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Old 07-17-18, 09:38 PM
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Agreed.... the guy that did all the work on tj hunts fd has his own now and is vlogging everything. It's going about how'd you expect.
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Exploring the Underbelly of the FD RX-7

Old 02-06-19, 03:49 PM
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I lost track of the video series – you can find it all here: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReviewsByMatt/videos

The latest on the Icon Garage FD – Diff Mount Bushings and Diff Install:


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Old 02-07-19, 07:45 AM
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He's been doing a good job fixing up B is for Build's old FD. It looks like the FD has many issues that were never addressed by BIFB. He's taking his time and doing things right.
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Has he improved?
I started watching the first few episodes but it was just boring so i stopped.
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Originally Posted by quichedem
That poor FD was mangled.
I've been ready for the rivnut over-fender craze to end since it started. At its essence, its a "cheap" way to cover poking-out wheels based on the old racing days. On modern cars, I think it looks terrible and the B build is the thesis of this statement. Ill-fitting, knock-off, poorly-installed junk, done under a self-imposed tight timeline produced one of the worst FD builds I have ever seen. The stock RB kit is terrible enough. That FD really was in descent shape, too. He had gone through all the trouble of heavily cleaning the interior, and would have had a great car if he spent that much time on the exterior. Then there were those sponsor-supplied crap wheels that required all that spacing to fit under said crap body kit. That dude lost what little credibility he started his FD build with me, almost immediately. I watched a few episodes like watching a train wreck. So much fail.
I watched 2 or 3 videos of the series and realized he was just hacking away at it, so I found the summary video and watched that. Glad I didn't dedicate any more time to it. At least it wasn't a LHD FD (I really have no interest in RHD cars).

I eventually watched most of his 240 build only because I wanted to see how hard he would fail. I give him props for jumping into a project like that, but he is just too eager to pull out the tools and start working rather than take the time to plan things out. I would not under any circumstances drive or ride passenger in any of his current creations over 30 mph. I think he could learn a lot by slowing down a little. On the other extreme is Project Binky, where the guys simply take too long and actually over engineer some stuff.
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You wanted to watch how hard he'd fail? That's messed up. Lol.
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