post pics after you have the hood painted. i think it will look a lot better.

 

kevin lets hope you can beat a honda! haha joke

i dont like how the car looks
paint the hood
mask off and paint the lip black
get rid of the clear lights
lower it
dont like the rims
the mirrors have to go thats nasty
dont like the sides either...what do you step on that to get in like a suv?

ive never seen so many knockoffs on one car either...i thought i was reading another car forum on accident with your mod list ive never heard of any of those companies

oh well hope you are enjoying it

im not trying to be an arrogant ***** but I like to do things right. If I dont have the money for a 3k paint job then I wont paint the car yet. If I dont have money for the good quality front end that I really want I wont just get another one for now Ill wait. I dont make a million dollars either im in college but I do everything right on my car. Its been down since december for the new motor. Im changing out to a different turbo probably too and Ive replaced every single part under the hood. every gasket and o ring. Its called doing it right because this car deserves it. If I want to do an OK job ill go get an OK car like a 1990 honda not one of the nicest sports cars ever made

the windshield thing happened to me in the mustang going 10mph just slightly accelerated. teh safety latch failed on my hood I guess.

 

Surge I don't want to sound like an ***. but Quite frankly your post was outright RUDE..

Your view on what he did its your view. You can state that you don't like what he did but the problem was Is you stating he did an OK job and thats not good enough for you.. Hell I don't like some stuff also but Im not going to Patranize him and tell him how it be done from your view..

Get a life.. Everyone is diffrent and Everyone likes diffrent styles.

Ohh and knockoffs.. Hrumm you can go ahead and spend 10grand extra on BS that the cheaper model could be Better quality for less.. Its not like he has all that crap on a HondaCivic with nothing else done to the car..

So keep your arrogant ***** comments to your self.
Your Constructive critisizum was not constructive it was degrading. Its ok that you like nothing on his car but the comments after you stated you liked nothing should have been kept to your self.

Once again I reiterate.. Your Commants were unjust uncalled for and RUDE. GROW UP & LEARN what you like and don't like reflects on YOUR CAR not on others. Leave thier car to them and you car to your selff and no one else. DO not try and persuade people what is good and what is not.

ALso.. Im sorry for the hijack of this thread. But this Yahoo needed to be Set straight..


I like your car.
I do how ever agree I think the car would look alot better with the Hood Painted Silver to match the car.

The clear markers.. Not sure id Like those on my car I don't think it asentuates the car right..

Everything else Looks GREAT.

Good luck with the car.

 

Well, what I meant when I said "nice" was.. well.. what it means.. nice. I didnt say "shitty and cheap" did I? If its nice it'll last, this is what I was trying to express.

Man no offense but (some, not all) you FD owners have alot of money, and it really gets to your heads. What does it really matter how much a product cost? I mean the old saying goes "you get what you pay for" sure, but.. hell.... IF you can get something NICE thats under your "minimum price quota", which seems to be say 3 grand for you FD guys, then whats the harm in getting it?

Hell Im going to start buying the "cheap" stuff, putting a sticker or decal on it, and reselling them on the FD forum for 4times the price. I'm sure most of you won't even know the difference, but it'll sure make you feel better at night getting all that change out your wallet, I know it must be real heavy.

Another thing, who rrreeeaaalllyyyy gives a **** about what the paint originally came from? Its not the color code that makes the paint quality.. its the paint quality itself. You guys seriously get a hard on about downing other people and things that arn't the "Wonderful FD the Best Car in the Whole Wide World Super Spectacular!!", dont you? God damn if I had the cash (you know the green stuff that makes people better than other people) for say a Lambo or a Porsche Id be a member of the FD forums just to make show off and be a big ***** like most of you are.

I don't mean this to anyone in particular or a personal attack against anyone, Its just what i get from this side of the forum.

Charles

 

Ray I agree; I own two Fds[one is wrecked] at which I a seriosly love my cars.. I have certain views of how the car should be.. HowEver I don't tell people to thier face I think they are Insane/stupid for what they did to thier car.. I just think it and go on my way..

