By far the best build thread I've personally seen. The wing looks SICK along with all the other custom fab!! Hopefully i can see the car in person one day after DGRR we can meet somewheres and cruise maybe. Daily reader of this thread for sure!

 

looks good and like the fact that it's not the norm

 

The wing shape looks good.

 

Thanks Rob, makes me feel like im not posting 3 times a day for no reason lol

Thanks, cookie cutter cars are frowned upon here! lol jk just no one makes parts that fit my bad taste hahah aka i like to ruin mine

Thanks, thats what i was aiming for, i dont like how most spoilers are straight in the back... a few TA cars i love have this style and i think it just looks so much more aggressive!

 

You consider something like these spoiler risers to support the rear of the box?

https://www.rx7club.com/group-buy-pr...lling-1025900/

 

Ahah nah man definitely worth it..BTW my names Dj but I go by drobs cause my last name "Robinson" ahah

 

Nope, I'm making my own spoiler. spoiler brackets will hold the rear of the cargo box. Trying to make as much of everything as I can. I dont wanna buy parts...

haha whoops

 

Not much of an update today.. didnt do much car wise, had a lot of work cutting fabric and making door panels, as well started on making the trophies for dgrr...

but the little work i got done.....

New sticker sheet for 2013.. changing up the hot pink to a more metallic pink color..



this was possibly the worse idea ever. took FOREVER to remove the old stickers..


oh, and they came off in dust particles. fml



took the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter of the lakers game to get ONE rim done..



no idea im going to do the other 3.. plus the goo still needs to be cleaned off...

on a side note, some full carbon door panels =)


Mark of authenticity!

 

How are you printing those stickers? I'd like to do the same.

 

Lol i made them... re-design them then cut them on my vinyl cutter, common man i make everything!

 

That wing looks pretty good, can't wait to see it on the car.

 

^^ Thanks! its MASSIVE in person and looks ridiculous, but on the car, its not too shabby!

mid day ish update......... i was installing the fenders today and the damn rivnut tool broke, so instead of being an intellegent person and driving 20 minutes exchanging it, i ended up spending 2 hours modifying it to work........... lets just say i ended up having to go to the store to buy a new one........ fml.

THIS is suppose to be ready in 2 weeks. my gawd.

 

are you going to re-wrap it? plasti dip?

 

Plastidipppppppppppppppppppppp

 

Rocking. lol

 

No updates?! Just had the tunerz evilutionz fresh meet today at the waterfront in jersey soo sick!! There were actually 6 FD's up there and they were all super clean.

 

Nah just been sanding for the past few days. fenders are 95% done. last touch up sanding and then primer/wet sand......... too much going on. ill probably be MIA til DGRR

 

Ohhhh ok gotcha

 

i lied. this ones for you drobs

roof rack is done. I decided to ditch the yakima roof rack and just made my own...... i think it worked out better. allows the box to sit closer to the roof and the rack is less visible...

made the spoiler mounting points... 3/16 steel, welded to trunk frame, notched trunk hatch, yada yada yada. more carbon should be here on sat to make solid CF brackets...






theres more, i jsut cant remember......

oh as if i dont have enough things to do i redid my VMIC setup... i dont think it will be as efficient as my previous set up BUT the radiator hose isnt sitting on the ground either... Previously if you stood back far enough you could see the radiator hose lower then the bumper... made me uneasy.. so i flipped and reversed the rad like the HKS set up...


trying to get stuff done so i havent been taking pics

 

Finally ahah looks good man. Cant wait to see the finished product!

 

Theme song:

Baking ****


This is what DGRR does to you...... no time to even get a damn hair cut. makes a nice filter though.. always fun to see what washes out of it at the end of the day........

Oh, and probably the ONLY nice piece of interior in my car..... salvaged the trans tunnel. epoxied the notorious crack from leaning on it. also added "apoxie sculpt" to the back to reinforce it some more.... also used the apoxie sculpt to make new tabs since the original ones broke off........... even though i wont need them since i wont be running the stock dash..... doh.

 

whoops. love it when i forget to attach the attachment.....





Any guesses for what this is?

 

progress looks good, cant wait for the final product.

 

^^ Thanks 4 days left!!!!

o0o0o0 weeeeeeee, Bubble Tech Passenger Footrest prototype.... Need to test fit in another FD, if it checks out I can finally start making them after they've been sitting on the back burner for 6+ Months ahahah

 

I LIKE!!! I would like to get one when ready