Keep it simple. A set of wheels with a lowered ride height is enough to radically transform the aesthetics of a car. When executed properly, little else is required. The key importance here is the fitment. By fitment, I’m not talking about slamming a car with wheels that poke out. Nor am I talking about […]

I had to save installing the front bumper until near the end to keep it out of the way of things. The car looked quite incomplete without it, though. I started off by putting on the ’99 rebar and under tray. The bumper was then carefully inserted into the fender holes, which is definitely a […]

For the fourth time, I’ve bought yet another pair of black on black alcantara shift and e-brake boots from Redline Goods. This is a staple of mine and works well on any car… a must-have detail; especially so with the RX-7 because there is already so much suede material inside, the boots tie the theme […]

I went for the OEM route with the steering wheel, in the flavor of a ’99 Nardi. The pre-’99 steering wheels, much like the tail lights, are one of the worst items on the car. Not only is it hideous, but the 380mm diameter is too large. When driving, it literally sits on my lap. […]

Interestingly, the impetus behind many of the upgrades I’m implementing comes from me being unsatisfied with a given feature of the car. If something needs to be fixed, it’s funner and more worthwhile to make it better in the same process. For example, the sideskirts and wing needed to be uninstalled, so the whole car […]

The first owner of my RX-7 had at one point installed an Autopower bolt-in Street roll bar, which was then removed by the second owner. This translate to me buying the car with its body having open holes that required addressing. If the epoxied on sideskirts and large rear wing were the major turnoffs when […]

Allow me to start this off with a brief backstory. Around the same time I bought my RX-7, the seller picked up this car. Its owner lost the time and motivation needed to finish the car (build thread here), since the engine needed rebuilding, so she sold it as-is with a fate of being a […]

After mostly using what I would deem decent but “entry level” coilovers in the past, I wanted to try something higher tier. Of course, since this is going to be a street car, I didn’t go all out and buy crazy 3-way race units as that would be overkill and pointless. My search for the […]

The ’99 spec tail lights truly transform the rear end of the car and are, in my opinion, a mandatory feature. No RX-7 should go without them. I couldn’t wait to take these lights out of their wrappings and mount them, especially after letting them sit on the shelf for the past couple of months. […]

This particular spoiler was always one that caught my interest. I’ve always liked the look of the carbon fiber spoilers on NSX-Rs, and I think the FEED Type II bears the closest resemblance for an RX-7 option. The Ferrari F40 LM’s rear spoiler is another (more extreme) influence for this style. The FEED spoiler is […]

With so many different tasks to do, it was a little hard to decide on the first step. I decided the most logical approach would be to start small and boring. So I began by doing something I always hated to do, yet is inevitable – cleaning the engine bay. Luckily everything was already quite […]

After nearly 6 long weeks, the day has arrived and I picked up my RX-7 this evening. The car is finally rid of the awful sideskirts and wing, and the body has been restored to a better than new brilliance. The new paint came out amazing and up to expectations. It looks better than OEM […]