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7-26-2013
I know I haven't posted an update in awhile. I've been busy helping others with their cars. I've done numerous oil changed, did a tune up in my dd, replaced an engine in a friends camry, and replaced a transmission in a friends audi s4. although I've been helping with friends cars I haven't totally neglected my RX-7.
I recently wrapped my headliner in a black leather material. it came out great but until recently I haven't had time to install it. the other day I had the chance and once installed it looked even better than i'd thought...
I know you can't really tell by the pics but, it looks great.
I recently tried dying my carpet and it didn't turn out too well. I dyed the floor mats and sunvisors as well (the fabric side turned out great) with great success. after the mats and sunvisors were dyed I decided to separate the oem carpet from the rubber backing. I then cut out the driver and passenger side padding to use. i'll keep that down when I find black carpeting. here's how the sunvisors and mats turned out...
I also notched the shifter hole and installed the shifter cover I got from Matt (norotors member mattster03) which turned out to be a great part that not only acts as a shift boot but also a great thermal barrier.
I also put the dash back in. I was going to lighten it up a bit but, I decided to just clean it up instead. I still need to sandblast a few brackets and all but, it's in. I also put the clutch pedal in and rewired the plug that connects to the driver seatbelt sensor.
next thing is to either blacken the carpet I pulled out or order a new black carpet and reinstall the seats. i'm probably gonna install the rx8 seat on the oem FD rails for the driver seat and since the passenger seat is already painted black i'll just touch it up and reinstall it in the passenger seat side. i'm not sure exactly where i'm gonna get the rest of the interior panels in black but i'll keep my eye out from here on out.
once I get the interior sorted i'm gonna remove the excess seam sealer from the engine bay and start spot welding the seams. afterwards i'll clean everything up and respray the bay. i'll probably do it in the oem red and then I can start doing little things until I get the engine.
there's alotta work to go. i'll try not to keep you guys waiting so long next time. hopefully the next update will be more interesting. thanks for looking everyone.