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Offline digitalsolo

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #45 on: July 14, 2017, 01:34:18 PM »
Just try the good plasti dip yourself first, it's cheap enough. Their pro line for HVLPs is called Autoflex. There's another company called Halo EFX as well out there.

I need something more elementally stable than primer before Plastidip goes on as it's somewhat breathable.   So I'd need paint underneath to really protect things anyway.

Plus I want a gloss paint that's durable and plasti-dip (and it's children) while neat, are not nearly as durable as "real" paint.   :)

But for making things match when you don't need to do a full respray for protection reasons, it's pretty awesome. 
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1988 Mazda RX7 - Turbo LS1/T56/ProEFI/8.8/Not Slow...   sold.
1965 Mustang Coupe - TT Coyote, TR6060, modern brakes/suspension...
2007 Aston Martin V8 Vantage - Gen V LT4/TR6060, upper/lower pullies, headers, tune.
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Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #46 on: July 17, 2017, 09:22:39 PM »
Got the new (or less broken) front clam today. Looks like it got a bit more cracked in transit but still better than what is on the car now
It came in more bubble wrap,cardboard, blankets and plastic wrap than any item I've ever seen. When I unwrapped it there was a small hill of cardboard created in it's wake.

Between parts for the Elise and parts coming off the Rx7, the garage has gone straight to holy fucking disaster zone batman. Is this how hoarders start?



Offline freeskier7791

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #47 on: July 18, 2017, 07:57:30 AM »
Nice! at least the seller did everything he could to protect it!  need to get that FC out of there lol
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Offline spacevomit

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #48 on: July 18, 2017, 12:50:46 PM »
It begins!

Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #49 on: July 20, 2017, 09:14:10 PM »
Has anyone shipped a car before. It's been nearly 2 weeks and they still haven't assigned a truck. I'm writing emails to the CEO of Montway now. They're literally giving me the run around every day

Offline Cobranut

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #50 on: July 20, 2017, 10:14:57 PM »
I wish you'd asked beforehand.  I've had two cars shipped to me in the past two years.
Used BATS Motorsports both times. http://www.batsmotorsports.com/
Very reasonable prices for enclosed transport, and even though the second time their driver scratched the lexan windscreen, I sent pictures to them and their only question was for me to get a price on a replacement.
I sent them the estimate, and they Paypaled the money to me the same day.

Accidents can happen with anyone, but they proved to me that they stand behind their work.
If I ever have to ship another vehicle, they'll be the first ones I call.

Their number is (541) 980-5885.  Karen runs the office, and is very easy to work with.  8)
1995 FD, 7.0 Liter stroked LS3, T56, 8.8, Samberg kit.

Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #51 on: July 22, 2017, 11:29:51 PM »
I wish you'd asked beforehand.  I've had two cars shipped to me in the past two years.
Used BATS Motorsports both times. http://www.batsmotorsports.com/
Very reasonable prices for enclosed transport, and even though the second time their driver scratched the lexan windscreen, I sent pictures to them and their only question was for me to get a price on a replacement.
I sent them the estimate, and they Paypaled the money to me the same day.

Accidents can happen with anyone, but they proved to me that they stand behind their work.
If I ever have to ship another vehicle, they'll be the first ones I call.

Their number is (541) 980-5885.  Karen runs the office, and is very easy to work with.  8)

Thank you Cobranut, of course they picked it up friday, after I paid them another $200. The good news is that the driver is from NH and recognized my NH number right away, and the guys speaks English/seems to communicate well.
Along with the lines of the story of this car, the auto transport couldn't fit in the storage facility. So I had to call AAA to come pick the car up and I had to call 3 times and refine my story because they won't pick cars up at storage facilities.

The tow truck drivers for the most part don't care so they're usually not a problem when they get there but getting AAA to pick you up at the race track or grab a project car like this can be difficult if you run into a boy scout on the phone.
After the tow truck met up with the auto transport the car was loaded trailer to trailer very easily.

The kid didn't even have a way to get home and he was about 3-4 miles away so I ended up getting him an Uber and a Pizza to get through the weekend before the check comes. Sent out the bank check today after I got photos of the car loaded on the auto transport. If the car comes and everything is as it seems I'll really honestly feel bad for this kid.

Finally asked him the key question, how he got the money for the car in the first place and it was inheritance  :(

Anyway on to better news. I took a night shot of new race car parts:


And here's the photos the kid took when the car was getting loaded on the trailer, car looks really really nice. Basically just want to lower it slightly, get a small front splitter and maybe the exige side scoops and the car would be literally perfect. But it's looking better from these photos:











Offline freeskier7791

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #52 on: July 23, 2017, 08:57:01 AM »
I hope the build goes smoother than getting the car in your hands!

