so i decided to get a second car to use for a temp daily while the subaru gets all built up.

i had some inspiration from a car i love and a scheme i love as well. the insperation came from the panda AE86 style and i wanted to throw it on a different car.

here is my inspiration...



sooooo......


i decided to save this poor rx7 from rusting to nothing.


got it with a decent dent and a ruined front bumper. needs paint and a motor so far as i know. so first things first i ordered a new motor. will be here next week. also picked up a good deal on s4.5 front bumper along with a new fender and front lip.

here is a list of current mods going on the car.

watanabe RS8's

feed front lip

s5 front bumper

new motor.

side skirts

coilovers

and a refresh on interior with some new seets in future along with paint.

car will be getting some love!!!

here are some pics of the car after a saturday of body alignment and work.

(sorry for phone pics... cant find the camera charger after i moved.BTW if someone has an extra charger for a nikon let me know


here is how she looked (wet) when i got it home and cleaned a bit. large dent in the front bumper and fender along with terrible bumper carnage on the passenger side and under side. the paint is actually terribly oxidized and does not look that good... sadly...







and the wheels which will be disasembled sand blasted and repainted.

 

did you just bolt half of an S5 bumper to an S4 bumper??? *facepalm*

 

I didn't want to say it.

 

i cant wait to see this thing finished up and how it comes out

 

 

no thanks.

 

you know they actually sell an aftermarket "chin bumper" right?

 

All that money on coil overs, wheels, and a motor and you didn't get a full s5 front bumper? What about the s5 trim, lights, and rear bumper?

 

hmm, iv never seen that done before, very unique, s4 with half cut s5 bumper

 

^It saves him from painting the lower half of the bumper black

 

who needs s5, s4 is better anyways.

 

DUDE! I thought I was alone in that opinion!! Awesome to see I have backup!!

Anyways, to the OP: Good luck with the build! Don't pay any attention to the flak you'll get on this site. We're all ********. Good luck with the project! Can't wait to see it finished!

 

eh its ok im used to ********.

the reason for the bumper is this. first i like the trim on the s4 and i actually like the s4 rear bumper. along those lines the s5 lower end is a lot better on the front bumper. so i am keeping some of both worlds. and im sorry but they dont make a feed front lip for the s4 front bumper. and if you saw the condition of the s4 front bumper i already had you would understand. but thanks for the input. i could say a lot to everyone on here that has "aero" kits. i think that in general most are rice and dont hold true with the body lines of these cars. i could also point out that i hate half the wheels on the cars on here. no one seems to care about proper fitment or carrying the style of the car. especially with the mustang wheels... that makes me want to punch babies in fact...


BUT to each his own. i appreciate all criticism.

and as far as the car goes its supposed to be a track/fun car and a part time daily. im not going to win shows in this car but rather track days

 

will most likely get the tails. but as i stated i like the look of the s4 trim. i also dont like the rear bumper from the s5. and im not some pretty boy looking for a show car. if i was it wouldnt be an FC3s.

 

 

I'm not trying to be a butthead. Just curious.

 

well to answer your question. yes all that money and no full s5 conversion.

 

This sounds like an interesting project indeed, I'll keep an eye on it.

I have an S4 and that just makes it easier to see how much better S5 Trim is, especially the front bumper. The S4 bumper looks real mid-eighties plus there's no room for fog lights. If you color match it, the S4 trim looks ok, but nowhere near as smooth as the S5. As far as the rear bumper goes......I'll have to go look at that...

 

True panda.

 

Awesome! Never seen that car before. Mine will be a little different but

 

Damn, thats sick

 

Its not mine. I believe the owner is I253I Rex7

 

yeah- I like the two tone... I wasnt sure the fc could pull it off but damn.... cant wait to see the op pics...

 

Thanks. I will be finishing sanding and most the paint and will take some quality pics with the D80 this weekend. I think the two tone will fit the body and year of these cars.

 

Hmm, that looks pretty good. Still needs a lil' something but overall not bad at all.