rotarynut

awesome donny.

ROTORHP

Wow, nice setup. Clean is so nice....99 spec is the way to go imo....

donny

I bought it like this in March 03, stock touring

WaLieN

AWESOME job on the car!

JonesersRX7

Did you buy both the carpet and the panels from the dealer? The dealer still stocks carpet eh? Nice thing to know.

Jonesie -

actionhank

that looks absolutly wonderful. You did an excelent job.

mazdaspeed00

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:thumbsup:

moehler

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Kas

Awsome finsh ,color,and attenion to detail!

kikboxr1

I'd like to have a large picture of that car to use as my windows wallpaper. That is just plain awesome.

FstFD3SPOWER

wow.. very nice man.
what color is that paint???
Great work and mad props tot you man.

billyrohm

What side skirts are those?

LoveBone

APEXi.

SERIES7

WOW!!! Simply, WOW!

I am at awe of how much thought and attention to detail went into this project.

donny

I did buy the carpet from the dealer. It had to be ordered from Japan, they dont actually stock it.
The dash panels are also a dealer item.

RotorMotor

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wow donny, you did an exceptional job on the car....props...big time. hey where did you get the "RX7" front plate for the 99 spec? thanks! heath

ROTORHP

He made the plate( read back) .........and I agree with the others.... I like the tan leather.... leave it like that. It looks sort of exotic or something...

donny

Sometimes I like the tan leather too, and then other times I think it would like nice with a contrasting gray.
The drivers seat is need of some work on the side bolster, so I need to do something. Its the only crappy looking thing on the car now..except the engine bay, but I will be starting that project when I get back from SEMA.

JonesersRX7

Donny,

I re - read this and thought that when I begin looking for another RX7 I won't take color into consideration and do the exact same full repaint as yourself, but have someone else paint it, never painted a car before. Maybe I could do the prepping tho.

How hard was diassembly of everything and keeping track of what goes where? I was thinking zip loc bags labeled or something. What was your process?

Any thoughts or opinions on the whole thing would be great.

Jonesie -

RotorMotor

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yeah seriously, how hard would it be for someone that has never painted a car before to do it? its probably something that i souldnt tackle.... but in CA a paint job is like $5K for an ok one.

RotorMotor

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also, can you tell me the process you used to make the plate...lik what kind of paint, how you applied it....it looks SUPER!

also, how did you delete the lines on the speedo? if you look close at it can you tell? would you happen to have a close up of the plate & speedo? you do great work!

ps one more vote for tan seats

Roar 629

i feel jealous

Juancm5483

It makes me happy to see an RX-7 go through those stages. Thanks to people like you we can keep this car alive for many years to come, unlike some people who junk them. Great job! I think you inspire many people because I myself feel like painting my car now haha.

RotorMotor

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you know what would really look good in the interior... a darker tan/almost brown color for the seats. im trying to remember where i saw seats like that w/ a grey/silver car cause it looked good... the lexus convertable sports car maybe, or audi TT cant remember bu maybe you know what im talking about.

donny

I used spray paint from Home Depot for the black, and then cleared it.
To make the plate I first cut out a piece of aluminum sheet metal, maybe 10gauge or so. I then enlarged the rear RX7 emblem on a photo copier until I reached a good size for the plate. I then traced that copy onto some sticky vinyl and then centered that on the aluminum plate and took a razor blade and carefully traced around the "RX7" and then peeled everything else off. I then simply scuffed the rest of the aluminum plate and painted it black. Then just peel off the RX7 vinyl and you have your plate. I went ahead and clear coated over the top of the plate after I painted it so that it would last longer.
I used a black permanent marker to delete the lines, one of the fine point ones. You have to have a steady hand and only cover the white. I cannot tell on mine unless the sun is directly hitting the gauges, which I think has happened once, and even then the gauges still look factory. No one would ever know, if they didnt know what they looked like before.