How much on the road?

[Kodiak]

Wow. Looks like there\'s some really good deals to be had if you can put in the hours.

Lacey, what\'s wrong with the jacking points? Smashed/buckled/rusted...?

And sorry Lacey :s I will endeavour to aim my thumbs at the right buttons in future.

Kamatari, is that 350 for a runner?!


So top tip from you guys would be to find some non enthusiast idiot from eBay and buy broken?

[papercutout]

Mine was found on a driveway, not ebay. I\'d already been driving past it for a year before I knocked on the guys door.

[B.Martin]

Mine was found on a driveway, not ebay. I\'d already been driving past it for a year before I knocked on the guys door.

Top tip this!

Its either that or be patient, I waited a long time before the right TII at the right price cane up. And once it arrives, I\'m lucky it\'s been welded up and i dont really have to worry about rust out here... But road tax is high I think, insurance isn\'t, but I will be paranoid about the temp gauges in the summer!

Bit of a Radom ramble there!

Summary is keep an eye out and be pacient one will come up eventually!

[Kamatari]

Kamatari, is that 350 for a runner?!

Yup pretty much runs fine apart from a pulsing idle at times, it survived a 3hr drive on the motorway back to mine and then ive only really drove it for a week whilst my mx5 was off the road, can\'t afford two lots of insurance at the moment though

The car had 4 months tax and 4 months mot and apart from some rusty wings, but on the sunroof and the wheels need refurbing, its all good

Theres rx7 fc for sale over at driftworks, with mods taken off i think its going for £450 and looks in pretty good nick

[Lacey]

Lacey, what\'s wrong with the jacking points? Smashed/buckled/rusted...?

And sorry Lacey :s I will endeavour to aim my thumbs at the right buttons in future.

Both buckled and rusted, all 4 of them all the way round, the rest seems pretty sound though, bit of bubble rust on drivers side back arch but that\'s all I;ve found so far. Just needs the current jacking points cut off and new ones welded on, shouldn\'t be too costly in comparison to having a new floor!

And no worries

[Skifledanabit]

Sounds exactly the same as mine Lacey buckled right back up, don\'t know why people don\'t jack on the bit just inside, the round bit, can\'t remember what it\'s called

[L18M]

might as well join in and giv everyone laugh.
learned the hard way but oh well..

car £1800
replacement ecu £300(ish) that was before i was on the forum and the rotary specialist i went to, their staff had a spare, yes got con\'ed but that was before i knew better.
3" exhaust £150 (already had kakimoto cat back)
CF bonnet £300
BGW £50?
Spray £1000
Rebuild, map etc £3000 ish
xp poo tub, mani, wastegate £300ish (though turned out to be cheese so only using wastegate now, which is fooked and wont close properly)
T04E + HKS mani £300ish
PFC + harness etc £550
Profec B £150ish?
Strut bars
Infini seats couple hundred
Rear bins
ARF wing mirrors
Front lip
Rear RE-A spats
Diffuser
Side skirt

im sure theres more that i cant think of.. could of had a really nice  holiday instead but not as much fun lol

[B.Martin]

Yeah so if you unsure of trying a mod out... Ask Liam first he\'s probably tried it and learned the hard way, so you you don\'t have to

Poor Liam :p

[BinoX]

I bought my car (Turbo II Cab) for about £500 as a non runner...
 
I think I spend about £1000 ish on parts for a rebuild (which I did myself) and probably another £500 on filters, belts, plugs, tools, etc
 
so £2000 in all... But if I\'d had some tools to start with and didn\'t buy some unneccesary parts it probably would have cost around £1200...
 
Although there\'s still some tinkering to do to get it just right, lol

[Lacey]

Sounds exactly the same as mine Lacey buckled right back up, don\'t know why people don\'t jack on the bit just inside, the round bit, can\'t remember what it\'s called

Yours pass MOT like that? Or not had that privilege yet?

And I know the but you mean, the bit I jack on under the arch liner, part of the suspension I think

[papercutout]

You both need a BMW scissor jack like mine! It\'s perfect for getting my car high enough to get the trolley jack under the sides to jack off the front wishbone mount (big flat plate, very strong), and when I jack the rear up I just use the tow hooks, of which there is one on either side.

If you car isn\'t low, you can jack off the front tow hooks too (the ones under the car, not the one sticking out of the bumper).

I actually have to drive onto a large block of wood to get the front high enough to get the scissor jack under the sill, and then use the scissor jack to get the car high enough to get the trolley jack under! Stupidly low or what?

[Skifledanabit]

Yours pass MOT like that? Or not had that privilege yet?

And I know the but you mean, the bit I jack on under the arch liner, part of the suspension I think

Yes, but I have a friendly, neighbourhood spider-MOT-man, and erm, could be, it looks like a disc but it\'s part of the suspension