Well, all you guys were right all along. (SMH)

DriFD3S · 03-28-2013, 01:18 AM

So, this is a picture of my rear bumper, I parked my car for winter in a garage.
I started it infrequently to let it run to operating temperature, without revving
unaware completely that there was this wooden filing cabinet a little too close to my car.
I have now effectively ruined the bumper, light, and wind diffuser.

I am an idiot.
Please feel free to make fun of me and tell me what an idiot I am...
You guys always told me so. You were right.

Please be careful with your RX-7's my friends,
Otherwise shit like this will happen.

chibikougan · 03-28-2013, 01:43 PM

I have burned my bumper too. That one looks much better then mine did afterwards.

I will show my shame...

This is after some touch up paint there is a hole straight through the bumper

Fendamonky · 03-28-2013, 02:01 PM

Well that fucking sucks.

Like Cheebz said, you're not the only one who's had it happen.. I looked but I wasn't able to find any pictures of my bumper from when it got cooked in England. My tune was so rich that I'd regularly spit prolonged flames on shifts and decels. I cooked the paint clean off my bumper just above the exhaust.

Ideally you could just fix that light housing, then get a carbon fiber exhaust guard. Here's a pic where you can kinda see the one that I bought to put on my car after burning it's bumper.

*edit* But you're still an idiot... lol

Pete_89T2 · 03-28-2013, 02:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriFD3S;237607So, this is a picture of my rear bumper, I parked my car for winter in a garage.
I started it infrequently to let it run to operating temperature, [U

without revving[/U]
unaware completely that there was this wooden filing cabinet a little too close to my car.
I have now effectively ruined the bumper, light, and wind diffuser.

I am an idiot.
Please feel free to make fun of me and tell me what an idiot I am...
You guys always told me so. You were right.

Please be careful with your RX-7's my friends,
Otherwise shit like this will happen.

Running the car indoors is the idiot factor, not roasting the bumper. You could of killed everyone in that house.

RETed · 03-28-2013, 03:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Running the car indoors is the idiot factor, not roasting the bumper. You could of killed everyone in that house.

Too bad it didn't work.

-Ted

Fendamonky · 03-28-2013, 03:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pete_89T2

Running the car indoors is the idiot factor, not roasting the bumper. You could of killed everyone in that house.

To be fair (and I'm not defending the OP by any means) I will run my car in my garage as well. But... every time I do I have the garage door at least half way open, and prefer to have a second door to the outside open as well or air circulation.

Pete_89T2 · 03-28-2013, 03:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fendamonky

To be fair (and I'm not defending the OP by any means) I will run my car in my garage as well. But... every time I do I have the garage door at least half way open, and prefer to have a second door to the outside open as well or air circulation.

Roger that, and I bet you don't do it with the exhaust end of the car facing an interior wall either. I do the same, but the exhaust faces an open garage door and blows outside. This knucklehead had his exhaust pipe blowing into a wood cabinet, which appears to be positioned against an interior wall.

DriFD3S · 03-28-2013, 06:43 PM

I'm glad that I can still drive and stuff,
and that this is only cosmetic...

If I was going to re-paint my car,
it would NOT be Silver again.

The three colors I have been thinking about painting my FD are:
BMW Java Green (4/6 apex seals)
Mazda 2 Green (5/6 apex seals)
or (my favorite)
Chevrolet Synergy green (6/6 apex seals)

Does anyone have any other wicked cool green paint ideas?
or how about any other awesome colors?

Fendamonky · 03-28-2013, 07:33 PM

Did you really just say "(4/6 apex seals)"????

GySgtFrank · 03-28-2013, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DriFD3S

I'm glad that I can still drive and stuff,
and that this is only cosmetic...

If I was going to re-paint my car,
it would NOT be Silver again.

The three colors I have been thinking about painting my FD are:
BMW Java Green (4/6 apex seals)
Mazda 2 Green (5/6 apex seals)
or (my favorite)
Chevrolet Synergy green (6/6 apex seals)

Does anyone have any other wicked cool green paint ideas?
or how about any other awesome colors?

