We unfortunately have taken a lot of time off from the build, lack of motivation I guess combined with the 115 degree weather. But, I did finally get the taillights painted. Jesse has plans to make special LED lights, but that will be a future job.

Followed the instructions from this website
http://www.jsott.com/rx-7/lights/index.html

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build072.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build077.jpg

I don't want to say how many hours it took me to line the damn circles up. They better look amazing on the car after all this work.

Here is some of Jesse's handy work with Carbon/Kevlar. We purchased the coil relocating kit from AZ Rotary Rockets and Jesse reworked the top part that shows in the engine bay. I think it looks incredible, should really look sharp in the blacked out engine bay.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build081.jpg

The plan was originally to have the FD done for 7Stock this year. But, it is going to be 8Stock for us instead. We will be representing the Pettit Supercharged 8's this year.

Some pics of how the FD is sitting now.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...ff/Dogs015.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...ff/Dogs014.jpg

Did RHDJapan redo the leather on your steering wheel?

Nice !

I look forward to seeing this one done. It is going to be sweet. I also recently saw a supercharged 8 at Road Atlanta. That is a nice set-up as well. Have fun at "8stock"

Dave

The only parts from RHDJapan in that picture are the shift knob and the brake lever. The steering wheel is a new Nardi Deep Corn.

Jesse has put a lot of time into redoing all the wire harnesses. He went through the main one, I guess the engine one and with 4 pages of schematics went through every single wire and ripped out ones we did not need, replaced bad wires, redid connections if needed and then wrapped them all up with new nylon braided sheath to make them look pretty.:)

He also relocated the battery to the rear passenger bin. I can't believe how tiny that battery is. I'll be getting him good jumper cables for Christmas because I bet he is going to have to use them a lot with that battery.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build084.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build083.jpg

A while back we had some different engine parts powder coated. The place did a great job. If anyone in the Phoenix area is looking for a good powder coater, I would recommend Glendale Powder Coat. Great company, fast and quality work.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build085.jpg

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build086.jpg

Well, that is all for now. Thank you everyone for your kind words.

Wow, great build so far. I'm eager to see it finished!

Some pics of how the FD is sitting now.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...ff/Dogs015.jpg

Looking good guys. Wow, super high quality build. Love the attention to detail. Had to laugh at the camping lantern in the rear hatch area. Hard to see sometimes in those areas, plus 2-4 am is about the only time to work when you're not burning up in the garage. ;)

good stuff

Nothing too special, but since the trunk has been torn apart, I decided to clean up and paint the vinyls. I used the Duplicolor Bumper Coating and it is almost an identical match to the original color, just cleaner and better. In the pic, the left side has been painted and the right side is yet to be done.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build089.jpg

Jesse is getting a little obsessive about this car, down to the washers matching the engine bay color theme, black and red.

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build091.jpg
http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...x7build092.jpg

We dropped off the bins and all the stuff behind the seats to the upholstery shop to see about getting them wrapped in leather with red stitching. Hopefully it won't be too expensive (laugh). Will post up pics if we get them done.

Build is coming along nicely, looking good.

Great work, i hope i'm able to build my FC to the same standards :)

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Well, got the estimate for wrapping the back bin pieces in leather and even thought we both really wanted it, it is not happening. They want over $4000 to wrap the four pieces, the bins, divider and the two side speaker panels. Wow! I would rather put that money into some R-Magic headlights.

The newest thing Jesse is adding to the FD to-do list is repainting the engine bay. I agree that it needs to be done, but he wants to paint it black. He fell head over heals for that winning yellow FD at 7Stock and his engine bay was painted black. While I think it looked great for his car, his paint was not an original color, while we are keeping ours the original CW.

What do you guys think, repaint it white or go all out and black it out?

Here is a pic of the engine bay Jesse is getting the idea from

http://i660.photobucket.com/albums/u...238ed0e3_o.jpg

+1 to keeping it white.

Im with Duffman on this one... although the black on yellow looks superb, I would eep his white....

awesome build though, i might be stealing some of your ideas in the future...

J.