Man, its not like I'm jealous or something; but could you share your source? I would love to get my hands on one of those :scared: :icon_tup:

Ramy @ FDNewbie Imports. He may be able to find you a second hand hood. It may take a while to find, since Pan Speed has discontinued making it.

COOL!

Quick question, does it have a latch, or do you need hood pins?

It DOES have a latch. I will be using hood pins along with the latch.

Looks pretty sweet. It'll be nice when you have the entire car together. When does your car go to the bodyshop?

Congrats.

you will have one very sweet ride.

I love the combo hood and widebody kit. I tried to photochop the two together..... it was horrible but gave me an idea of your final result... should be awesome.

keep up the great work you inspire us all. Especially those still looking for a car to start with.

Thanks! I stopped by the body shop on Thursday. They are working on clearing space in the shop for my car. The owner told me that he would be calling me in about a week.

Thanks!

Dave has the same hood, you can see pics of the combo as the body kit develops.
https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=480742

...real quick, does your vert leak by the window and the rubber flapp?

VERY NICE!!! so hows the project going along???what wheels are you going to be using??

You mean the top corners where it meets with the front corners of the targa top? Right where that little reservoir flap is? It didn't until I went through a touch free car wash where one of the guys with the high pressure hoses sprayed over the top from the rear and water just gushed in there and soaked my left knee. Ever since then if I drive in the rain there is a little dripping there. I got new seals for that area. So when the body work is done it should be sealed up nicely.

Thanks! Its funny you should ask... Since my wheels showed up TODAY!

These wheels are SICK! Deep Dish Chicago Style! HAHA! I got more Lip on my front wheels than most wide bodied cars have in the rear! And well the rear Lip.... the pictures speak for themselves....




http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/8462/work5hd7.jpg

Front wheel & tire:
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/104/work6ix8.jpg

Front Lip:
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/435/work1ng0.jpg

Rear Lip:
http://img162.imageshack.us/img162/1002/work2cz8.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8433/work3gf9.jpg

http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/7397/work7ce5.jpg


I'm still waiting on the body shop to call me to give me the green light to bring the car in. Should be very soon.

I think they need to be just a bit wider!! :icon_tup:

Can't wait to see the finished product.

Talk about WIDE BODY! Sheesh!! Looks good bro! I agree!

Can't wait to see it finished!

What are the specs on those wheels?

great build. how did you sorce the tamon and border parts?

18x11.5 -14 (134mm lip)
18x12.5 -14 (172mm lip)


What Border parts? The Tamon parts I gt through FDNewbie Imports.

Damn those wheels are hot!

WOW!
you need to stop!!
your making mine look like a pile pf garbage!!!


MAD props to you sir!!

yo where the fuck can i get a wide body kit i seen it on a guys s5 vert with a 20 b conversion and i fell in love with that shit.. i want my shit to be orange

Oh And Props This Shit Is Coming Out Beautiful And Rofl @ The 20 Dollars On The Rim You Cocky Show Off Lol :-d

WOW, this is gonna be one sick car, can't wait to see it finished!

those wheels look sick most cost so big $

I want that hood!!! :(

man, I gotta get my hands on a hood like that... Even the border hood is smooth.

It's been a while since I saw your progress. Looks great. I need some tires like that!

You got lucky with that fuel line dude!!!

like wagga wagga wagga those wheels are perfection.

dude.

insane stuff, most beautiful choice.
more pics!!!!! :)

this car is soooo noice. cant wait to see the finished product.

how heavy are they??

Thanks Guys!


https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.php?t=480742

Shit, thats what I had in my wallet.. if I had a $100 or $50 I'd have used those instead!

:rlaugh:

Get in line!

I know! Scary isn't it? I STILL haven't gotten a fire extinguisher yet! Before my car is running again I must force myself to do that!

YES SIR!!!


http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9451/dsc00159tc5.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/1641/dsc00161pn6.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7994/dsc00162rm1.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9246/dsc00163hy6.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/8823/dsc00164hm5.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4889/dsc00165zi5.jpg

http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/9204/dsc00160eb2.jpg

Ask and you shall recieve!

