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Yellow is looking good!! Excellent choice.
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3rd Generation Build Thread / Re: Kamiko - 93 touring model in red
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on May 06, 2020, 06:04:56 AM »
Itswill came over to help me try to find an oil leak near the turbos.  All the vacuum lines are in need of replacement.  I'm doing those too.  We broke a couple of selonoids and check valve.  We got the rats nest out.  I spent the next evening replacing the small vacuum lines in it.
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I love the thermal images of the car.  I need to do some paint and body work on the convertible.  Looking good.  Surprised you went yellow with it.  It looks good.
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3rd Generation Specific / Re: Free box of FD parts
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on May 06, 2020, 05:52:32 AM »
I have an FD now.  I could probaly use some of these parts.  I will take them
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Quarantine has gotten the best of me, my car is now yellow.




Still need to finish the new front bumper, which is a giant pain, and put the side skirts back on.

Next project is going to be dying the interior tan, I always wished FC's came with a tan interior option.


The daily has also gotten some love recently, new wheels
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3rd Generation Specific / Free box of FD parts
« Last post by pjr on April 27, 2020, 05:39:35 PM »

I have thios box of parts that came off my FD when the new Apexi and other goodies fot installed.  Looks like the OEM ECU and other stuff.

I also have a dash bezel (black, with a crack but probably fixable) and a few interior door plastics (originally tan, painted black).

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3rd Generation Build Thread / Re: Kamiko - 93 touring model in red
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on March 23, 2020, 05:13:30 AM »
I tried to begin working on Kamiko yesterday.  As I feared, I broke two hoses and found a coupling that was cracked and partially melted.  It also wasn't a very tight connection.  I still have not gotten to the turbos themselves yet.  I believe i have an oil leak at one of the feed lines to the turbo. 

Anyone know a good hose kit to buy to replace all of the hoses with?  I might as well replace all of them.
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Upcoming Events / Michigan Rotary Club Trip to Hell MI
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on January 06, 2020, 08:13:42 AM »
I am looking to organize another cruise.  This time from 777 S Hadley Rd Ortonville MI to Hell MI.  I am open to dates for the trip but i am thinking spring time when we can get the cars back out.  Let me know your suggested times and dates.
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3rd Generation Build Thread / Re: Kamiko - 93 touring model in red
« Last post by ~Groll69~ on November 18, 2019, 12:10:43 PM »
Kamiko is officially put away for the winter.  She is sleeping soundly under her soft cover.  I have also gotten Bella put away too so now i can begin taking her apart and getting ready for painting the engine bay.  Thanks to Itswill for helping me get things moved around in my new barn to park 3 of my rx 7s side by side.
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Rx-8 Build Thread / Re: Vera's Story - '09 RX-8 Sport
« Last post by toplessFC3Sman on November 06, 2019, 01:48:56 PM »
Well, where we left off - I had a fun weekend at Mid-Ohio, but Vera was a bit bruised. The past week I've been trying to fix the damage, at least a bit, to get ready for winter. I'm not terribly concerned about the bumper cover, but I did want to get the fender bent back out so everything fit correctly, prepped, and painted to avoid rust. I also needed to address the headlight - it was obviously scraped up from the incident, and a bit cloudy from age.

So, off comes the bumper, wheel well liners, and headlight to assess the damage.

Not too bad in here, but there was very clearly a crease about half-way across that pass-through that allows access to the back of the headlight. The bottom of that pass-through should have been straight, but the sheet metal beyond that crease was bent down, backwards, and twisted a little bit. Time to do a bit of straightening.



Taking some ratchet-straps and running them forward to the workbench and sideways to the doorframe, I was able to apply tension to the sub-structure there to pull it back into shape... with some percussive adjustment with a rubber mallet from behind. Simultaneously, I had to piece the headlight back together since two of the three mounting points were broken, and it was held in basically because it was pinched by the fender.


Getting those mounting points glued back on and matched up to the other side was very helpful, since I could then use them to help guide how much I needed to move the substructure to get the various pins and holes to line up correctly.



Looking much better, and sanded for primer and paint.


It's been painted and the clear-coat has been applied by now, but I don't have any pictures since I still need to do some buffing and sanding to remove a few runs - it was a bit too chilly for the spray paint to dry properly and I ran into a few problems, but overall the color, flake, and texture looks pretty close.

The headlight turned out pretty well too, although the low temperatures lead to some odd "cracking" effect across the lens with the clear coat I applied to protect the sanded & buffed surface.

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