How exactly did you paint these? The link has disappeared and i would like to know how to do it too.

Thanks!

 

they have special transparent yellow fog light paint... they sell it at some local craft stores. there's a lot of this stuff on ebay.

 

oh, so its just kind of like a point and shoot setup?

 

So what's the status? Been a couple months now

 

no doubt

 

Huh, read all that and no climax...

 

This car will be so clean when its finished up!

Maybe he's going turbo

 

Sorry folks. Project is on hold because I recently got divorced.. really puts the kaibash on things.. So... soon as the weather starts warming up, I'll be beginning this project again... My poor car.

So, yeah... ignore this thread until you see something else. Stay subscribed and you'll get an email.... until then..

 

Sorry to hear that.... But it was kinda like 30 minutes of foreplay and then the kids walk in the room....

 

^^lol

probably not a good analogy considering the circumstance

 

Aw man that sucks. It wasn't because of the time spent on the car was it? Well best wishes dealing with everything related to the divorce. Hope to see ya happily working on the rex again soon!

 

Don't worry about it folks.... I'm not sensitive about it. It doesn't suck.. its not a terrible thing. Honestly, its one of the best things thats happened in my life in the past decade... (how sad is that).

Nope, not because of the car... Lets just say she needs a big red A stamped on her forehead. And maybe a big boot jammed sideways in her ***.

I'm in good spirits... and as it turns out.. the ladies love me... haha. So, the weather at the moment is the only thing gating my work on the 7.

And NO i'm not going turbo. And to all of you people who say that you can have a turbo as reliable as a NA.... I say nay. an extra point of failure is an extra point of failure. statistically, less reliable. A well tuned turbo will still statistically be less reliable than a well tuned NA. I don't drive rotaries and 7's because of the power... I drive it because of the unique engine, the smooth power, the handling and the overall beauty of the car. I'm not a racer.. don't pretend to be.

Okay. done venting. haha.



:beginflamewar:

 

Oh, well ok then. In that case best wishes in fair weather coming along. I know down here it's been super cold and quite wet. A change that happened rather suddenly it seems. I swear it was just a month ago it was nice and warm and sunny

 

the last 2 pages make me flaccid

 

It's worth waiting for.

Still think you should have done the chassis first though.

 

hope you finish this beast .... it's like having a baby waiting for nine months ....this **** is killing me just want to see how it turned out but keep it up

 

I personally would have prepped and painted the inner chassis and all the nooks that get missed, underhood, door jambs, ect.. THEN installed the doors and fenders. Masked the chassis, and then painted/blended the doors and fenders.

But that's just me. Looks great. And you are right, orange peel IS unavoidable, the paint just does that, all it will take is a good wet sand (colorsand) and buff.. Especially with the amount of clear you put on.

 

Man i have almost given up on this

 

Fresh 7 bro.

 

She must have taken it

 

lol.. To bring his thread back: No she didn't take it, he's just been working on stuff other than his 7 for the last while. [The house for example]

 

....So, his exwife didn't take it, but....
I did. [back around the second week of May.. Because he didn't want to take it to Hawaii with him :P]

I've finally started making progress on it [Yea, should've started right when I got it, but I got laid off two weeks later ~_~]

Picts attached!

I need some help though.. I'm still lacking his disassembly pictures so I'm looking for some pictures of an S5 interior with no plastic trim or carpets on it. I need pretty much everything.. where various bolts/nuts go, where random little metal plates go, etc.. [I do have a friend an hour away that has a car we can strip down but I thought I'd ask first ^_^" ]

Also... My plans are slightly off from Micah's: I'm planning on a full T2 conversion. I've already got: an engine/manifolds/flywheel/TMIC, hood, Diff/halfshafts, T2 swaybars, RB downpipe, RB REVTII catback, Koyo rad., [I think] a fuel pump, and a Knight Sports ECU.

My only worry so far with the T2 plan is that I don't know if it will be safe to use a Knight Sports ECU with stock ports/stock IC/stock injectors. Any comments on this?

Thanks! Wish me luck!

 

Just outta curiosity, what do you mean by your signature?
"R is for Rotary! There's a reason Mazda didn't make an MX-7"

 

lol.. off topic but.. That's my little slight against piston swaps, but I'd rather not rant right now so let's leave it at that ^_^

 

Oh, no I just meant, what do you mean by MX-7? WHat would the "M" stand for?