Since I have a thread on my 10ae, I thought my first rx7 could have one also. Last summer I traded my gxl for a gixxer 600. About a week ago the kid who traded me offered me to buy back my 7. So now, I once again own her. The gxl was the first rx7 I had. I bought it when I was in 9th grade, now im a senior in high school. The car was in 9/10 condition when I bought it from a car dealer. Its hard to explain the feelings you have for a car...lol. Me and her have been through alot, and she deserves to get a make over. The first pictures are kinda what it looked like after I bought it. Im in the process of swapping the full interior from maroon to grey. The gxl also doesnt have a engine in it. Thanks to a donor gxl from PA, she will. I will redo the interior, suspension, engine+tranny installation, along with tons of other upgrades and repaint the body once its all done. I will keep you guys posted with plenty of pics.

What she looked like the first week







About a year or so later











What it looks like now

 

The engine+tranny that will be cleaned and installed

 

Ouch.

Never sell an RX-7 to them again.

 

Yea, she looks bad. Its my fault that it looks like that, Im not worried though. When im done with it everybody will appriciate it even more.

 

That color with the S5 tails and the black trim looks awesome, even though i don't really like that color.

 

whats with all the different colors?

 

he probably replaced dented parts with straight parts, kinda like what i did :P

good luck! i'm on the same road as you are.

 

Uhh, I think the previous owner used it as aparts car, thats why its like that.

 

Why did you tear out the interior?

 

yeah I would've kept that interior, it looked clean as hell

 

I'm looking for a red dash for one of my cars, yours appears to be in great shape. Any interest in selling it?

 

The interior isnt all that great, Im replacing it with grey interior and black seats.

 

pmed you

 

hey! I need some maroon interior pieces! Like...

driver and passenger side access panel's (by the sides of the stereo)
the passenger side seat pull lever
idiot light trim (warning light cover)
passenger side visor
rear speaker covers

I'll PM you about it also if you've got any of those in good shape :-)

 

Well its not a na car anymore. I did a full t2 swap, runs great. Im getting ready to paint then swap interior to black. Ill try to get more pics later.

 

sweet as

 

The car looks great, could you get us some engine bay shots?

Are you running the stock Turbo ECU?

Do you still have any interior pieces available? I would like to buy the demister vents (drivers and passengers) and the plastic trim piece from around the clock.

 

I just did the exact same swap into the same car except I had a whole clip and made it RHD. It drives awsome. good luck with your project.

 

I've got that :-)

nice car though,
keep us updated

*and who else noticed the piston?*

 

Heres the recent car, fresh paint, engine and lots more, also black interior......nothing is bolted down yet

 

 

 

love the new steering wheel

 

my old bumper! nice to see the car went well.

 

lovin this transformation