 

Exactly, the way a man does his car is his way, and the way he's proud of doing. So what if the parts are less expensive the the top of the line, that may not be important. He (not nessisarily saying Kevin here) might just want it to look nice and spend his mother elsewhere, where it might go farther for his needs.

If i know kevin he's done messing with the looks of the car, its nice enough, he'll spend his time in the engine bay making the car do what a car was made to do, perform.

Charles
"overly expensive eyecandy is a waste"

 

Yo,

Kevin, congrats on the FD! It looks sweet!

I saw it in your .sig and I'm like, "What's with the FD?"

Now I know!

Now my question is: how does it compare to the FC's you've had?

Does it really handle that much better?

Go like stink?

Is the interior really that craptacular? *grin*

Good luck trying to figure out what's under that hood, FD's are like a rat's nest inside a yarn ball! Heh.

Bummer about your hood, I like the raw CF look. Kick your friend in the *** for me once.

Congrats again!

Kevin
1989 GTUs "See? That wasn't so hard."

 

Thanks man.

<Points to ******** FD owners who posted earlier in thread> "See, that is how it is SUPPOSED to be in the rx-7 brotherhood".

Haha, I figured that'd fire some of you guys up. I've had it a while, just now brought it out in public. It wasn't really pretty before, just stock and common.

Overall, it is nicer. Not as rough around the edges. To be expected from a newer model car. Doesnt blow them away, though.

My convertible BEFORE the halfbridge and haltech (it had a hi-comp turbo engine, streetport, TMIC, stock injectors, stock turbo, and remapped ecu) would SPANK this car. Course, the FD is stock. I hate to think how much faster the 'vert will be now with the new engine and FMIC, t04E, etc.

Not really. I have had years of wheel time in a 2gen, and less than 100 hours in the FD's I've worked on (and owned). Perhaps I know the exact limitations of the FC very well, and havent yet found them in the FD, but the FD doesnt feel as fast in the turns as the FC. It doesnt understeer like an FC can, though. A bit more low end power on tap from the sequentials, I guess. IT's hard to make a mildly modded FC break the tires loose in a 20mph turn without going to first.

The FD interior kicks the FC interior's ***. IT is SO nice to sit down in the car and have a modern looking interior, versus something out of am 89 probe like the FC. IT is still made cheap and **** still breaks, but it overal looks so much better. IT feels that much better to sit in it, too.

It's no nonturbo, that's for sure. I figured it out a few times already, during customers installs as well as my own. I do some FD work from time to time, I just dont take in high end FD work from the type of guys that think their car is better than everybody else's ****. One guy actually came to talk to me about a rebuild/install, but refused to bring his car and secure his place in line for work (I had about 6 others already there). He told me that "his car didn't LOOK like those others (mostly FC's) and he wouldn't be bringing it until I could assure him it'd be kept inside the whole time." I told him it wasn't possible and he hasn't been back. IT's not worthwhile to deal with people like that.

I could leave it as it is, the damage isnt visible from more than 3 ft away. I got the new windshield in ($200 installed, woot for hookups!) and hoodpins as well. My "friend" hasnt been back around since. I don't expect to hear from him for a long time, since I called him and told him "If I could find you right now, I'd whoop your ***".

 

Looks good to me - ignore the ****** who talk ****.

 

Yo,

Kevin, thanks for the input. I really love the way the FD looks, but am fearful of the complexity and cost of it.

Now that you own an FD, I'll have to be more careful with my usual blanket statement: "FD owners are arrogant dicks!"

Heh. Actually, I've met some cool ones. Donovan and Red Line 53 come to mind. I'll add you to the list. *grin*

I totally cracked up when you tore into that guy. Yep, even though he's got an FD, he's still Kevin Landers.

Right on bruddah!

Kevin
1989 GTUs "Not complex, or costly."

 

wait til you see the post in a few minutes, man.

 

IF my old 89 GTU nonturbo with light mods used to handle the task, I don't believe this car will have any issues.

And this means what to me?




Do you have any idea what you are talking about? Let's take a looksee...

