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Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:14

I'm hoping to get some more pics soon. Painting is almost done on the car. He also sent all the small black parts to powder coat.

coloskydiver · Postby **coloskydiver** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:14

I might have missed it somewhere in the thread but what color are you painting it?

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Apr 03, 2012 9:14

I'm painting it the original light beige

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Thu Apr 19, 2012 9:14

I'm hoping to finally see some good progress on the car. All the small parts should be back from the powder coaters. I had all the semigloss black parts powder coated (door handles, window trim, etc.).

The painter moved to a new shop over the weekend (around the block). The owner of the building is a lot nicer so it is a better place to getting work done.

MtnHighRX-7 · Postby **MtnHighRX-7** » Sun May 20, 2012 9:14

Its great to see you're getting the 7 painted. Can't wait to see it when its done. I wondered if you ordered new rubber trim. I under stand that you can strip the adhesive off, paint them and use new tape to reinstall. Thats a bummer about the Mazda emblem. Mine is glued on and I was hoping to be able to replace it. I did get my GSL emblem ok but it was like $69.00.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:14

I did end up finding all new emblems. I'm keeping all the original rubber trim. Replacing with new would cost me around $800 just in trim.

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:".. would cost me around $800 just in trim.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:14

We made some progress on Thursday. The black front end has all the fasteners installed to make it a GSL-SE front end. We will be welding it this week (hopefully).

speedjunkie · Postby **speedjunkie** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:14

Good to hear. This is starting to sound like a lot of my projects dealing with local shops or people, i.e. seats, paintjob, etc LOL.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:14

Work is under way:

Installing all the fasteners on the black front was a lot harder than planned. There are 4 nuts that needed to be added to the '83 front so the airbox could be mounted. These nuts were welded from the inside of the framerails.

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:14

how were you able to take a pic of yourself?

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:14

tsx_guy wrote:how were you able to take a pic of yourself?

I didn't realize my bald spot was that big.

tsx_guy · Postby **tsx_guy** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:I didn't realize my bald spot was that big.

ha ha ha, was tut taking the pic?

kingtut · Postby **kingtut** » Wed Jun 20, 2012 9:14

tsx_guy wrote:ha ha ha, was tut taking the pic?

I was watching...from afar.

Wait, I see no paint...still.

Postby **RX-7 Chris** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 9:14

The front is finally welded on. I'll get some more pics posted soon.

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