nothing too crazy to report for today. removed and polished with some nice meguires plastic polish, all of the marker lights and front turn signal covers. really made a difference. i also started removing the over spray from the body seals. thats a daunting task..

 

I don't know what you are using to remove the paint from the seals, but "Goof Off" works wonders. It is usually sold at auto places for removing crayon and paint scuffs.

 

using chameleon paint remover. i'm using the gel. it can be found here. works wonders on plastic parts: http://www.chameleonproductsonline.com/

 

tonight i pulled the bins to install the oem sound deadening. i found it in my parts supply and figured i'd put it in. when i removed the bins i noticed that i never installed the wiring harness for the lights on the storage bins. the connedtor was filled with expanding foam form the previous owner so i clipped it off and wired in a new connector. now i have working lights in the bins and the nice and itchy sound insulation installed. here are the pics:

before the insualtion was installed:



insulation with wiring in place:



and finally, working lights:

 

I never knew there were lights in the bins. Is this AE specific? Or do all FCs have this?

Good job btw.

 

thanks! i just want my AE to be all working and as original as can be i believe that all FC's have the lights. that insulation made me feel like i had thorns in my hands all night. beware when handling that stuff..

 

Yeah fiberglass is no fun. Looks great though good job. Did you get that stock exhaust on there yet?

 

not yet. the guy whom i bought it off of finally returned my emails late last night and said it should be at my hose no later than wednesday. i'm really hoping he's telling the truth. i can't wait to have this car nice and quiet. i bought all new gaskets for the exhaust system from the dealership and i'm just waiting now..

 

the oem exhaust came in yesterday!! going i'm going to clean it up and try and install it today before work. will post pics and maybe a video.

 

got the old exhaust down and the new one ready to go up. the new Y pipe is already installed on the car! i made a cat replacement pipe today and i'll post pics of that beast tomorrow. it will be on the car completely tomrrow and pics and a video will be up.

 

with the help of 82transam who is visiting from New Jersey, we got the exhaust on today and i think it sounds pretty good. i made (with the help of some machine shop friends) a cat replacement pipe for the main converter. it was rotten and clogged. i removed the pipe from the pre cat to the test pipe and sanded down the flanges on a large belt sander and made sure they were perfectly flat and that there was no warping. i also shot blasted it and bead blasted it to ensure the rust was gone. painting it is next. all gaskets were replaced with oem gaskets. at any rate on to the pics:

newly used oem y pipe:



pipe from pre cat to main cat ready to be installed:



flat and clean flanges on the pre cat to main cat pipe:



test pipe:



new oem gaskets:



exhaust on the car:









will post a short video next...

pipe from

 

 

one last video from the exhaust install that i forgot to post. i'll drive thec ar and take another.

 

got some underbody work done today and took some pics. will post those in the am.

 

?pics

 

i'll get those posted later this evening!

 

I don't think the "Mazda RX-7" car cover was 10AE specific as I have one that came with my low mileage '87 T2. Presumably they were offered in '87.

 

ok, here are the pics of the small amount of rust repair and undercoating that i did last week. i feel a lot better no that its done. i stell need to clean and undercoat the front wheel wells. that'll hopefully be done some time this weekend.:

 

Damn man, you dont take any shortcuts when it comes to restoring the car! How did you get all the road grime off, with a scraper?

 

brake cleaner will take the road grime and unwanted tar off of the underbody. it can also take off paint that is not cleared so be careful.

 

Looks good. What kind of undercoating did you use?

 

Looks like a First gen car cover to be honest. Just the Front of the
"RX7" just my 2 cents

 

I'm not a fan of the font either but it was definitely made to fit a 2nd gen.

 

i use 3M undercoating. its in an aqua can. i'll post a pic after work tonight.