turbogslse

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Not sure how this is panning out for you yet... But, by the looks of it (and that's a dangerous thing for sure!) you're out two fenders, header panel front bumper, valence, vents, bumper shocks and lights, light covers and maybe a few more things. When my car was stolen, and I recovered it, I ended up getting the insurance money because it was a total. Not a biggie for me, no plans to ever sell the car and I have all the paperwork to back up the salvage title if it was ever needed. I just put the $ back into the car, and had more fun with it. Hope you get it sorted out quickly. Totally sucks that happened.

notveryhappyjack

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Going to be keeping the car and repairing it. Settled with the insurance company today after plenty of going back and forth before we reached a acceptable value. What I learned is that in WA they do not total cars more then 8 years old anymore so I do not need to worry about a rebuild title. I'm going to need quite a few replacement parts but I look forward to the challenge.

here is a picture of my memorial day 450 mile roundtrip to eastern WA, before all this insurance mess I was in the process of changing the finish on the wheels. Only the rears are done yet. What do you think?

craaaazzy

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glad to see you'll be fixing the car!

ioTus

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Love the finish on the rears!!

notveryhappyjack

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found a pretty decent front bumper off a wrecking yard car, $40. It's white so i need to paint it.

I also put the MR2 Koni yellows on the front and lowered the car a little further the glandnut totally doesn't fit and one of the upper hat swivel barrings was destroyed so I will need to pull it back appart once I track those parts down.

Any one have ideas where I can find a glandnut to fit the Koni shocks, unfortunately they did not come with one in the box.

notveryhappyjack

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koni is going to send me a glandnut under warranty since it should have came with the shocks. Here is hoping the thread pitch is the same as the FB!!

also, I just purchased something I have wanted for years... can't wait to get my hands on it (literally)

notveryhappyjack

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Replaced the swivel hat barrings, strut housing glandnuts and spherical camber plate barrings. Steering is much smoother and I have eliminated the clunking shopping cart sound when hitting bumps in the road.

82transam

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So.... What did you purchase? Don't leave us hangin

Glad to see you are keeping/fixing the car. One of my favorites for sure.

notveryhappyjack

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something I have always wanted!

350mm Nardi Deep Corn Suede

ioTus

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Oooooh - that's nice

craaaazzy

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Loving the suede! How's the car coming along?

notveryhappyjack

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Perfection

notveryhappyjack

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car is coming along great. I drove it 400 miles to the Ocean and back, did some mandatory mischief at the Pacific ocean, now I need to spray the bottom of the car off since it's covered in sand

craaaazzy

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looks like fun.

notveryhappyjack

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RX7 is still running strong, no issues with the engine oil since I sorted out how to route the crankcase ventilation correctly.

I had a great summer driving it around with the sunroof removed and the nardi wheel and stuff. Didn't take many photos or anything since it's now got a white bumper and a crunched fender. I still love the car but lost a little interest in going fast in it, I guess I'm getting old. Now the weather is turning wet and cold so I bought a BMW with little knowledge of bimmers. Hah oops at least I can get away with parking like an *** and not using my turning signals.



3rd day owning it I took it apart because it was eating coolant, cylinder head is cracked in multiple places. ****, oh well I need to track down a replacement but in the mean time I can drive the FB so life is good.

craaaazzy

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^^^very nice. i've got a 2001 525i wagon 5speed as my daily and family hauler. wish it had a bit more pep but i guess that's why we have the rx7.

notveryhappyjack

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I enjoyed the 80 or so miles I drove it so far. Right at about 24mpg with how slow I drive it. Once the cylinder head is replaced it should be a decent daily, looking at about $1,200 or so to fix her up. I wanna refinish the wheels and get them looking nice again but that isn't a priority at the moment. From what I have seen the BMW is very straight forward, I haven't any issues so far wrenching on the thing.

twinkletoes

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Yikes . At least the car wasn't totaled. Looks like your not too far from getting it back together though.

notveryhappyjack

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technically my FB was a total loss. I was required to buy back the FB and file for a new title. In WA state though my car isn't worth enough ($8k) to change the title status so it is still clean title with a accident reported now.

Once I get the cylinder head installed on the BMW I can go back to working on the FB
Tie rods, handbrake cable and wiper motor are the next on the FB list. In the mean time I started to restore the style 5's from the bimmer.

here is a picture of the progress.

notveryhappyjack

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Got the bimmer fixed early December, been driving that which is lucky because day of my last final at school I went to start my 7 up and the add coolant light was on... Got out and popped the hood to find all the coolant leaked out the water pump housing. Doh! anyways I took it all apart and when I inspected the silicon gasket seal at the housing is was basically metal on metal in areas. Going to re seal her up in the next few weeks and do a oil change.

Rx7_fanofspeed

Oh my word!

Nice Car Aaron!

I have seen this thing on the forum for a while now.
Gonna be boosted soon myself .

We should meet up soon if you are still in the Seattle area.
I'm in West Seattle myself .

Cheers bro

~Tim

atheadwins

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Glad to see you were able to keep the RX running! Keep up the awesome work, I love your car and attitude!