i love the color and the 99 spec parts. are those the stock sideskirts too?

 

Hey hows it going. I saw your pics on your car. Amazing machine. I was just wondering what do you have under the hood single or seq? I would like to do a project like this in the near future I was just wondering if you could outline the basics of what you did in order.

 

One of the best looking FD's I have ever seen. Nothing better than simple and clean.

 

that is so bad ***, i love it! how much are those rims? i love those. they have them on rx7store, but only in bronze and white. nice work man

 

i saw this car in person when i bumbed into don at a local gas station....the car is very sweet.

 

where did you get that rx-7 front license plate?

 

answers to some of you guys questions;
-carpet is brand new from Mazda
-front license plate I made from aluminum brake metal, and by enlarging the rear RX7 emblem on a photo copier and then tracing it and painting.
-I think the rims are around $550 a piece, the color on the wheel is a stock color for Volk but you might have to ask the dealer to call Mackin for availability.
-side-skirts are Apexi
-motor is stock right now, but I will be going single (TO4s) in the near future.
-I dyed all the panels in the car black, not the seats. The seats I will have re-covered in black and gray leather this winter.

Thanks for all the great comments guys, I hope to someday make a magazine cover or at least an article in one, when the car is finished.

 

HOLY ****! thats ******* BEAUTIFUL!..exuse my language.....but man great job

 

Looks good. I wish you would post up more pics of the "restoration" of the car.

I wonder why did you not paint the engine bay when you painted the rest of the car? That doesn't make sense.

 

Donny,

I was wondering about the plastic dye that you used. In some post forum members stated that in high wear areas the dye can wear thru and the underlying tan show....

which dye are you using?

And how much is that credit card hurting ya

 

Looks GREAT. You didn't paint the engine bay, or am I misunderstood??

 

good god.... beautiful..............now i have to steal your color choice and put it on my car is that close to the spirt r titanium gray?.....let's see some interior shots.

 

It does make sense that I did not do the engine bay yet. I simply did not want the extra down time this summer so I could drive the car. We get snow here in the winter so it makes for a perfect time to do the engine bay.
I will post more pics, but I need someone to resize them first or I cant post them..

 

Doing all the paint work myself I only had material cost. I suppose $1500.
The dye adhered very well to the vinyl panels (door panels and headliner). I tried to scrape some off with a screw driver and couldnt get any tan to show. On the plastic panels, the dye adhered pretty good, but if something rubs it hard enough it will scrape through. I did buy some new plastic trim panels in black, mainly in the areas where you would rub them most, like the kick panels and rear cargo bin. That stuff is spendy. If the dye does eventually rub through on the doors I will buy new panels, but I really think this is going to last along time, and believe it or not, you cannot tell "AT ALL" the panels were dyed, they look and feel just like factory..
The dye is from PPG.

 

very nice looking car

 

Send them to me and I will host them!
Check your PM's.
Nice car BTW. Did you paint it yourself?
-edit nm, just took 3 seconds to read and saw that you did do it yourself.-
Want to help me do mine?
Any tips, or a good write up would be nice too!

 

You must have some body shop experience. Got any tips for us do it your self painters? I have always wanted to do something like that. How did you go about allowing the paint to dry. Did you find a way to bake it on?

 

really nice looking FD... looks like you've done a lot of work.

Max

 

I will get more pics to glass man soon.
I did paint cars for about 5 years, so I have the experience and equipment.
I will do a little write up in a day or two.
Thanks
P.S. For those that dont know; I rented a spray booth for half a day at a small body shop here in my town. I think the guy charged $300.00. I painted all the jambs and frame rails. etc.. in my garage. I needed more heat control and some kind of exhaust system to do the outside panels for a more perfect finish.

 

I actually think that the tan seats look absolutly killer with that paint job. I would leave it as is...stunning.

 

I actually dont mind the tan seats either. However the drivers seat is need of some new leather so I think I will just have them re-done in black and gray.

 

verryyy nice god dam perfect..whoo kid very nice its done nothing else

 

whoa, ill pay u 20$ to pick me up from school!!

EDIT: how much was the project?

 

First of all, glassman DEFINETLY needs host those pics right away. That is about the nicest color/paint job on an FD I have seen yet. I can't wait till you get the whole project done and have the engine match the looks. I took the reverse route. Mine is a "sleeper" now. I just wish I had the expertise and money to do what you did with the paint job.

The TO4S is the way to go. It has awesome spool with incredible power.

Garrett

 

Hey Donnie I can host your photos if you need