Well here is the build. I arrived here in Okinawa on Aug. 18th, 2010. After a little while of getting settled in I started searching for a car. I looked at quite a few R32 GTR's, Silvias, FD's, and Chasers. After a week of looking the I noticed that all the cars we were looking for were everywhere around here, but there was one car that I haven't really noticed...The FC3S. So I started the hunt for an FC. I finally found one in pretty good condition so I picked it up. It was bought on Sep. 1, 2010. The car was white and had a few mods on it here and there. Here is the list of mods that were on the car when I bought it.

-Kenwood Head Unit
-Kenwood Rear Speakers
-Cyberstork gauge cluster
-Cusco Lower Frame Brace
-HKS SMF Air Filter
-SS Brake lines front only
-Some Blown Cusco Coilovers
-Cusco Rear Strut Bar
-Front Strut Bar
-Fujitsubo Exhaust
-Ganador CF look mirrors
-Aero Front Bumper
-RE Amemiya Rear Spats
-RE Amemiya Spoiler
-Some White Bent Enkei Circlar GTA's in 17's

Then there was also a little damage here and there, and here's the list of that

-Cracked bondo on the passenger door
-Driver side rear spat was cracked and scraped to hell
-Cracked front aero

And here are some pics of the car when i first got it



Here is the list of current mods now on the car:

-Sep. 17, 2010 - Enkei RPF1's 17x9 +22 front, 17x10 +18 rear, Advan AD08's 235/40/17 front, 255/40/17 rear
-Oct. 12, 2010 - JIC coilovers, Attain KSP air diversion panel
-Oct. 15, 2010 - C's shortstroke shifter, with Razo shift **** (for now)
-Oct. 16, 2010 - Infini bucket seats version 3 with Schroth harnesses
-Oct. 17, 2010 - Downpipe and some test pipe
-Oct. 18, 2010 - Wedsport SC Brake pads & Endless Brake Fluid
-Oct. 25, 2010 - Defi Water Temp & Boost gauges
-Oct. 26, 2010 - Defi Oil Temp & Oil Pressure gauges, Oil Sandwich Plate
-Nov. 2, 2010 - HKS Turbo Timer Type-1
-Nov. 10, 2010 - Roll Cage
-Nov. 18, 2010 - Works Bell Rapfix Quick Release
-Nov. 20, 2010 - Paint, ERC spoiler
-Dec. 12, 2010 - Blue Aluminum Lug Nuts
-Dec. 14, 2010 - Alpine Rear Speakers and Kenwood front dash speakers
-Dec. 28, 2010 - Attain Exhaust
-Jan. 16, 2011 - Super Now Tie Rod Ends

 

Since the wheels were so bent out of shape and the tires were bald like no other I decided I might as well buy some new wheels and tires so I ordered a set of Enkei RPF1's 17x9 +22 front and 17x10 +18 rear along with Advan AD08 tires 235/40/17 front and 255/40/17 rear.







I then needed some coilovers since the Cusco's were blown so I picked up a set of JIC coilovers and on the same day picked up a KSP air diversion panel



I came across a C's short shifter that was a freebie so I threw that on

 

A day later I installed the Infini bucket seats and Schroth harnesses




Being it's a rotory I figured I'd buy some safety things like gauges, so I picked up some Defi's with the controller, oil sandwich plate, and an HKS Type-1 turbo timer

 

Since driving get's a little intense I went ahead and installed a roll cage






Getting in and out became a pain in the *** so a quick release was in store to ease the process, so I bought a Works Bell Rapfix II quick release and luckily my car already had a Works Bell hub

 

After all of that I decided that it was time to fix the damage on the body, get some fender pulling done, and change the color to something with a little more pop

pics of damage before repair and paint





pics of the body work process

 

 

 

And the painting begins!









The first photos of the new paint after being all done

 

sweet. id kill for some infini seats

 

Sweet blue aluminum lug nuts compliments from a friend


I got sick of the old exhaust so I went to Upgarage and picked up this Attain exhaust for 70 bucks haha gotta love Japan


And the last thing was some Super Now tie rod ends

 

And here's just a couple pics of the car currently

 

crappy video but good enough

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Thanks you would definitely kill for the price I got them for...300 bucks for the pair!

 

Love the paint color. Suprised you didn't paint the mirrors and throw them back on. What are plans for the motor?

I'm trying to get back to Japan myself. Should find out in the next couple of weeks if I get Korea or not and and hopefully the follow on that I want.

 

WHERE did you get the Erebuni wing?!

 

you had me up until the pink paint...

 

+1

 

I don't care if it's pink... That car is hella clean. Good job man.

 

Can I have your blown Cusco coils?
Nice build

 

+1 Very clean car! NOW put some money into the motor!!..........you are in the mecca of rotary performance parts and expertise

 

Where are the harnesses bolted down to?

 

Looks AMAZING. paint and all!

 

Thanks everyone. You may not like the purple but to each his/her own and it's not your everyday color which is why i went with it. the harnesses are bolted to eye bolts, soon to be replaced with takata harnesses. The wing is by ERC not Erebuni, but it is the same style. I bought it off of a friend for 80 bucks. Here is the link to ERC's website.

http://www.erc-rotary.com/parts/parts-fc3s.htm

The site is in Japanese just so you know.

As for the motor unfortunately I'm saying bye-bye to the rotary...I know STUPID and it's not an rx-7 anymore blah blah blah. It still runs just fine FYI but I'm going the 1JZ route. No one here does swaps on FC's or FD's here. Actually I've only seen 6 FC's since I've been here. But none the less a 1JZ will be done. I already have the motor and picked up a R154 tranny for 500 bucks. It would have been done already but for personal reasons the build stopped for awhile. (I'm going through a divorce). Anyways I just recently started getting back into the project so it should be done pretty soon. Right now I'm still driving it with the 13B still in it. Whenever I have time probably next weekend I'll start tearing it down.

 

dope FC bro! make more vids!

 

how much are those gauge clusters?