Well the last month i have been getting myself ready for this and i just started last night. To make a long story real short about a month and a half ago a drunk driver did a hit and run on my car. I almost broke down in tears cause he F**ked it up pretty good. Smashed in my front drivers fender, crakced the wheel, trashed the front bumper and then did one hell of a number on my rear drivers quarter panel. I got some of the new parts already even though i shouldnt be needing them for another month or so. Im using this time to pull the motor out and rebuild it since its gettin close to 80,000 and i figure since my car is already down this would prolly be the best time. Im getting the entire car repainted a different color which means im gonna have to strip about a good 90% of the car so everything will be painted. Thats the other advantage of pullin the motor out now so i can get the engine bay to match the rest of the car. The only two things that i am having someone else do is paint the car of course and replace the drivers side quarter panel cuase i dont even want to make an attempt on that. I started last night with takin the front bumper and fenders off and a got a couple other small things done but this is gonna be a nice long process. I took my before pics last night and im gonna setup a website to host the pics so you guys can see the process of takin a wrecked FD into a beautiful car. Im just gonna keep using this thread to keep you guys updated and if i have any questions so just check back in every now and then, wish me luck!

 

Good luck! It's great that you are keeping yet another FD from being totalled and parted out.

 

Yeah Good luck man. Tell me if you need any help.


Matthew Walsh

 

Sorry to hear about what that bastard did to you, I hope he gets his. Good luck with your summer project, I'll be doing some similar stuff, though not to the same extent. Josh

 

http://community.webshots.com/script...umID=153049976


theres the link that im gonna be using to host all the pics of my progress. I only put up two for now, pictures of the damage of the quarter panel and the front fender.

 

i'll deffinetly be keeping an eye your your project good work! Here is my project url http://rx7r2.********/ AOL useres must use Internet explorer to view my domain since AOL blocks ******** redirect urls....

 

Um, the link to photos didn't work, something about not being the owner of the album and not being logged in.

 

http://community.webshots.com/album/153049976BhbKYR

sorry about that, this link should work fine.

 

That doesnt seem so bad man. With the way you were describing it you would think that the rear quarter panel was completely crushed. It seems like a good body shop could just pull that dent out and re-finish it. Are you sure that you need an entirely new rear quarter panel?

Matthew Walsh

 

yea but if i showed you the side view of it you can see at the bottom going all the way up that its all smashed in. that picture is kinda far away and you cant see it too well. and theres also a cut in the panel where it goes around the side around the taillight. trust me its a lot worse then you can see in that pic

 

Are you still planning on working on it this weekend?

 

yea, i was workin on it the last two nights. ive been workin on just getting all the interior out. i got a lot of it out already, the only things left is the dash, headliner, the carpet and a couple small things. the front bumper that i ordered is also finally coming today, cant wait to see it. yea if your still up you can bring your car by sometime this weekend. i dont think it would take too long to do a downpipe, and then we could try to kill the rest of my interior

 

yea, i was workin on it the last two nights. ive been workin on just getting all the interior out. i got a lot of it out already, the only things left is the dash, headliner, the carpet and a couple small things. the front bumper that i ordered is also finally coming today, cant wait to see it. yea if your still up you can bring your car by sometime this weekend. i dont think it would take too long to do a downpipe, and then we could try to kill the rest of my interior

 

yea, i was workin on it the last two nights. ive been workin on just getting all the interior out. i got a lot of it out already, the only things left is the dash, headliner, the carpet and a couple small things. the front bumper that i ordered is also finally coming today, cant wait to see it. yea if your still up you can bring your car by sometime this weekend. i dont think it would take too long to do a downpipe, and then we could try to kill the rest of my interior

 

yea, i was workin on it the last two nights. ive been workin on just getting all the interior out. i got a lot of it out already, the only things left is the dash, headliner, the carpet and a couple small things. the front bumper that i ordered is also finally coming today, cant wait to see it. yea if your still up you can bring your car by sometime this weekend. i dont think it would take too long to do a downpipe, and then we could try to kill the rest of my interior

 

yea, i was workin on it the last two nights. ive been workin on just getting all the interior out. i got a lot of it out already, the only things left is the dash, headliner, the carpet and a couple small things. the front bumper that i ordered is also finally coming today, cant wait to see it. yea if your still up you can bring your car by sometime this weekend. i dont think it would take too long to do a downpipe, and then we could try to kill the rest of my interior

 

my bad didnt mean to to that, something wasnt working right and i didnt know it was posting it.

 

No problem, you should check with "turbojeff" as he seems to be the resident expert with Rx-7 body repair. As far as this weekend is concerned, just give me a call. I need to go to emissions on saturday so sunday would probably be the best day for working on our cars. If you get a chance you could PM me with your telephone # and I'll give you a call on saturday.

Matthew Walsh

 

http://community.webshots.com/album/153049976BhbKYR, the latest progress pics. just about ready for the body shop, to get the new quarter panel put on and paint. i just need to get some cash together first

 

Well MAKE SURE you have fun with the project I know it will be awesome with patience. GOOD LUCK!

 

is there a way to delete a double post, cuz i just tried with this one and it wouldnt let me so i just typed this question

 

Where are you getting it painted? ANy idea on price?

I am looking for a repaint myself. Maybe we could get a group discount

 

goodluck good to know peepz that love their cars...

 

hope it goes well for you

 

yes i already have a place in mind. the name is Mr. Spoiler and its in VA, about a hour from baltimore. i was refered there by someone on the fourm. the guy that works there know the FD very well, and from what i have heard and seen on FDnewbie's car, the work is nothin less then perfect. its gonna cost me a nice bit but i dont want anything less then perfect. if you want the info on the shop send me a pm and ill get you the number and website address