Wow, yeah, that thing is shot. Don't try to repair that...just replace.

Brand new you can get it for $72.92 from Delray Acura's website. Might be able to find it even slightly cheaper elsewhere.
Part # is 74350-ST7-R00 ROD, RR. ARM PERFORMANCE (LOWER)

You can also find them for sale used on any number of Honda forums...I vaguely remember a few recently. Used maybe $30-50 each.

[MotorChan]

Thanks for the quick reply. If I replace that myself, do I need to redo any alignment?

By the way, what do you call that?

Wow, yeah, that thing is shot. Don't try to repair that...just replace.

Brand new you can get it for $72.92 from Delray Acura's website. Might be able to find it even slightly cheaper elsewhere.
Part # is 74350-ST7-R00 ROD, RR. ARM PERFORMANCE (LOWER)

You can also find them for sale used on any number of Honda forums...I vaguely remember a few recently. Used maybe $30-50 each.

[cmdR430]

Thanks for the quick reply. If I replace that myself, do I need to redo any alignment?

By the way, what do you call that?

no alignment needed...

rear subframe reinforcement bar

[MotorChan]

Just ordered the part.. Hopefully the mounting bolts won't give me too much trouble

[Dave_B]

Hopefully not to bad. Just make sure if they aren't coming out, to use some WD-40 or similar to help break them loose.