This is basically a 99 spec front end, remade by FEED (a very high end, respected company) with a lip molded on the bottom. Seen here, labeled as a feed front end.

http://www.rx7trix.com/store/custome...cat=162&page=1

Have you never heard of FEED? My front is not (to my knowledge) this actual feed front, but it is identical. Furthermore, the body man said it fit perfectly with no modification required. Not like 90% of the **** on the market that has to be custom fitted to the car. So it's not like I bought some piece of ****, here. This looks like, and fits like, a high end japanese market part. I don't see the problem with this. I'm sure you will show me the error of my ways here shortly.

JDM FEED COST = $1000+ and expensive shipping
FEED REPLICA COST = $625 plus shipping
My cost = ~$250 shipped


Self explanatory. For those who would ask, they are NOT authentic mazda 99 spec lights. They are the ones sold on ebay for half the price. As discussed in an earlier thread in this forum (I did not participate) the ONLY differences between the two are 1) the mazda lights require a harness adaptor (more $$$ wasted), and 2) the mazda lights say "stanley" on the inside corner whereas the aftermarkets do not.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ory=33717&rd=1

JDM MAZDA COST = ~$380 plus $65 for harness adaptors plus shipping
my cost (ebay) = $240 shipped.


So you haven't ever heard of rotary f*cking extreme, huh? www.rotaryextreme.com. Check him out, he makes and sells TONS of parts for FDs and FC's. Real carbon fiber, no knockoff here.

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/typef.html

rotaryextreme price = $650

Again, no bullshit, genuine CF from RE.

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/rediffuser.html

rotaryextreme price = $800

They make turbo manifolds, headers, exhaust systems, and catbacks. They make quality **** for DIRT cheap. This one looks JUST like an n1 single.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEBWN%3AIT

n1 single with silencer (no gasket) = $~450 plus shipping
SSautochrome with silencer and gasket = $105 plus shipping. brand new.

Something that can be changed anytime I want. Seems most people don't agree with them, but some people like them alot too. Not exactly a permanent feature of the car anyway. I still think they look better than the shitty stockers.

For those who wonder (I didnt elaborate, but it was assumed they were knockoffs) yes, this is the vinyl conversion. Not like anybody more than 2 feet away could tell.

JDM 99spec light conversion = ~$450 plus high shipping
my cost = $5 in vinyl and about 2 hours time.

KNightsport. You've never heard of them either I suppose? Their hood is damn near unobtainable from japan. IF you could get it, it'd cost a shitload. RE's replica of this hood in CF is very nice, but you can get this exact same thing for about half the price. It may have minor fitment issues, but not $500 worth, I can tell you that.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...gory=6755&rd=1

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/hood.html

JDM knightsport hood cost with shipping = ~$2000 +
rotaryextreme KS replica hood with shipping = ~$1300+
VIA KS replica hood with shipping = $625

I dont know what you guys think they are a knockoff of...

ADR doesnt even make these wheels, as I stated above. They're actually made by another company (presumably higher quality) and an adr center cap installed. I have yet to find anything bad about them. They look awesome, fit well, etc.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...477372204&rd=1

Cost of higher end 3pc wheels/tires/shiping = $3000-6000
cost of adr's with tires, lugs, warranty and shipping $1945

KNightsport again, perhaps you've heard of them by now. Sold my rotaryextreme. These aren't KS replicas, they're actually the KS mirrors.

http://www.rotaryextreme.com/clear.html

KS mirrors retail (plus shipping from japan) = $450
RE price = $275


Now, out of all that, explain to me again exactly which companies you have NOT heard of? And show me any difference between the original parts and the replicas which I purchased, please? I'll be awaiting your detailed response.

Who here does not like saving money? Only those with more money than sense. Perhaps there are more of you than one would have originally thought.

I don't see that I made any real compromises. I do see that I saved several THOUSAND dollars for nearly identical parts over what some of you would have paid just because you wanted to be able to tell your buddies on the forum that you're the man, you bought a genuine JDM whatever part. Screw that bullshit. IF it fits, looks good, and is nearly the same as the original, I see no issue with a replica part.

