Left rear Damage
 

I just got yet another RX-7!!!
its an 89 Turbo.
the left rear has some pretty ugly damage to it. my question to all of you is how to fix this. when a front fender is damaged to simply replace it if bad enough. but on the left rear can that be replaced, or is it possible to have that fixed.
i know its hard to make that call without seeing it, but its not compleatly crushed in or anything like that, but its bad enough that it is making me wonder if it can be fixed.
anyways, any imput would be nice on this one.
thanks in advance.

It depends on if it's rippled or creased, and how far it's pushed back, it could be pulled out, filled in, and then sanded/painted over, and look good as new, or the entire quarter could be cut off and replaced (costly) Get a picture damnit! :)

yup. i smacked a guardrail with my old 89 T2.... basically has to be cut off and a new one installed. new owner still has that on the to do list even though he has the new rear 1/4

My rear was rear-ended, not bad enough to warrant a new quarter, just took some hammering and all-metal to fix her up, but it all depends on how you want it to look, and if it bends the inner sheet metal/etc.

I will get some pictures shortly. i hope its easly fixable.

Here are the pictures of my new car. as you can see there is damage in the rear. is this fixable?

Yes, it is fixable. Best way to go (to make the car look 100% again) is to replace the quarter. It's going to take quite a bit of hammering/etc to straighten all of that up. Oh, and your headlights are broke. :D

he he he, yes the left one will not move right now, so i lowered it a little by hand, and then lowered the other one a little by hand, so it has that "sleepy" look. at least untill i can get the left one fixed. like i said, i just baught it 2 days ago.

HEY i have another problem with this car.... well i have several, but one that is driving me nuts it the fact that my blinkers dont work. when you turn the switch to left or right you can hear the relay working, but not one blinker blinks. it does not even blink on the dash.... WHATS GOING ON. i dont get it. i would think that the relay wouldent even work if there was a short or something. (not to mention the blown fuses.)

Speaking of blown fuses.....
when i checked the fuses, there were a total of four blown fuses, but i replaced them and now only 2 are blown. the 2 that keep blowing are the "meter" fuse, and the A/C i belive.

so obviously there is a problem there. what does the "Meter" fuse do? all gauges work, so its not that.

ok well thats enough problems for this post, i will await some help...... PLEASE!
:-D

looks like someone already tried...and failed miserably

yeah... the left tail light was held in by one nut..... i at least got it so that 4 will hold it on now. (a little bit of bending and hammering, and wala!

a block of wood and a hammer will go a long way if you know what you're doing. Let me dig up some of the pics of my cars damage, and you can see what i fixed with a hammer and a block of wood.

http://sonicrat.org/~rat/cars/rx7/10...3/DCP_0883.JPG

that looks pretty bad, i am a little worried about the crease next to my tail light though.... all well, i will give it a shot first.

If at first you dont seceed, take it to a pro.

Yeah, use a block of wood, just tear out the rear interior, and start beating it flush, then use the block of wood on the outside to flatten the highspots, and then beat it out some more, you don't have to make it 'perfect', just enough so that you can fill over it and sand it smooth. You should've seen all the damn creases in that dent, it was nuts, but it's all fixed up now, I don't believe I have a picture of it at the moment though, let me look.

Hmmm, now if we just had a female ass in that picture instead of yours...

That's not my ass, you ass. :D

Not the greates quality, but that's basically what it looks like now, that was before we sanded it smooth/etc, just filled it, started sanding, got tired, primered/painted, and called it a night.
http://sonicrat.org/~rat/cars/rx7s/DCP_1356.JPG

Who hit it?

Oh, and now I have your liscence plate number... watch out! :jerkit:

Some guy had a seizure and smacked it while it was parked. I don't care if you have that plate, cuz i sure as fark don't use it anymore, haha, don't even think it's registered anymore. :)

Why exactly do people cover up their plates on the internet? Could somebody clue me in. How is it any different than just driving around everyday with your plate showing.

cuz they're afraid people will drool over their car and come steal it, muhahaha!

Heh, I leave the key's in it at night so I can leave in a hurry if I need to without worry of somebody stealing my 7 (what can I say, I'm paranoid of my parents)

well i did some of the body work, as you can see it turned out pretty good. it took FOREVER to do, but not to bad, it still has some more cleaning up to do, but all in all i am happy with it.

oh yeah, also notice the Mazda, the RX-7 and the third break lite are now missing also? he he he, just could not resist myself.... oh yeah the hole for the antana is gone to. but the hole in the wing for the antana is still there for now, i will fill it in the next time i break out the filler. (i kinda forgot about it untill it was all back together)

watch out putting on filler so thick!! it will shrink and crack after a month every time. you gotta put it on in thin layers.... and when you fill the antenna hole, make sure u put something in it, and just fill the top part, not the whole thing.

if i were fixing that car, i woulda replaced the quarter.

pat

looks good so far man!

b/c if they know what they're doing they can get your social Security number from your license plate, and w/ your SSN they can basically get as many credit cards as they want...and the bill will be sent to you...So if your lisense plate does get out on the internet, try and not to piss anyone off, you never know man.

