Water running down a-pillars, help!

As the title says, when it rains water starts running down my a-pillars from between the metal bodywork. There is a small line of rust on each side in the a-pillar where the water is leaking. I poured water into the sunroof and the front drain pipes are working fine. There is no water in the trunk or around the c-pillars. I ran my finger around the lip of the headliner to see if it was the windshield, and it felt dry, but still could possibly be the windshield? I saw a previous post with rust and water running down the exact same spot as me and his ended up being the windshield, but I don't know how to heck for that. I live in downtown Chicago and don't have a good place to take my headliner out to get a better look, and I'm paranoid about pulling off the rubber gasket at the top of the windshield because I have no idea how it goes back on. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Water running down a-pillars, help!

As the title says, when it rains water starts running down my a-pillars from between the metal bodywork. There is a small line of rust on each side in the a-pillar where the water is leaking. I poured water into the sunroof and the front drain pipes are working fine. There is no water in the trunk or around the c-pillars. I ran my finger around the lip of the headliner to see if it was the windshield, and it felt dry, but still could possibly be the windshield? I saw a previous post with rust and water running down the exact same spot as me and his ended up being the windshield, but I don't know how to heck for that. I live in downtown Chicago and don't have a good place to take my headliner out to get a better look, and I'm paranoid about pulling off the rubber gasket at the top of the windshield because I have no idea how it goes back on. Any suggestions? Thanks!

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RSX damaged in accident, help!

Sup guys,

Unfortunately, I crashed my 2005 RSX base yesterday morning on my way to school. It had just rained the night before, and the ground was very wet and slippery. I was running late and took it a little too fast around a turn, and the next thing I know, I was skidding out of control and ended up crashing on the curb/side area. Luckily I didn't damage anyone or other vehicles, but the hit was pretty hard.

The car was not wrecked though. It didn't seem that bad (broken bumper, a flat, and the front looked a little messed up), but everything under the hood seemed fine. However when the local car shop gave me a quote (it was towed there by the police and is still there), he said that it would cost about $6000 to $7000 to restore my car to perfect conditions because I damaged a lot more parts than I thought (I only paid $4000 for the car).

SOO now I don't really know what's the best to do. The car still starts and I think it moves (although not very safe). I do not want to have insurance involved nor pay $6000 to restore it by the shop. But my best friend is offering to help me to fix up the car on our own. I don't know too much about cars, but he knows a lot. He restored a savaged Lexis IS300 over the summer and is currently working on a Cayman, and he has all the necessary tools and a car lift. I'm certain that if he helps me to work on it, then we can get it at least in good running condition again, but I don't know if it'll be worth it. It will probably also take a while since we're both students, and I also need a car right now. I can afford to just buy a new (used) car, but I really love my RSX and don't want to just part it out or sale it as is. What would you guys do?

Thanks!!

What the car looked like before the accident..
http://ift.tt/1KiVCAi

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RSX damaged in accident, help!

Sup guys,

Unfortunately, I crashed my 2005 RSX base yesterday morning on my way to school. It had just rained the night before, and the ground was very wet and slippery. I was running late and took it a little too fast around a turn, and the next thing I know, I was skidding out of control and ended up crashing on the curb/side area. Luckily I didn't damage anyone or other vehicles, but the hit was pretty hard.

The car was not wrecked though. It didn't seem that bad (broken bumper, a flat, and the front looked a little messed up), but everything under the hood seemed fine. However when the local car shop gave me a quote (it was towed there by the police and is still there), he said that it would cost about $6000 to $7000 to restore my car to perfect conditions because I damaged a lot more parts than I thought (I only paid $4000 for the car).

SOO now I don't really know what's the best to do. The car still starts and I think it moves (although not very safe). I do not want to have insurance involved nor pay $6000 to restore it by the shop. But my best friend is offering to help me to fix up the car on our own. I don't know too much about cars, but he knows a lot. He restored a savaged Lexis IS300 over the summer and is currently working on a Cayman, and he has all the necessary tools and a car lift. I'm certain that if he helps me to work on it, then we can get it at least in good running condition again, but I don't know if it'll be worth it. It will probably also take a while since we're both students, and I also need a car right now. I can afford to just buy a new (used) car, but I really love my RSX and don't want to just part it out or sale it as is. What would you guys do?

Thanks!!

What the car looked like before the accident..
http://ift.tt/1KiVCAi

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Help!

This is from another member but my car is doing the exact same thing! Please help!
I have A 2006 Type S. This issue also happens whenever my engine is under load (Max AC or heat)

"So my 2002 Type S acts weird, so theirs time when on a cold start I let the engine heat up for 30 secs before driving. So I hit the clutch give it gas and the engine sounds super strong. Then their are times that instead ion it sounding strong when I'm about to take off and hit the clutch then gas but the engine feels super sluggish and I almost have to hold the clutch all the way down to get it to go otherwise it feels like its going to shut off, the throttle feels almost spongy like. Then when it's working fine I barely have to even press the clutch and the car takes off. When it's acting up and I have to give it more gas and hold the clutch further down and when that happens my whole dashboard vibrates like my car is going to fall apart. It's like if I don't drive my car for 1 day it takes off strong, but if thats not the case it feels sluggish. Any suggestions? Is it the clucth> Car has 138,000 miles , bought it when it had 132,000 and I haven't done anything to the clutch. Could it be the IACV? Just recently my Main Requird light flashes for 5 sec after all the other warning lights have stoped flashing when turning on my car. Any help guys would be great."

Help!

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