rx-7

i picked up a jadatoys rx-7 today for about 25 dollars and all i could really think to do to it was to convert the doors to lambo style. that's all the mods it has right now. if you would like to suggest any other mods, see more pictures, or comment on my work then please do!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/rx-7frontangle2.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/rx-7frontangle.jpg


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/rx-7backangle.jpg
^^the interior door panel is attached now, i just forgot to put it on in that picture

i actually also changed the hood to a carbon fiber one and switched the rims out to chrome ones. if you woulod like to see pictures of the car with the chrome rims and carbon fiber hood let me know



-alex

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put the door pannels back on and make it a more street look other like i dont know more road friendly is the word im looking for make it one side ways facing exaust take althoughs decals off paint black and you got your project cut out and take the sound system inthe trunk and make it a box setup and youlll still have space left to put more stuff in like put 1 nice big nos bottle in there. IMO

you want me to take off all the decals?

exactly and also a rims swap to something with chrome like the one in fast and the furious paint black and your done

exactly and also a rims swap to something with chrome like the one in fast and the furious paint black and your done
i already swapped the rims to chrome and put the door panels on, i'll post pictures when i get home, i'll also start the paint removal tonight

so u took my idea thanks if you need anyotherhelp just post here or pm me also what scale is it

1/18

a small setback today, while i was apllying the paint removal to the various parts with gloves on, my fingers started burning, the remover ate threw the gloves i had on and was starting to eat away at my fingers! it sure did hurt because i had a cut on my fingertip and that started to burn like nothing i've felt before. so i'm going to home depot tomorrow to get chemical resistant gloves so we can get this project back on the road

im sorry to hear that man really i know how that must hurt acid meating your skin. So is the car sitting in the substance right now. Also you can pm me pics of the car currently right now if you dont want to post it in a whole form. So you are also going to do a box settup for the streo right so it looks more streetracer style and one single muffler slanted. That is going to look pimp if you do all that. Keep me posted.

it is in the solution right now, i am going to make one slanted muffler and i'm not too sure how to make a box setup for the speakers but i'm going to try! i'll post pictures when i get home from work today

i found a little time to take some pictures with my phone and put them up so here they are:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/paintremoveronbody.jpg
^^a top view of the car
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/twodoorsandtrunk.jpg
^^ if you look closely you can see two doors and the trunk.
after all the paint is off, i will be bondo ing up some little holes like where the spoiler was and the holes for the mirrors.
comments!!
-alex

so tonight when i got home from work, i proceeded with the stripping of my rx-7. i'm proud to say that there is not one single flake or speck of paint on my entire car now.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/rx-7stripped.jpg
later tonight i may get to bondo the holes up

well this is it for tonight, bondo is pretty much done, just waiting for it to dry.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/47892368_147869925_0.jpg

so painting it black right cause if so with chrome and black that thing is going to look sweet. Really good work im amazed. Mind if i ask what kind of stripper did you use i might want to use that stuff.

so painting it black right cause if so with chrome and black that thing is going to look sweet. Really good work im amazed. Mind if i ask what kind of stripper did you use i might want to use that stuff.
thanks, it's called klean-strip ks-3 premium, it cuts through layers it's supposedly the most powerful, and it works in less than 15 minutes

You need the thick blue gloves. They can withstand most junk. We used them in school, and were usin alot stronger chemicals. Are you gonna primer the body? Keep up the awsome progress.

yeah i got the orange ones, there speacially made for stripping paint. yes i'm going to do a coat of black primer then go over it with like a gloss black or something.

ok im going to buy that stuff as soon as i save up some money to start a new project. Keep it up

i've offically finished the spoiler holes on the trunk and the holes from the mirrors. i was just looking at the body one last time before i painted it and realized that there were fake cut outs of tailights on the back so i broke out the bondo and filled those and also filled some lines up. all i have to do is sand those down then it's time for paint.
i have sand these down:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/48300424_148899808_0.jpg

and i'm done with these:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/48301129_148901588_0.jpg

great progress

ok, i'm just letting everyone know that this project is still in progress!!! things basiccally stopped with the car when i started school but i finally found some time to do a few things with it, i've got the trunk fully painted, i removed the passenger seat, custom made diamond plate for where the pass. seat was and put a nos bottle there, and i just finished sanding the bondo, primed the body and layed down the first coat of black. hopefully the body itself will turn out as good as the trunk did. soon to come after i get some money and go to home depot i am to finish the lambo doors completely and paint them. i will probably be buying another one of these models for parts just becasue i lost so much of them. thanks and wish me luck on the paint!!

finally got the pictures uploaded.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/55760418_170646981_0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/55761203_170649548_0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/55761638_170650982_0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/55765609_170664050_0.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/n2oinblood/RX-7/55765938_170665124_0.jpg
i still have to paint and cut the doors and i'm going to buy a whole other model to get the headlights off of and get a few other things off, then it will be finished.

Whoah, nice car man, look like drift machine :D ;) I like it!

thanks man, it's not done yet but it's the first model i've kept up on, usually i drop a model and move to the next one but i was feeling this one.

If you paint it a cobalt blue it would look insane with chrome rims. My Rx-7 is a dark purple with metallic flame and looks cool. I put gold wheels on it since this picture. P.S. Can you post a tutorial and pictures on how to do the lambos? The tutorial on the forum doesn't have pictures.

http://files.automotiveforums.com/gallery/watermark.php?file=/502/231769rx7-med.jpg

sure as soon as i get the cut-off blades for the dremel and the extra model i'll post a tutorial on how the lambo doors work

wheres thebenzon at?? i haven't talked with him since i started this project

nice work man .. the only thing i would do is take that giant NOS tank out of the back and put it in the passenger seat instead of the small one

dude im back im not hanging around here that much anymore cuz its basicly dead but i just dropped by today to see if you finished the project. Thanks for taking my idea now it looks like its ready to hit the streets. VERY VERY VERY NICE. And dubrus2 was right the DIECAST car modeling section is dieing

also one more tip keep the big nos and take the little one out and make it a fire extingusher and put a passenger seat there if you do make it a fire extingusher put it between the two small subs where the 2 wholes are just a tip.

that's actually what i was thinking

yeah i think that will be a great ideal. Keep it up

Nice FD!

thanks, i'm buying another this weekend to finally finish this project

nice work.. hope you'll finish this project soon..

:)