Dan_s_young

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ok, so the black piece is really boring looking on the back of my car and I have seen some members who have rx7 carved into the black piece so im wondering how hard it would be to make a stencil and to paint in silver RX7 in this peice. Has anyone done this before and do you guys have any advice on what kind of paint to use and what kind of aftercoat so it will last... Thanks for the help I just really hope it ends up looking good!

MarkPerez

boring ?? not much made by people to go there, there used to be a center section
(where the finisher goes)that would light up, years ago. every once in a while one will show up on ebay. try your lisence plate there ???? the thing about the rearends of 1st gens is the taillights,and the finisher and the 3 channels(grooves)
that go all the way across the back of the car, break these lines and it doesn't look quit right IMO.

Jon_Valjean

I just removed it altogether, raised the surface then painted it the same colour as the rest of the car. Removed the bumper at the same time, but that's going to go back on because it just doesn't look right.

Dan_s_young

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thats for the picture lol well it deffinatly looks different!

Jon_Valjean

It needs a bumper skin back on it really, the car doesn't "finish" without it.. if you know what I mean.

capri93

If you had a stock wing it would look great with out the bumper.

Dan_s_young

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Ya in my eyes the rear end really resembles a 944 in your picture there

Whitewidebodyrx7

i have that center piece that says rx-7 on it

Dan_s_young

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its stock? do you have pictures?

Bolox

it looks almost like a soarer with old school lights

jays83gsl

It's sort of. Melty. Yeah, melty.
Maybe Louvers would make it look more, um, solid? I dunno. Seems like it ate too much doughnuts and its *** got a little droopy

jays83gsl

Now, for something not criticizsing (Ooooh, that was craptastic spelling)
My friend had a Trans Am, seventies style. Had the same sort of centerpiece between the taillights. He got a wood block, and used a heat pen to carve the Firebird symbol into it, and plopped that on there. I'm thinking that I'll replace it with a clearer substance, and just do something similar with the RX 7 logo, behind the clear plate? I dunno how quite I'll do it, but, you'll see

MarkPerez

why are the taillights not straight ??? or is it me ????

Jon_Valjean

Nah, the whole thing is perfectly straight. You're not the first person to comment on that, I think it's the angle of the sun behind the camera and the finish on the paint, but it does look wonky in that picture. I'd take a better one, but my camera died. You can kind of see it better in this pic:

RotaryRyan

Hmmm, I kinda like the look of your car. you should get our camera working. I always enjoy custom bodywork

GavinJuice

Looks badass, i like the rims.

purple82

An alternative idea. You could paint the grooves body color all the way across. This might add a little excitement.

louved_gen1

I get that alot. Or people just tell me it looks like an old porsche. (the ones who cant be more specific cause they dont know much about cars) but mines a widebody.

vladu13

Yeah that black piece bothered me to no end. What I ended up doing is going to the hardware store and bought a piece of rubberized wrinkled grey non skid pad. It comes on a long roll 6.5 in.s by however long you want it. I cut the rx 7 logo out of it and stuck it over the black piece (it has a strong adheseive back) The color and texture of the pad is just subtle enough to be noticed but not stand out and the cut out logo has a 3D effect.

Dan_s_young

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hey vladu13,
id love to see pictures of what that looks like please post them if you have pictures

RRTEC

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Love the rolpanned 7's....looks perfect. Tint the tails it'll be perfect