New Rx7 owner

[JasonC]

Hi Guys

Had my rex for just over a month, what can i say it\'s awesome!





Gave her a full respray a few weeks ago, was well worth it. I replaced the cracked number plate since the pictures were taken!
A couple of things are needing sorted - interior could do with a tidy up and the odometer/trip display has stopped working (i think this is quite common?) but good thing is it has had engine rebuild which puts my mind at ease - slightly!
Mods wise its running:

• HKS silent hi-power exhaust (can\'t believe this is meant to be silent, sounds like a batmobile. Great.)
• HKS air intake.
• HKS intercooler hard pipes.
• Apexi neo controller.
• It has a bloody heavy exedy clutch.
• Cusco (i think) coilovers.

Got a set of c-west skirts to put on, will be done the next month depending on funds. I reckon i\'ll need brakes quite soon as well, not sure what to go for yet though.
Cheers.

[Nik da Greek]

Welcome to MRC :Thumbs-up. Nice looking car, glad to hear you\'re feeling the love for it! (best colour too!) I guess it still has the cat or that "Silent" Hi-Power would sound like a whole fleet of Batmobiles lol :rollin

[SleepyDude]

Welcome man, lovely Rex! Great colour as well!

[Jono FD3]

nice looking bit of kit!! like the shape on the vents.

Jono

[JasonC]

Cheers, guys! Yeah i like the red, looks brand new the pics dont really do it justice to be honest. It was faded to hell in bits when i got it and the front bumper was chipped a fair bit, chuffed to bits with it now!

It had a fibreglass bonnet on it before, when it was getting prepped in the body shop it was discovered it was pretty knackered, bubbled due to the heat i guess. Ended up picking up a used oem bonnet and got the vents cut in it when it was in getting sprayed.

It\'s not got a cat on it, sounds great! Although it must drive my neighbours mental when i let it tick over in the mornings!!

[SleepyDude]

Vents do look very nice! How much you pay for your respray if you don\'t mind me asking?

[clive]

Welcome to MRC:Thumbs-up

[JasonC]

Vents do look very nice! How much you pay for your respray if you don\'t mind me asking?

I got it done for £1800, which i got a bit of discount on as it was my a mates bodyshop :cool That included cutting the bonnet as well. Some guys i\'ve spoke to reckon i could have got it done cheaper but to be honest i didnt want to end up with a dodgy respray for the sake of saving a few quid. Well worth it IMO!

[SleepyDude]

I think £1800 is quite good. My car is covered in small stone chips now and could do with a new paint job in the not to distant future.

[REVIT93RX7]

Yeah, it looks really nice.  Also think it\'s the best color.  The price seems very reasonable for a respray.  I had mine completely disassembled engine compartment done as well.  Cost about $6000.00 US.  No orange peel looks terrific.  This also included having the emblems airbrushed on.

[SiH]

There\'s no such thing as a good, cheap respray. £1800 is a good price for a good job

[fil_auto]

Lovely - love a red rex - welcome in bud #;o)

[trevtubby]

Is that a FEED front bumper you have there too?

Looks nice mate, any engine bay and interior pics?

[JasonC]

Yeah i reckon its a FEED front bumper (type 1 i think?), although i can\'t be 100% sure. The front lip of the bumper of it was chipped to hell when i got it, cause its quite low - that all got filled when it got sprayed though. I\'ll get some more pics up later!

[JasonC]

Some more images here:

This is the bumper before the respray



Some interior pics, i need to get the drivers seat repaired. They are not real leather, i really like em though - should look great when sorted.



There\'s a turbo boost gauge in above the glove compartment - it would be  a lot more useful to have this on the drivers side though! The passenger door handle is broken, i\'ve heard this is quite common.




Last but not least...



I put the hks radiator cap on a few days ago, as the old one was spraying out coolant when it i had it on a rolling road to get the apexi unit mapped, so the engine bay could look a bit cleaner.