Well, i drove the t2 to the new house, and heres some pics of the car. Granted, the garage is still a big mess because we just moved in.







im in the process of cleaning up the front end. Stripping the paint and re-doing some area around the front clip. Should look really nice.

 

very nice.

 

Is that yellow the 3rd gen yellow on your 2nd gen? Man, that is a kick *** color. That is the best yellow I have ever seen. =)

 

WOW looks great. Did you do all the work ? Excellent job if you did.

If you ever decide to sell it, I get first dibs

 

I guess your new house doesn't have any closets, that's what 1st gens are for.

BTW..the car looks friggin' awesome! I want more pics of it!

 

Yep, its the mazda color Competition Yellow Mica. Paint code J9. Looks pretty good, even though i havent washed it in over a month. =]

 

so cymfc3s,

i see the stuff on the floor in front of the bumper, the stuff that bolts on to it. are you going to leave it how it is when you install the bumper back on? i was thinking about stripping mine like that for a big fmic.

 

im going to rig some better brake ducts. But, im not sure whether or not to put in the bumper reinforcement. Depends on how tight the intercooler is. For a street car, having the reinforcement is a must. I wouldnt recommend leaving it out.

 

I hear ya there. I mean, I don't have air bags. I need somthin'. I wanna live!

 

I LLOOVVEE yellow FCs! I really want to paint mine, but speed comes first!! Nice ride!

 

Yo seth will you ever finish that thing? haha but it looks nice

 

cymfc3s,

I SOOO want to retore mine like your doing.

How hard was it to paint yourself. I'm assuming you stripped it to the frame or just a repaint?

I keep seeing all the little patches of surface rust on mine underneath and I don't think anything else will do except A COMPLETE TEARDOWN. I just have never painted myself and I'm scared it either goof up sanding or painting.

thanks

-- vaughnc
1992 FC3S Turbo II RX-7 - Midnight Blue

 

sweet pics man


didn't you used to have the N1 single on the T2?

 

that first gen has been filled with stuff since before i bought it....
its all the interior stuff from the car

mike

 

I have that same blue and white striped towel! :p

 

its on mike's car right now. And im using the turbo-back system from racing beat for now. =]

 

Yo,


Hey! I called first dibs on his rig like TWO years ago!!! *snicker* It's one of the signs of the Apocolypse that it's actually moving. *grin* It'll be sweet when it's all done, Seth is taking his time and cleaning/polishing/restoring pretty much every part of the car, including the subframes, a-arms, etc. When it's completed, I have no doubt it will be one of the cleanest FC's out there. Not to mention one of the quicker ones out there. FD's beware, little brother FC is comin' to KICK YOUR ***. *grin*

KS
1989 GTUs "Kinda like Seth's, only without the snail."

 

so what brand of paint you use? how much was materials. have any tips on prepping etc

i might replace alot of my parts in the bay as you did. like suspension crap. manual rack etc

 

I had a body shop paint the exterior. Im just putting some finishing touches on the around the front clip. The areas that im working, im stripping to the bare metal, and re-primering it and then putting a few coats of paint on it. Doing that all around the car is a huge amount of work. If you just want to repaint over the existing paint, you have to sand off the clear coat. More fun! Makes everyone wish they had Kevin's paint on his GTUs.
The suspension, you can remove it, bead blast it, and throw some new bushings in it, and it will look like new again.

 

is there a list of stuff i cannot bead blast? i might go overboard

 

nice to see people are keeping it true with the yellow FCs.. hell yeah!

scott

 

oh yea, so uh what you goign to do about an intercooler? what dimensions you going with, core? etc