KibagamiR2

Wow man every time I see a car from new england area or up north I feel sorry for you guys that must deal with salted roads. Cars from the south (all their lil car lives) don't normally have that kind of corrosion on bolts etc. Good work bringing another FD back from the brink, bro.



=)

GarageBoy

If you're in NYC, how are ya passing emissions>?

Jay7

Yep corrosion is pretty serious out here if your car is sitting outside at all for a long period of time. Now that shes near me i'll be working on her alot to clean her up. I dont care if it takes me another 3years to finish my car, its another 3years spent well doing everything right. Emissions, I know a few spots who just get me thru... What a difference in forums I posted the same exact post on the rx7club forum and it seems like I have alot of skepticism and negatives replying to my post. Kinda makes me laugh and feel as if some guy in a bar is looking at the female i'm with and wishing they were with her.. Makes me feel real good about what I own and enjoy working on.

4RotorRocket

Good luck man I hope all goes well.



I need to come across a fd like that for a project car.

IWINULUZ

yeah i finally got a look at this beauty .. you know its gunna be fun fix in her up. the project will be just as fun then it is driving the beast when it is done. i also need to look into getting a project rx7 like that one cause im so damn bored!!!! its like things that i want for my car are 1000's dollars MORE where if you wanted to fix sumthin on your project you could go buy sum bondo or sumthin and get it done! well man good luck with your project post more as you complete more



-jason

Jay7

Thanx for the feedback. http://rx7r2.cjb.net/ I resized the pictures nice and easy to view now. Remember AOL users use "IE" to view my website AOL's web browser blocks cjb.net websites from being viewed..

Jay7

Info for anyone that is following my project. Well today I found out what exactly is up with my front end. The first body shop who I had delt with last year basically hacked up my FD. The same body shop also gave me the run around for just about a year about missing parts, slow responces from mazda and all types of crap. So today the news comes in.After talking to Abe from Mid Valley Collision out in Long Island over the phone he basically told me what was wrong. So I took the trip out to Long Island and met up with my boy 'RX794' and went into the shop together since he's is the one who told me about this bodyshop. Abe told us the chassis is off by 1inch by where the front subframe rear bolt attaches to the chassis. So with that said now the work begins. Abe will be pulling and repairing the 'F*ck-ups' the first bodyshop did to my poor hacked up chasis. Adding on 1.4k to the cost for my FD project.



For anyone uneducated as I was in the bodyshop world of cars. Talk to as many people as you can about getting any type of body work done. I've been hammered with the slow down of the process of my project and also mislead into believeing the job was done right the first time. I dont mind paying money at all on my FD is just hurts to know that people will mislead you and just take your money even if someone they know referred you to them. Well its all a learning process for me since this is my first real deal project car. If I knew then what I know now it would have been a totally different story.



Basic signs would of told me not to even step fot inside the previous bodyshop I delt with.

Signs: Cramped space for work, dirty unswept unorganized shop, painting cars in a dusty environment and sloppy looking people working in the shop.



The shop I went to today reminded me of Orange County Choppers shop. Just for the simple fact that everything was in order, clean and onpoint. So this week my car will have all the correct adjustments made so hopefully everything will align perfect and cleaner.



Thanx Josi "RX794" for helping me out I really appreciate it..



P.S A few pictures will be added from todays trip to the bodyshop.

Jay7

I'm Updating my thread since my car is out of the 2nd bodyshop. I was able to find my 'before' pictures from 2001 when I first bought my FD. So anyone that has been following my project can see how shes coming along. I also purchaed a domain for my FD project which is www.NycRx7s.com .. Post any feedback, negative or positive which ever makes you happy....