dj55b

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Hey,

So this is the story, I get a call up from one of my buddy's that work in shop on saturday morning. He tells me to come over and check out this "classic car" that he likes and he needs help fixing. To my surprise it was an 83 rx-7 that i've never seen before. The carburator needed to cleaning up and stuff to get it working properly. The wide body kit it only on the rear, but to make it he didn't use any kits, he shop used 2 front fender and welded them to the back. I think that it looked great because it uses the original body lines of the car to follow the back. Now the fron piece where the bumper goes on was smothed out and vinyl mesh sticker was put in to make it look like a side scoop and on the rear same thing. Now I know that this is "ghetto" and the "scoops" will add drag. But you can make it very functional. Because the front and the back it opened up, it won't create a "parachute" effect on the car.

I wish I had my camera at the time, so I don't have any pictures. But i will try to find that guy again and take some pictures of how it looks. Let me know if this has been done before.

Sam

glosoli

that is pretty ghetto,i guess.
try and get some pics, i really want to see how it looks

MattG

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I am going to need pics, I just cant see it in my head.

dbragg

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^^^ +1

Kentetsu

Huh, I just happen to have a spare set of front fenders laying around....

gonzz

Get some pics..

NoPis10

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Can't picture front fenders matching up to the rear quarters????
Go get the camara and snap some pics...

1stGenerationGap

i wanna c this aswell lol

glosoli

PICTURES!!!!!

dj55b

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I will try to get pictures as soon as I find out where the car is right now. I have to mention that the guy was still using stock wheels and stuff so it looks pretty empty in the back. I'll will try to call my buddy up from the garage to see if he knows where the car is.

dj55b

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alright as promised here are the pictures ... let me know what you think ... also notice the spoiler (whaletail) started its life out as a sheetmetal slightly curled up on each side.

85rotarypower

Hmm, its different, thats for sure. Not sure if I like it too well. The flames definately need to go. They did a nice job on it though.

rotary_sex

craftsmanship is AWESOME but that looks ******* RETARDED

dj55b

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I never said it was the best looking ... but it is still eye catching .. i probably would of done the front of that a little different and ya flames should be gone.

MattG

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Im not a fan, but the vision the guy has is good. It takes someone special to look at a car and jst come up with ideas and make them happen.

dj55b

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See the way I see it, it that if you don't have a 1000$ to throw on a widebody kit ... this is probably the way to go, fender flares up front and this in the back. You should be bale to fit maybe 8-9 inches of rubber on the back.

TiViD

dont like the fake vents or flames, but besides that looks pretty good. I can understand the amount of man hours it must have taken to get it looking so smooth.

XLR8

iTrader: (52)

Craftsmanship is smooth. I don't like the look, but the guy definatly did something different.

mbaha

If you look at the second picture it looks like the body is stock underneath the added fender. I am wondering if this will actually improve the tire choices available or not

PS like it minus the vents

boohame

It had some promise to it until I saw it from the back, and it just looked creepy.

John64

Doesn't look like you can even add wider tires since the original fender is still in place.

Yellow '79

looks too much like a carpy version of a batmobile type of car.

Naegleria_Fowleri

I personally can't stand the way it looks, but I understand that it took a lot of hours of work to get that done. I don't understand why the original fenders are still there considering it defeats the purpose, but to each his own.

FirebirdSlayer666

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From about mid rear wheel back it looks really good. Not a fan of that spoiler though. I would do the same thing except cut the fender in half and just bend the rears of them and sue it instead of making it look like you have front fenders on the back

Cowboyfun

I like, its different, I can appreciate it from a autobody guys point of view. Would I have done a few things differently, such as smooth the vents, make them active, etc, yes, but I think the idea is great and I give kudos for a job very well done.