So the bodyshop I went to said it'd be two weeks to install a '99 bumper/wing and repaint the car. I thought that'd be great, I figured it would've taken like a month. Try a month and a half, with a few things messed up along the way. Thankfully they're taking care of all of it (it's in the shop still as we speak), so I should have it out by at least Thanksgiving. She still needs a few things like the front lip and brake ducts, but that'll come soon once I figure out what all I need from Jason at the RX7store. In any case, here are a few pics from the bodyshop and afterwards with my friend's 3rd gen Supra. I can't nail down a good shot of what the paint looks like, it seems to change colors under even slightly different lighting conditions.

 

Looks good, i like the blue!

 

damn it looks ugly without the lip.... the color is great though.

 

I agree... needs the lip.

I like the old blue though.

 

Or suspension...



Looks like the body shop did a nice job. Congrats.

 

I agree, it needs the lip and a drop. The old blue looked pretty bad up close. Way too much flake in it and it reminded me of a bass boat. This blue changes color a lot. From certain angles and light, it glows, but under different conditions it's pretty deep. I wasn't happy with it at first, but it's started to grow on me. It also kind of seems like it's gotten darker, but I'm sure that's just me adjusting to it.

 

omg that looks hawt and the color is nice, bet it looks sick in the dark (i think the other guy is right, the lip would make it even hawter)

 

you should look at the mazda speed lip in the g/b section looks 10X better than the regular 99 lip... other than that it looks great!

 

i like it...but i like the liquid silver r6 in background even more

 

We don't speak of the R6. It had to be sold to fund mods for the RX-7. I loved the bike, but deep down I'm a sports car guy. Such is life.

 

For the life of me I couldn't find the thread you're talking about. Can you link me?

 

https://www.rx7club.com/group-buy-center-69/mazdaspeed-carbon-fiber-lip-group-buy-550724/

 

Car looks great BTW.

 

Needs the lip and a drop.

And the previous color looked better.

 

Looks nice. Without a lip the front reminds me of a C5 vette a little

 

Nice color choice, is that Innocent Blue Mica?

 

looks great! I would like to see more pics if you can. Looks like the shop did great job. good luck with your car.

 

Long Beach Blue Pearl IIRC, it's a Honda color. I'll get some more pictures once I get it out'a the shop and get the lip on it. I'm also trying to figure out what to do about my antenna, as I don't like the lightning rod look.

 

thats the one, thanx for posting it, man that lip is sooo gorgeus!

 

Oh, I remember seeing that one. I think I'm just going to end up getting the '99 lip wrapped in CF instead.

 

if you dont like your antenna, you can cut the power wire that makes it go up in the back of your deck and get one of those hidden antennas from ebay or somewhere. i cut the wire to mine, but didnt bother getting a hidden one bc i can barely hear my radio anyway so it would have been pointless.

 

I like the color too. I think it was a good choice on your part to keep it in the end. More pics please!

BTW: 99 spec bumpers look really really bad w/out lower lips. I know because I sold my 99 lip before I sold the bumper and it looked horrible.

 

Did you have the bay and jams done?

 

The jams on the doors and sunroof yes, the bay no because they wanted an arm and a leg. I'll be blacking it out myself unless I can find a cheap blue that comes close.

 

I wouldn't suggest "trying" to find paint that matches unless it's EXACTLY similar. It will look very cheap b/c most people will be able to tell the paint doesn't match. If you're not going to use the same paint then I'd suggest sticking with painting the engine bay black. Black and Blue should look awesome!