Why would they need your plate to do that? You don't need a license plate for that...

Regardless, you realize covering the third brake light is illegal, right?

Is it me or is that car orange (i'm sure it's red but...)?

take a look at this pic of my car with the rear Right quarter panel all messed up.. i thought mines was bad till i got a look at your guyeses.

Haha, bondo sucks as a filler, hope you used allmetal or something similar. It's best to hammer it out as much as you can, get it straight, then all metal over it/smooth it out.

I would have found a shell for $500 and transfered every thing over, profesional body work is expensive. But thats just me.

looks good for an ametuer.

Also...you can not steal a person's SSN with a license plate. You have to have serious connections to get that kind of info or be me m4d l337 y0...but then you'd be going after money and banks and shit and not some joe schmoe with a beat up RX-7.

I have, however, found out that if you can duplicate another person's plates...you can run automated toll booths left and rgith on their dime...:(...or if you sell them your car and don't keep the plate (texas)...etc....

LOL! i remember that post!

Parts car! Seriously that car looks awful. Just find a nice shell for cheap and convert it.

i told him to replace the panal....... but he didnt...... but i have to say, we did a pretty good job of making it look better..... it took us 3 days to do..... we pounded the rear panal out as much as possible the bondoed the rest...... not bad though for a few ametuers!

hehehe....those are my taillights!!!! he hasnt paid for them yet...lol...ill hunt you down speeddemon....... j/k........ i know where you sleep!!!

https://www.rx7club.com/attachment.p...chmentid=76342

Anyone know if this is going to cost me alot to for someone to bondo it up and make it look better? it's not as bad as some of the other guys but it's pretty knotice-able. i don't want to find another ride just to rid just to rid myself of the blemish. can the average person who knows bondo work be able to make a fix up with the scars i have along side my ride?

How did that happen?

My best advice, pound it out best as possible, use a good filler, some bondo ultra light for finish work, and a rattle can of primer, white, and clear (if applicable)-

i plan to do a whole paint job what you talking about i was just talking about body work. i have no experiance with body work but i can paint like a mofo. i've practice painting a friends boat. and it really turned out great. we sand the whole boat down and took turns painting kinda a learning curve. but the boat was in immaculate conditon. so i myself don't want to go through the hassle of messing up something that i'll regert. so i dont mind forking over some cash for someone else to do the fixing of the dent in that area.

ops i almost forget my mom asked to take my car to pick up some groceries at the store. little did i know that someone would clip my car not paying attention while driving. i am so mad at that person. my mom had manage to get 400 dollars from the person for repairs. but i used the money instead to get a new raidiator and a new PD. (I had a heavily leaking PD)

Hey Blade 8r doing body work just takes a lot of time and patience. When you think it's smooth and ready to paint wet it and look closely. The water will show all kinds of small dings and little holes. Use a good primer and block sand it until the cows come home. Once after wetting it and you don't see any imperfections then it's ready to paint. Just remember it's all in the prep work that counts!!!!

how am i going to get by the other side so i can hit it with a rubber mallet?. i've tried the plunger efect but that's no good. and i tried drilling pull out. that's worked alot. so im thinking the next best thing to do is to just mask it with half a ton of bondo. i wouldnt mind smoothing out the edges that'll be easy but it's the side where the light is.. that is rusted and luckly not growing. how am i going to get in there? it's behind the light sorta bent. i don't know how to pull dents out of things. can anyone give some basic insturstions?

Ok,
1st things. Im sorry, but your drill and pull method only made things worse, you now have holes that are going to need to be welded.
2nd. Just remove the carpet, you can get back there with tools, I just did it to my car, opposite side, someone backed into me.
3. No bondo over 1/16th inch thick! Bondo is not a good filler. It cracks, comes off, and is generaly only good as a skim.

What I would do is get in there, take a rubber mallet, or some body hammers and blocks and carefully hit it out to the desired shape, grind/sand it clean- fill with a good filler. Now shape the filler with long sanding blocks, and then use bondo untralite as the top workable finish.

what is a good brand of filler? behind the light there is rust in the corner. im not sure if i can get in there without removing the lights again. well i'll see what i can do. as for my holes they are going to be a no prob. a lil JB weld and some sanding. boom it's all done. i know for a fact that jb weld won't come off too eazy. so imma try that. now before i actually come to do all of this... if i can save myself of doing a whole new paint job i would. what the color of a stock white paint? rattle can or a mix what do i have to find to get that same color back on hand.

the car is a faded, needs to be repainted red, that looks a little orange when taken with a camera phone.

:-D