ArchangelX

From what I remember, the car's owned by Jay Laub, I think that one that used to be a black 7 with the C-West Kit, lambo doors, chrome-wheelies, and stickers that everyone used to bag on.

It said in the article that he was the only person in the country to have the RE Amemiya JGTC widebody kit, but I coulda swore there was a few of those already over here?

Wasn't there one that was a blueish-purple color? In a thread about some shop that just got them in, and one guy already had it fitted to his car?

rx7tt95

There are several kits in the country. I'm not sure who to blame, Laub or the journalists writing this stuff (I'm a journalist btw), but there are several different "versions" of the same info regarding his car in HCI and Modified Magazine (with Acosta's 3 rotor RX8 on the cover). I definitely have to raise the BS flag on his hp numbers. Jay's been smoking crack (or lawn fertilizer) apparently. The editing errors are everywhere and there's contradictory info as well.

Modified also states that this is the same kit that RE Amemiya used to win the JGTC 300 championship in Japan which of course isn't true. Frankly, every rotary article by Modified has at least 2-3 really bad errors in it....and their so called "editor" doesn't look like he's graduated from high school yet.

Quite frankly, as much work as he put into it (yes I'm a bit jealous), it was such a poser car before with all the "fake" aero add-on and what not. I'm willing to bet that puppy tips the scales as heavy as an auto Supra for god's sake! Do that crap to a Honda, not an RX-7. Now he has a "serious" body kit on the car and everything's ok? I think not. Track that puppy. Take it to the drag. At least do a damn burnout for Modified Mag to show the engine actually runs and you're not just blowing smoke. Just my .02 jealous cents...to think what I could have created for the same investment. Oh yeah, he's quoted as saying that he easily could have bought a Lamborghini or Ferrari for what he's dropped into this car but those don't interest him. Sure, a Uracco or an old 328...ok, maybe a 355 Berlinetta non-F1....

Go sell crazy somewhere else. We're all stocked up here.

PS: This bit of flamery is not directed at my UK friend who started the thread :-)

RX-187

^I've been suspicious too. BTW the member, T88NosRx7 on here has the same kit on his black car.

Zero R

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Don't even get me started on this topic, I would love for someone to ask laub about the conversations we had while he was here in chicago. Ask him why his car has the same body-kit I have, the same color I have. I now sold the body kit because of that car. He specifically asked me could he do what he did and my words were," You can if you want, but why would you wanna look like someone else."This really sucks for me because I already got screwed by the SP car which despite what people think they know don't realize my car was already stripped and being painted orange before that article came out, once it did I said I wouldn't put my car in any mags after that due to not wanting to here that looks like someone elses car, an I've been offered shoots from every mag and turned them down. Now I get to drive around and have peolpe say the same crap about this car as the SP car.

WAH WAH WAH so sorry for me, I know I'm whining like a bitch here but, I'm just tired of being compared to these cars( and worse told I copied them ) which aren't done that well when you really look at them up close and neither weren't done at the level they could have been.

-Sean

ArchangelX

rx7tt95 - No offense taken

And man..I had no idea about the kit. I just remember it being posted here already a few times.

Ya know, I'm proud of my car, but I'd be hella humble if I ever got the cover of a mag. You just can't LIE like that...Personally, I think he's got too many of those chunky looking stick-on chinese letters on it. And the WRX side reflector on the car is kinda funny too.

I guess he needed something to brake up the huge orange hue of the car..but I would have left the ghetto stickers off of it.

And for the boasting, man..that shiat just pisses me off. The sad thing is this car would be nothing on the streets of Japan. I find that one part where one of the mags asked him to light up the tires for a sec...And he said NO..the tires cost too much to use them up like that. It's a definite showcar.

I'm not gonna bag him for that, though. Showcars are showcars, they're not about seeing the highway, or being run to their full potential. They're simply made to win trophies, make money, and spread your name around. I'm not into that really, but I guess if that's your game, have fun.

To me...I just couldn't do it..It defeats the entire purpose of a car like the RX7. But to each their own, and good luck to him.

SkywarpR

Any of you guys see the "800hp" FD on the cover of the new issue of "Super Street"?

The car was just finished before the photo shoot and they are saying they expect the car to have 800hp. HA!

dubcaps

People pull FD HP numbers out of their *** all the time in mags. And back to that jay laub guys car, according to HCI he has "apex'i seals". As far as typos, that article was pretty bad.

Broken09

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Yeah I saw that 800hp fd in SS. Frankly that magazine out of all of them is the most worthless in my opinion. You're basically paying for a 200 page ad magazine with a few articles thrown in.
-Nic

dennnnis

Hey sean i dont know if you remember me or not but i just thought reading all this was kinda weird. Well here goes, I rememberd you saying you got this widebody kit for your car in probly like october, and me and my freinds thought your car was so sick cause we saw it around and talked to you acouple times my freind had some work done at a spec. I remember i wanted to see it with the widebody so bad. That defintely sucks that guy stole your plans, I hate people like that, sorry to hear that. Id defintely be bitching too.

Just incase you remember we were the 3 kids that moved to chicago from NY for uti. my freind had the silver 240 with silvia front end and and my other friend had a blue 240, both with SR,s i had the slow flat black one.

-dennis

Ps- i finally found a rolling chassis FD that i asked you if you knew of any for sale, i had to sell my 240 to buy it cause george (the blue 240) totalled his, so he bought mine. should be done in a few months, needs a lot of work.

