I spent over a year body working and painting my RX7.
The following was posted on a small forum during the progress:










Slowly going panel by panel.
Mainly going this route for the time i have, and I can get every edge without having tape lines on ****. I won't be painting the engine bay, but everything else will be the new color, jams, edges, whatever else shows. Engine I can do after the next rebuild (lol).


Of course i got some sweet runs in it.





Had a PDR guy do his best, it wasnt. but its better than i can do:

 

Because of course of course there would be rust. A piece of sound deadening material was holding moisture. Cutting the bitch out, and applying 2k epoxy inside and out while waiting for some metal to weld in place.
used some rust converter to kill what was left and used a disc pad to strip what i could before paint.




The plan is to epoxy what I can, then after welding use 3M cavity wax. I want to stay away from any 1k product or bullshit. If anyone else has a better idea, let me know because i don't know ****!
I just want to paint, man.

I'm not a fabricator or welder. But I will cut metal until it shapes the shape i need.







Rough as hell, but I'll beat it in place.

 

Got the piece in. It didnt come out perfect. There are a lot of curves and bends, but it gets covered by a mud guard anyway.


Removed the body shutz, i will protect the rockers with clear guard tape stuff instead.


What is done so far


Mudding up some dings


Couldn't get the windshield out without breaking it, but to paint around and check for rust was worth it



Got the chassis sprayed:






The Devillbiss really layed it down nice


Have some runs/sag at the gas tank spout, gonna have to fix that once it hardens.

 

Got one door down:


on to the 2nd








Just dealing with the small **** at this point, have some exciting things coming and have to put on and I'll post final pics.



Stock mirrors were looking a bit dated. So I replaced them. Thought about painting these but I think they work well without:




Exterior mostly done.

 

Got a Carbon Miata wing, not exactly happy with it but it will do. Unfortunately when I painted it, I had to remove and reinstall the wing. When I took it out it was very sprung. When I put it back in it cracked at the joint lines.
So now I have to fix it, but would I use regular epoxy or a resin epoxy before I do a spot blend?



Opened up the crack so I can fill it



Just painful to deal with





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Nice! I'm gonna do mine in the garage one of these days

Is it base coat/clear coat? Also what color did you go with?

Dale

 

Thanks!

Base coat clear coat. Used the premium Transtar paint line with 3 coats of clear, 4 on the rear hatch because I had to bury some sanding scratches.

Color is Toyota Lunar Rock
It's funny parking next to a Tundra or a 4Runner with the same color.

 

I’m planning on doing the same and wondering why you aren’t gonna use any 1k products or why you didn’t clear coat it?

 

Good job, looks good.

 

He stated the paint is base coat/clear coat.

What do you mean by 1k products - traditional clear coat is 2k (adding a hardener) and is a superior finish/durability.

Dale

 

What does the engine bay look like?

 

Red. Lol. I'll paint it on the next engine pull.