I like the 2002 Mustang Zinc Yellow. Normally I hate yellow (probably overload from when every idiot trying to get his car in a magazine used to paint his car yellow), but that shade just makes me hot for some reason.

DriFD3S · 03-29-2013, 01:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fendamonky

Did you really just say "(4/6 apex seals)"????

RedR1 · 03-29-2013, 10:55 AM

Snakeskin Green off the 2010/11 ACR

Sephitrask · 03-29-2013, 03:38 PM

OF course Chris comes in with a ACR color

Forget green, go for Rx8 white water pearl

And I am part of the burnt bumper crew as well. I had to cut off the lower half of mine to make it work, it was melted so badly. You can see what it looks like here. You will have to use google if you want to see what the 8 rear normally looks like

Rotary Evolution · 04-22-2013, 09:59 PM

who HASN'T burned a bumper is the better question.

Mitchocalypse · 04-22-2013, 11:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rotary Evolution

who HASN'T burned a bumper is the better question.

I've done a lot of stupid stuff. Haven't burnt my bumper.

03-28-2013, 01:18 AM	#1
DriFD3S Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada iTrader: (0) Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0	Well, all you guys were right all along. (SMH) So, this is a picture of my rear bumper, I parked my car for winter in a garage. I started it infrequently to let it run to operating temperature, without revving unaware completely that there was this wooden filing cabinet a little too close to my car. I have now effectively ruined the bumper, light, and wind diffuser. I am an idiot. Please feel free to make fun of me and tell me what an idiot I am... You guys always told me so. You were right. Please be careful with your RX-7's my friends, Otherwise shit like this will happen. __________________ *Live the DriFD3S or die trying.* JDM True Story. the Vacuum line, to my MAP became detached while I was legally drifting. my engine would not rev past 2500, and idled from 300-650 and was stalling. Fortunately, I acquired a Zip-Tie. I fixed a catastrophic engine failure, With a Zip-Tie. JDM FTW. Last edited by DriFD3S; 03-28-2013 at 02:58 AM.. Reason: Broken links for images, sorry!

03-28-2013, 06:43 PM	#8
DriFD3S Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB, Canada iTrader: (0) Posts: 174 Rep Power: 0	I'm glad that I can still drive and stuff, and that this is only cosmetic... If I was going to re-paint my car, it would NOT be Silver again. The three colors I have been thinking about painting my FD are: BMW Java Green (4/6 apex seals) Mazda 2 Green (5/6 apex seals) or (my favorite) Chevrolet Synergy green (6/6 apex seals) Does anyone have any other wicked cool green paint ideas? or how about any other awesome colors? __________________ *Live the DriFD3S or die trying.* JDM True Story. the Vacuum line, to my MAP became detached while I was legally drifting. my engine would not rev past 2500, and idled from 300-650 and was stalling. Fortunately, I acquired a Zip-Tie. I fixed a catastrophic engine failure, With a Zip-Tie. JDM FTW.

03-29-2013, 03:38 PM	#13
Sephitrask BOILED PEANUTS!!! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jacksonville, Fl iTrader: (0) Posts: 257 Rep Power: 15	OF course Chris comes in with a ACR color Forget green, go for Rx8 white water pearl And I am part of the burnt bumper crew as well. I had to cut off the lower half of mine to make it work, it was melted so badly. You can see what it looks like here. You will have to use google if you want to see what the 8 rear normally looks like __________________ www.rotarycarclub.com *"The way a Rotary engine makes power is ferocious, much like having a chainsaw under your right foot."*

04-22-2013, 09:59 PM	#14
Rotary Evolution rotaryevolution.net Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Las Vegas, NV iTrader: (0) Posts: 248 Rep Power: 14	who HASN'T burned a bumper is the better question. __________________ http://rotaryevolution.net

03-29-2013, 10:55 AM	#12
RedR1 Brokeback Power! Join Date: Feb 2008 iTrader: (0) Posts: 290 Rep Power: 17	Snakeskin Green off the 2010/11 ACR