RE-Furb.nl RX-4 project

Furb · January 08, 2014, 09:58:56 AM

before:

after:

Furb · January 08, 2014, 09:59:41 AM

just kidding.. not the same car

but the second one is the one i will be finishing instead of restoring my old one

steve garbutt · January 08, 2014, 10:38:01 AM

Gonna be nice to see another quality oldschool Rotary back on the road

Ricco_04 · January 11, 2014, 09:14:16 AM

I fell for it, got to the after photos and thought flipping hell!

Furb · March 20, 2014, 11:28:25 AM

been too busy with work , but finally got some work done!

started with the puzzle, so the painter could pick it up

work in progress

got hold of some awesome JDM goodness: SSR longchamps XR-4 wheels (for the RX-4, what\'s in a name

)

front 15x7,5 ET5

rear 15x7,5 ET-7

rear wheels won\'t fit, but i have to modify the rear axle anyway, so i will be narrowing it 7mm on each side so it will fit perfect!

to be continued

Furb · April 08, 2014, 11:36:17 AM

more progress

scored some NOS centercaps in Japan for my wheels

got some small amount of spare time that i spent on my dash unit.
i had done this before, but since i have a LHD car now, i had to do it all over.
but this time even a better version, because i kept the stock circuitboard intact so it will make it a lot easier to connect it to the stock wiring loom later on!

steve garbutt · April 08, 2014, 11:48:55 AM

i have the roof center plastic console for an rx4 if your needing one

Furb · April 08, 2014, 11:56:42 PM

Already got that

Came with the car, already restored.
Even the map-light has been re-chromed

Furb · May 24, 2014, 07:23:19 AM

Received my SSR XR-4 longchamps from Japan :mrgreen:

clive · May 24, 2014, 08:57:18 AM

Most excellent wheels, these will work really well :Thumbs-up

Did you sort the offset problem, if not why not strip the wheels and have the 7mm machined off the back, so much less work than axle narrowing

Furb · May 24, 2014, 10:44:43 PM

Need to transfer the rx-7 brakes onto the 929 axle, so i need to cut and weld.anyway...
Just going to cut off 7mm extra and be done with it

mexx · May 27, 2014, 07:36:32 PM

very very nice Furb

Furb · May 28, 2014, 07:23:10 AM

Thnx mate!

Furb · June 09, 2014, 09:57:25 PM

went to visit the paintshop today to check on the progress

progress is slow due to other work, and also the epoxy coating has made it a bit difficult.
the previous owner had put on somekind of boat coating which is very hard and takes a lot more time to sand. also had troubles with the filler, reacting with the coating.
it took some time to find the right materials and mixtures to make it all stick and stay on like it should.

slow but steady we are getting there....

re japi · June 10, 2014, 05:55:50 AM

So pretty, looks great