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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 11:46 PM
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Old Mar 9, 2006 | 11:48 PM
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 12:14 AM
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What is everything you are having installed?
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 01:33 AM
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looks good so far! where did you get those rear re-amemiya qtrs?
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:23 AM
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wassup tommy,

I saw your car today at apex, great progress. They did a great job making clearance under the rear fender, definitely not a slap on job .

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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:29 AM
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cant wait to see it done...
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 10:34 AM
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oops- i had a brainfart. for some reason i thought they were the RE-Amemiya rear qtrs, but looking at it again- they're the feed ones. I'm pretty sure those came from chuck, which answers my original question.
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 10:49 AM
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That the work from Apex Auto Body? Maybe I'll drop by and check it out in person. Bee told me about that shop, it would be great to see the kind of work they do, let us know when it's finished! Looks great.
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 12:00 PM
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looks real good !!!!
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 04:24 PM
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Originally Posted by KaoticFdR1
What is everything you are having installed?

I am going to have Feed quarter fender, RE-amemiya AD sideskirt, N1 Hood, Carbon fiber GT wing, N1 front bumper, N1 front bumper undersweep, and carbon fiber rear diffuser, oh and a full paint job.
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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you should get the feed front fenders to complete the widebody look. also you can spray expanding foam under the quarter fenders to stiffening them up.

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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 06:23 PM
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Yeah, there is a Group buy on the front FEED fenders over in Chucks/RotaryExtreme section, ending 3/31. He said he'll even match the GB prices for the rear fenders too, for those that do not have them already. I really like these fenders the best, too bad the GB came a crappy time for me. We'll see though, might get rid of some other toys to get these.

https://www.rx7club.com/rotaryextreme-165/feed-style-front-fenders-gb-514609/
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 06:26 PM
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Originally Posted by fd3s800
I am going to have Feed quarter fender, RE-amemiya AD sideskirt, N1 Hood, Carbon fiber GT wing, N1 front bumper, N1 front bumper undersweep, and carbon fiber rear diffuser, oh and a full paint job.
What are you using to mold the fenders in, BTW? Lupe/Eric mentioned something about duraglass (?) something or other for his mold job.

BTW, did you ever measure how much actual width the rear fenders add? TIA!

Daniel
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 06:51 PM
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What are you using to mold the fenders in, BTW? Lupe/Eric mentioned something about duraglass (?) something or other for his mold job.

BTW, did you ever measure how much actual width the rear fenders add? TIA!

Daniel
Marine Tex was used
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 08:27 PM
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^^^ sweeet fd....
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Old Mar 10, 2006 | 08:46 PM
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Marine Tex was used
Ah, apparently my mind is failing me. Thanks Eric.
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Old Mar 12, 2006 | 01:15 PM
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Looking good!!
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Old Mar 13, 2006 | 11:20 PM
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 04:35 PM
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Update

Update

What do you guys think?
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 04:45 PM
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That is sick. The whole time I am readin I'm thinking "this will look sweet when he repaints it red' ...

Then you come back with the white. That look is very, very hot. Well done.
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 05:27 PM
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WOW-best looking FD I have seen in a while.
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by fd3s800
Update

What do you guys think?
If you have AIM PM me your s/n please.

I might go to Paul and talk to him about my widebody. That's at Apex right?
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 06:24 PM
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That's the cleanest widebody I've ever seen. Hell of a job.
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 08:56 PM
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Wow, very clean widebody! The white looks amazing! Please post more pics when you get the front on.
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Old Mar 23, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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sweet... Welcome to white Wide FD group! Good choice...
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