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Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #53 on: July 23, 2017, 06:35:29 PM »
I hope the build goes smoother than getting the car in your hands!

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I really hope so man... but I think due to the fact that most of the issues seem to be body work related I'm just going to hand it over to a shop. Just need to find a shop whom I can trust that does reasonable work, and hope that mechanically the car is fine.


BTW better picture of the racecar parts:
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Offline freeskier7791

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #54 on: July 24, 2017, 08:59:39 AM »
Diffuser looks sweet.  Hopefully you can find a good shop that does the work in a reasonable amount of time.
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Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #55 on: July 26, 2017, 12:55:27 AM »
How my day Started:






And then Todays trip to the post office to deliver goodies for other's projects:



And how my day ended:
Finally pictures of the interior. Never saw it in pictures, but it is really nice, or was really nice but it seems like everything inside or outside this car has been dinged, scuffed or somewhat damaged to some degree.. this kid really was a human wrecking ball



Never got shots of the interior so I never realized this thing had Exige seats in it. Such an awesome surprise:





Offline freeskier7791

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #56 on: July 26, 2017, 09:04:00 AM »
exige seats are sweet!  I think that interior will look super nice with some TLC.  The wood garage floor is pretty cool too

Side Note:  Do you work for Hayward, saw the box?
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Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #57 on: July 26, 2017, 09:15:50 AM »
exige seats are sweet!  I think that interior will look super nice with some TLC.  The wood garage floor is pretty cool too

Side Note:  Do you work for Hayward, saw the box?

I don't, I just have a pool that likes to break.
The garage was the barn originally. When they connected the house to the barn they then converted the barn loft into what's now our master bedroom. So it's a pretty cool little space. The wood floor has a lot of charachter and I'm certainly adding to that.


Offline freeskier7791

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #58 on: July 26, 2017, 09:32:39 AM »
I don't, I just have a pool that likes to break.
The garage was the barn originally. When they connected the house to the barn they then converted the barn loft into what's now our master bedroom. So it's a pretty cool little space. The wood floor has a lot of charachter and I'm certainly adding to that.

Lol, there's a Hayward plant in our town, and I've got a friend who's an engineer there.  Your house sounds pretty cool.  When are sending everything to the body shop for repair?
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Offline sciff5

Re: Finally Got A New Toy To Replace The RX7
« Reply #59 on: July 26, 2017, 11:41:49 AM »
I don't, I just have a pool that likes to break.
The garage was the barn originally. When they connected the house to the barn they then converted the barn loft into what's now our master bedroom. So it's a pretty cool little space. The wood floor has a lot of charachter and I'm certainly adding to that.

Lol, there's a Hayward plant in our town, and I've got a friend who's an engineer there.  Your house sounds pretty cool.  When are sending everything to the body shop for repair?

It is a cool house. Only about 2,000 square feet but I noticed that every contractor who comes through comments about how cool it is. Normal people don't seem to notice. But houses were just more interestingly built in the 1800s. I still love it although I could say more has broken in the 2 years we've been here than most homeowners deal with in over a decade.

Already dropped the front clam/bumper off at the body shop yesterday. He's not the cheapest place for sure, but he's trusted by the local corvette guys, he's local and he was within the range I wanted to spend. And the front clam needs to be done right it's where all the focus is on the car.

Paint overall on the car, is not terrible, but like I mentioned inside and out everything is nicked, dinged, pieces are loose everywhere. It's a ton of small stuff both from a body work perspective and interior perspective above and beyond the obvious damage. The car looks like it has 130k miles, not 13k. But overall, I don't know if we need to repaint the car. With just paint correction you could make this car look pretty cool right now.
It looks better in person than in pictures.
From about 15 feet away it's really an eye catching car.


in fact I was outside fiddling with it this morning. I put the battery on the trickle charger last night, and the local dealership is supposed to call me back because I can supposedly start the car without de-activating the alamr system by entering a pin. I need that pin from the dealership. Checked and the car had oil in it. Doesn't look like any leaks underneath, so I may try to start it today.
Anyway while I was out there fiddling a cop pulled over in front of my house. Got out and chatted me up a bit. Said he stopped because he saw the car and didn't know what it was.
I think he was half interested in what it was, and half checking to make sure I wasn't stealing it. So it's already grabbing attention in sleepy new england (land of the silver camrys)

He gave me his card, and I asked him to take it easy on me if I come buzzing by his cruiser  :drive:


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