Zero R

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Yeah it sucks, I actually had the kit in july I believe, just so it's clear though I'm not saying I had the kit on when jay saw my car, what did happen was I told him it was going on the car,he asked would I keep it the same color, wonder why. It's funny cause if you read the article he even says he felt like he wasn't getting the attention he deserved with it black so he had to do something, wonder what car was getting more attention that made him change his mind, and my car isn't the biggest baddest end all RX7, but it is all me and he can't say that. Good luck with the 240. I'm doing one for me also, just ordered the SR for it. I'm in the process of putting that RB 30 in the other one right now also.

-Sean

stangkilr

jay laub is a jackass...the car is HIDEOUS...doesn't deserve 1/5 of the attention it gets...he only gets noticed because he built the car to look so cheesey inside and out so the 16 and 17 year old kiddies at HIN go crazy over it...and no, i'm not a "hater"...i just know how to build a car and this is NOT it...

vosko

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a good friend has the widebody kit on his car and its almost done. i saw some early pix OMG looks AMAZING.its not orange either

Zero R

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Agreed one hundred percent.

LetsGO7

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damn....stop bagging on this guy's car...he has alot of expensive parts and at least he tried asking people like Zero R, what parts to use. copying Zero R is bad but at least he is on the cover and getting the Rx7 on the front.

rx7tt95

Jay's actually a really nice guy, he apparently has no taste in putting together vehicles. Of course we also have to blame the entire show scene, the judges, etc. for validating bad taste. Met him at a Mazda-sponsored show at Sebring 12Hrs. last year...my car came in third, complete with chipped paint on my front end and crappy Volk wheels!

Glad to know others agree with me, for a second I thought I was just being a jealous bitch who had a bad day at work, LOL.

ArchangelX

I think it would have been nice without the ghetto dragon stickers...still, I'm totally amazed he had the cajones to say that in a mag.

I hate magazines, sometimes...

diablone

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Expensive! That changes everything, now it's amazing.

Zero R

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He came off as very nice when I met him too, but only really to me he was pretty arrogant to anyone who didn't own a 7 not rude, just arrogant, and your right about the judges, they go for all that show crap and that's fine but it really takes away from the car when gone too far.

rx7tt95

Yeah, I'd agree on the arrogant part too :-) Expensive parts don't amount to a hill of beans unfortunately. Especially when they're the wrong ones. His interior is/was almost as bad as the old kit. The new kit is good but what I hate is all the posing for newsprint stuff by him. Tell it like it is and be done with it. There's always someone who has a 'better" or faster ride, right? I was visibly upset while reading the Modified article on his car. My wife actually said something to me....nothing hurts us as a group like cheap disinformation.

Nathan Kwok

I just read that article today and I thought it was a nicely done show car, with the exception of the hood fitment. You can bash stickers and paint color but that is what show cars are about, but there is no excuse for poorly fitting body panels when you're spending $50k on a car. What the hell is scoot's problem anyway with that hood? I don't think I've ever seen one of those hoods fit right (replica or otherwise, to Chuck's credit, it looks like his version actually fits better, but thats not saying much). If it wasn't for that one major ugly mistake, I'd be extremely impressed with the overall package. The horsepower claim is very believeable too, didn't he claim 475hp at 18 psi with a T78? That works out to about 420rwhp, that is completely believeable, give the guy a break.

rx7tt95

He claimed 485RWHP with a T78 at 18psi yet at one point, in once sentence (in Modified) it says 18 and 22psi. Not to mention all the other errors concerning the origins of the body kit itself. One article says Pettit did the work, the Modified article says differently. Again, I DEFINITELY think the new kit is an improvement but he isn't some wonder genious with gobs of money that the articles seem to portray him as. The old, however, was just sorry. Interior is still cheesy and very overdone. If the driver had ADD, he/she wouldn't be able to make it one block there's so much going on inside that car. Very un-RX7 in principal if you think about it. I hate to be hatin' but this car deserves it. I just don't get why the old getup received all the attention it did. It was as if Jay had to do every trick available on the car, not what made sense. Sort of like people who go a bit overboard with gnomes and pink flamingos in their front yard :-) Just because there's room for a gauge or a wide screen TV in there, doesn't mean it's a good idea to do it. In the end, each his own though...I just wouldn't be caught dead getting out of that car in a public place.

Zero R

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Mine fits real nice it's all on how much you wanna spend and the amount of time you have, and it's not just his hood, look at the doors one opens up, one opens out, or the wheel offsets, wrong also, or any list of other things, his car wins not because the quality of the work, but the quantity and that is crap for everyone plain and simple.


-Sean

teamafx

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Wow, thats pretty harsh. I can understand that some people may find widebodies replusive or the way someone does their car replusive, but who cares? It isnt your car or my car, its his. So many people bash on others for their choice of products, styling etc. Who the hell really cares? If the guy likes it then let him be. I could give two ***** about it. I know that I have done all motor, body, suspension, interior, stereo mods to my car on my own with my two hands. If someone doesnt like my car, thats there opinion. People build the car to please themselves and not other people, because its impossible to please everyone. The hood may not fit perfect, the hp claims may be off, the interior may be overdone, but thats his choice, why get all flustered and bash it openly? I personally love the idea of having a grand touring car look on the street, reguardless of what form it may come in. I give him credit that he continues to stick money into the thing to try and win awards (we all have our hobbies). Id rather see this then people parting their car out when it can be saved or worked on just to make a buck.

teamafx

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for those who havent seen the car

Zero R

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Hey the widebody thing to me if done right can look bad ***, and personally that car isn't done right, nor did he do his own work, anyone can hire a shop to do the work for them if they have the money and I think that takes a little away from it, anybody can look at what others are doing and copy from it as far as me bashing it openly, hey when the person tells you he really loves your car asks you what your next moves with it are and does those same moves cause he isn't getting the attention he wants but notices you are, that is just shady period.