Furthermore, if any of it were to work out badly, it's not like a widebody kit...I set this up so I could unbolt any part I didnt like, and bolt back on originals. I still have my stock nose, hood, mirrors, lights, and wheels if I needed them.

So let's see here. Purchase price of car, needing engine, $6800 plus transportation costs ($100). Rebuild and reinstall engine myself, $500 in parts (3mm seal upgrade). Body, paint, wheels, parts, $7500. Can any of you show me, on paper, that you could replicate my car (or come near it) for $15G? Some of you fools are trying to sell stock-appearing cars with a single turbo for $20G. I will have about that in mine once it is single converted, but my body/paint/rims/engine are also included in that cost. Who here can say the same? Who here can show me a nicer, more complete car for the money I have invested?

<says in loud voice>...Next?

 

Kevin.....i just want to say you have a very nice/clean FD! I also just purchased those adr wheels in the same sizes and offsets and i love them. I get compliments everyday as i am sure you do. I also admire your attitude for not letting rude ****** discourage you and or your opinions. With the thousands you saved in doing your own work and shopping for the best deals you will have BOTH the "beauty and the beast" (as someone else stated) for the same cost that some people spent on wheels and original ("not replica") body parts. Good luck with the next half of your venture because the outside looks great!

--Nick

 

If you don't want opinions, don't post pictures.

I'll keep my comments to myself after seeing how this one turned out.

 

Opinions are fine, but outright putdowns are out of place, IMO. I would probably have gotten a better response on supraforums or the damn mustang boards than I did here, and we are all rx-7 guys.

IF you don't like something, it's okay to say so, in a certain way. For instance..."the car looks nice, the rims aren't my style though". Or "I would have went with the stock reverse lights tinted to match the tail lights, that looks nice, here is a pic". Or even "I personally don't like replica parts and won't put any on my car, but that doesnt look any different than the real thing".

ANY of that is more than acceptable. Does no one see the difference? I'm not being overly sensitive, god knows I can be judgemental myself sometimes. But I don't come right out and tell someone their hard work and money looks like ****, regardless of what I think.

 

I usually don't like body kits, but those side skirts look pretty cool. My jacking rails are all "jacked-up". I just don't want pay $650 for them...

BTW, your car looks good. Be carefull when you lower your car. Those offsets might not be enough. Watch out for catching the front fenders on your tires. Might need to roll 'em.

 

I actually doubt I will lower the car. I do get rubbing during HARD cornering, I found out today. I think the car's stance is fine as it is.

 

Funny, someone that doesn't like PUT DOWNS on other people's rides has one in there avatar, "bitch slap RX7 V8"? You don't like them becuase YOU think it isn't the right thing to do.

Sounds EXACTLY like what your preaching against, ironic isn't it?

 

Well he didnt say "your V8 mustang looks ugly as hell with its knockoff black lenses" to anyone in perticular. Its a lighthearted avatar picture. Get real.

 

All southern people are hicks, not just the ones in GA.

You get real.

 

i saw this car in person yesterday, and I thought it looked very good. The paint was better than factory, and everything looked good together. Ive been a member of the FD community for 4 yrs now, and I think some people are ********. I like FDs, but they are old cars, and I dont see many of them in good shape anymore. Id say most of the people who were knocking kevin, drive the shitty ones. yall are a bunch of haters.

 

well i think the car looks great imo, there was no reason for this thread to get out of hand like it did, This stuff looks really bad on us as a community.

cf on silver looks good to me... its when people do cf on red or blue that it looks like you forgot to paint a part.

 

personally. . . i wont have carbonfiber. . . simply cause i like painted body parts. id feel like an *** for buying expensive carbonfiber and then painting over it. . . id much rather buy fiberglass and paint it. . . that way i dont feel like im wasting my money. hahaha. . . i dont know. . . i hate to cover up a lot of things. . . carbon fiber (when used right) looks good and not painting over it isnt necessarily a bad thing.

paul

 

Thats about the most immature and off topic post I think I've ever seen.

 

Ur car looks great man and I know, some forum members instead of helping just cut u down and make u feel bad. Trust me i been there done that. It is sad some of us get more love in supra and mustang forums.