jerd_hambone

So I went out today to strip my interior and can't get the seats out of the car. I noticed that the seats sit lower than any fc I've had.

Well I get down there, and somehow the seats are so low that I can't get my hand underneath the damn things. They also have no sliders at all. What the hell did they do to the seats?! And HOW did they fit their hands under there to bolt them back in?!

Also it appears that my sound deadening material has bubbled up right in front of the inner rear bolt on each side of the car. Can't get a socket on them.

Guess I'll just have to grind them off with a dremel or something.

lunardeathgod

My previous owner had exposed wire all around the speakers and in the radio.

it looked like he was so cheap he couldn't afford speaker wire... just wanted to continue the rant on previous owners

3vil

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my previous owner fixed a leaking pulsation dampner by shoving some JB weld looking **** into the cavity where the screw sits. eventually the JB weld stuff expanded and forced the rubber membrane valve thing shut, so not fuel could flow past the primary into the secondary rail.

Rob XX 7

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you dont really put your hands under the seats to remove them, just slide them back and forth.
If you are saying you cant slide your seats then maybe you need to use some extensions or the bolts are hidden under some carpeting or something?

jerd_hambone

The whole sliding mechanism is gone. It's like the seat brackets are bolted straight to the seats. Also there is a bubble of stiff material bulging right in front of the bolts. I can feel the bolts.

Also PO failed to mention the car being on fire at one point.

sharingan 19

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Fixed.

ben.farnath

have you looked under the car? maybe they some how bolted straight through the floor haha.

my previous owner was a lover of dodgy wiring splicing everywhere, running the battery relocation cable under the car along the fuel lines (well done dumbass) had the front adjustables the wrong way round so almost no camber was acheivable (in his defence on most other cars there is no wrong way) had one of the rear adjustables the wrong way round so it fouled. drilled holes in the a pillar trims for tweeters and put a hole in the stereo/a.c/vent surround for a horrible missle switch. And best of all destroyed the center of the finish line front bumper lower for a front mount (which i managed to fit with far less shaving of the regular factory bumper) oh and he must have at some point spilled bourbon or something on the rear carpet which now lines my bin but hey it gave me an excuse to strip my car out. huff....puff...puff...im done

ben.farnath

double post

jerd_hambone

Haha we finally got them out. Basically the whole metal bracing under the seat was bent down. So apparently the PO weighed somewhere around 9 tons.

Rob XX 7

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so he liked to eat and BBQ in the car

j9fd3s

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fixed

j9fd3s

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there is a thread on here where the O.P. put his camber plates on backwards, then MILLED THEM OUT so he could get more camber....

ben.farnath

oh god! some people should not be allowed to modify cars

jerd_hambone

Or own them. Or know what they are, even.

Phoenix Jones

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Air bag held in by shoe lace. I win. I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

philiptompkins

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I don't know how so many of you guys ended up with my gently used and constantly maintained vehicles.

thethingthatshouldnotbe

This doesn't have anything to do with rx7s bit I aligned a dodge truck at work the other day the customer put ball joints in himself. Still drifted right so I crossed the front tires to make sure it wasn't a radial pull. Long story short I had to replace three studs because he could not start lug nuts right and this guy installed his on balljoints. Really scary thought and his truck now pulls left to a out of round tire but he's getting a second opinion.

thethingthatshouldnotbe

Sorry about all the typos. Phone sucks lol

drifting in drifting

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I went to buy my t2 and the steeering wheel pulled off while i was in heavy traffic while in town going around a corner. No steering wheel nut!

Natey

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My p/o was an old lady who babied the car until the day Mazda offered a white RX-8. Then she sold me her like-new white 91 coupe for 3 grand.
I miss my FC.

NJGreenBudd

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PO paint brushed all the moldings, mirrors, window trim and taillights pink. That's not body matching, that's just wrong.

Black Knight RX7 FC3S

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I am lucky the previous owners of my FCs were not as failed as some of your PO lol

slidin RX

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haha nice thats what mine looked like as well...........

sv51macross

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PO had lower mileage engine installed by 'labor'. Supplied 'labor' with new engine and wiring harness. 'Labor' cut every wire under the hood and dash and spliced it back together. PO then advertises car on eBay as in 'good condition', and my dad buys her. PO claims to be in Cali, actually in Mexico (car titled in Cali). Forgets to mention car is barely running. Ends-up taking months just to respond to emails about the car's repair status.

Now, I'm replacing the water pump and the PO apparently used RTV instead of a real gasket and coolant leaked into the fastener bores over time. One of the bolt heads sheared right off, the alternator bracket bolt's blind hole is for all intents and purposes stripped, and the studs are rusted seized inside the housing.

ben.farnath

wow i would have left that one stock as a rock and hidden it away in my garage