:drool:

I did a search, and couldn't find the info; so here it goes...

What exhaust are you using?

Currently an A-Spec 3 inch downpipe off the 500r to an RB REV TII presilencer, ypipe and mufflers. I'm trying to convince Sean to build me a 4 inch to dual 3 inch exhaust, we'll see how that goes.

OMG those wheels are sex..

On a scale from 1 to 10, I hate you at about the 17th..ish level.

jesus those things are huge

BINGO!!!

The reason why I was asking, I am in the market for the same 4 inch to dual 3 inch exhaust. I was about to call RB, and see if they would do a custom one, but if we can convince Sean :icon_tup:

no way!?

https://www.rhdjapan.com/jdm/Pan-Spe...C3S-RX-7-50295

damn bro how many pms do i have to send you
PLEASE RETURN MY WHEELS I ONLY LET YOU USE THEM FOR THE CAR SHOW

very nice mang

Not sure, haven't weighed them yet. If I can this weekend I'll see if I can bust out the bathroom scale and find out. Weight will be with tires though since they are already mounted.

I forgot to ask him about that last time I was over there. Next time I'm there I'll try to see what I can do. I know he doesn't really want to be making exhausts all day long though. What turbo\manifold\downpipe do you currently have?

Wow, that won't last long. If your serious about wanting that hood you should jump on it. Because I know for a fact that the 2 I picked up from Panspeed were the last ones they will ever make. To my knowledge there are only 3 known to be in the US.

LoL you wish! Is your car done yet bro? Last I saw you had only a couple things left, I could be wrong though.





I was supposed to stop by the body shop in the last few days to speak with the owner and finally seal a date to drop the car off. Unfortunately, before that could happen I came down with a nasty sinus infection\fever. Hopefully I will be able to get over there on Monday. The owner has assured me that once the car is in their shop they will not let it sit around idle and they will be hitting it full force.

i got a black vert also, i love it! gotta post some pics when your done!

... i think this has turned into a parts thread...

...when is the estimated day/month/year is this project gonna be finished maaaaan?

what offset are those rimz ?

nvm my bad i saw it on last page
18x11.5 -14 (134mm lip)
18x12.5 -14 (172mm lip)


poor wheel bearing :bigthumb:

His wheel bearings should be fine considering he's also running alot of tire under the wheel bearing. You should only be concerned if the contact patch of your tires are far offset from the wheel bearing.

annnnnnnnnnnd the FC was designed with an especially beefy wheel bearing in comparison to most cars its size.

Oh I will!

The body shop finally gave me the green light to bring the car in. I missed my golden window of opportunity a couple months ago due to some unforeseen delays with some of my body parts.

I have a set of Cryo treated bearings waiting to be put in. :D

Bingo. But I got the cryo'd bearings just in case. :D

The car should be in the body shop by the end of next week.

My engine should be ready to drop into the car as soon as its out of the body shop. I'm also making an EMS change. I decided to try something different. :D

Yup, hope it all goes well. What a commitment!

Update!!
 

Well, on Monday my FC was delivered to the body shop and I spoke to the owner about a few things then wrote him a fat check. They are beginning to gut the car. Now I gotta haul all my body parts to the shop. I'm going to try to have everything in their hands by Saturday or the begining of next week. Pics and videos soon to come.

Badass.

And I thought you were nuts when you bought the EDFC years ago!!

I should've known better :lol:

Lovin' the car Joozy :) Can't wait to see what your paint guy works out for you :bigthumb:

EDFC is coming out.... The new Black EDFC model is going in. :D Back when I bought my EDFC literally like 1 month later Tein came out with their new version that has smaller motors for the dampers and a black control unit. I looked into getting the black control unit itself but found out that the new black unit will not work with the old motors and the old silver one will not work with the new motors. :( Somehow I always seem to get screwed like that.

I can't wait to see what he comes out with either. Never before have I been so excited to see my car in pieces. Usually its a depressing site, but not this time! HAHAHA!

how much do you want for the old edfc unit/motors?