good point. i don't think the sun has anything to do w/ the wear on this car. the paint still looks good. looks like the main flaws are the driverseat, shift boot, and all the little dings (which i also have from ******** that parks next to me)

the seat wear just the driver getting in and out of the car A LOT (or heavy in weight =P)
shift boot, jaming into the first and second gear A LOT

the car is a 1993, aside from those 3 flaws, the car looks great! i've seen far far worse condition FDs out there.

like i mentioned earlier just get new shift boot, racing seats, and save up for bodykit + fenders or the fender dings patched up and u have a head turner.

word of advice tho, get some autocross or track experience before u race some chump on the streets. although rx7 handles well, a noob can easily push the limits too far and spin out

 

um if i took a picture up close you would see the paint is faded.




look at the roof and hood.. maybe you can see the paint wear there. the rear deck hood and back bumper are all faded. look at the interior pic and look a the roof.

yeah i wish he took better care of it.

 

i do have autox experiance and i know how to control the rear end of my car and if it spins i know how to stop it on water and everything i took a racing school.. the spring mountain corvette school to be exact.

 

mileage is not always an indicator of wear. There are many low mileage cars out there (not looking solely at FD's) that are pretty beat up and still have super low miles. This FD is 11+ years old, a lot of stuff can happen to a car in 11 years without it even being driven. ESPECIALLY if it has never been garaged. Either way its kind of pointless to argue with him about the car , its not like he's trying to sell it or something, what does he have to lie about? seriously guys, lay off a little .

 

and all to the thanks of blue magic my car isnt as bad in paint fade as it used to be. ill take some pictures of the fading later cause i was kind of trying to not show my fading paint. im thinking about just getting dents filled and getting the car painted.

 

Most quality modern paints can deal with the UV. Interiors don't. And I believe a car that has sat outside for a dozen summers, especially in desert heat, could look like that, even if low mileage.
But on the dent issue....I'll qualify this because I can't see the the car up close, but drilling the sheet metal and pulling those out would be my last resort. The sheet metal is already been stretched once.

 

Pm me with your address and I'll send you my old shift boot for free. It's not ripped and is in decent shape.

 

hey ill take u up on that..i need a new shift boot badddd

 

I hope he takes better care of the Ferraris

 

I would find a new paintless dent guy asap. You should be able to get each fender fixed for $100 bucks or so. At this point I would worry more about getting it running right. Doesnt matter how good it looks if it is a lawn ornament.

 

All I can say is that what you have at the moment is a great place to start but if dad is well of and generous I would say take it to a rotary shop, a known one and let them sort everything out.

Aka you get your car to Gotham Racing and tell them I want this plane it back to LV and wait. If you don't know anything about rotaries I tell you it is gonna take awhile to play catchup. Also you need a place to work on an FD and you don't exactly do engine swaps in the front yard. So you need either #1 garage and skills or money and phone numbers.

 

ok there's some sun damage on the roof . Still I would expect your paint to be in much worse condition than what it is.