Hello Everyone,

My car's a 1995 with 85,000 kms. It had a few issues when I first bought it, but most have been addressed (with the help of this forum, google, and YouTube). In parentheses are the links I've used, mostly so I can refer to them in the future if needed.
- The oil pan had a leak, which was resealed with Drive Joy FIPG and a Banzai brace (http://www.fd3s.net/oil_pan_removal.html). To lift it, I just used an engine brace on the front lift point, and a jack under the transmission. It took me a while to figure out that the swaybar links have to be disconnected to reattach the LCA to the subframe.
- One of the Rear Brakes was scraping the rotor, so I ended up rebuilding and replacing all 4 with the later-model one (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoQlAW4DPnA, https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/how-rebuild-rear-brake-calipers-3rd-gen-fd-1099583/). As far as swapping to the larger brakes, the only modification I had to do was trim the dust cover edges to clear the larger rotor.
There were a couple of other, minor things I can't think of at the moment. As far as plans, my goal is to return it to OEM or 99 spec, with the exception of a Greddy SMIC and Apexi PFC.



Body when Purchased


Engine Bay when Purchased

 

I forgot to attach current pictures before I submitted my first post for review.



Color when Cloudy




Color when Sunny




Got more stock pieces for the engine bay. I have a Greddy SMIC with pipes and RE-A AST that I plan on getting powdercoated before I install it. When the sun is setting it gets a slight purple hue I'm not too fond of.

 

Wow looks really good!