In an effort to maintain my proactivity while the car is still away, I decided to outfit the bumper today. I installed the RX-7 half plate, combo lights, and Efini emblem. I am specifically using stainless steel fasteners wherever I can, and the combo lights are held on by M5 nyloc nuts. Now the bumper […]

It is now coming to the end of the 5th week since I first dropped the RX-7 off at the body shop. Good work takes time, which is why I have been compliant and patient… but believe me, it’s been an anxious wait. I swung by the shop again today on my way home from […]

It’s great when I can interact with readers of this site and receive feedback. If you’re reading this now, I need your help and opinion on an absolutely crucial decision. Which shift knob do you prefer: the OEM RX-8 5-speed shift knob on the left, or the FEED stainless steel on the right? Both are […]

There is a reason why people refer to their cars as “money pits”, because every little thing is expensive. I’m finding it near impossible to place an order that doesn’t somehow end up coming close to $100, take for example this innocent looking baggie of LED bulbs. If I want to boggle the mind of […]

The RX-7 is still at the body shop being worked on, so in the meantime, here’s a quick tour of what’s in store. My freshly painted ’99 bumper has been sitting happily on the shelves. Below it rests the associated ’99 rebar and undertray. It’s possible to reuse the pre-99 rebars by enlarging the pair […]

I stopped by the body shop last Friday to check out the car and pick up my freshly painted ’99 spec Front Bumper. The paint work came out to my satisfaction, the quality required no questioning. The mounting brackets were transferred from the old USDM bumper to the new one. Although I was pleased with […]

This RX-7 had an interesting history. The original owner used it as a show car, it was even featured in Import Tuner back in 2009. Which would explain why the large spoiler and sideskirts were installed, and also why he only drove around 8,000 miles. The second owner then used it as a daily driver […]

Although highly costly and time consuming, going through the multitude of cars that I did in the past few years has at least gained me valuable insight and experiences. I have cultivated my tastes enough to finally be able to conclude and assess a verdict. I am returning to my roots, I am returning to […]

In my usual temperamental and fickle behavior, I sold the Mini Cooper this week. My original intentions were to keep this car for as long as possible. Honest. After finishing off all the recent maintenance work, the Mini was very nearly complete for me. If I had kept the car, my only major plan was […]

I grabbed a few pictures of the Mini Cooper this afternoon for posterity and reference. Back in the day, when I was into photography like every other trendy kid on the block, I would take deliberation in choosing a proper setting. Not the case anymore… these were taken with my point & shoot a block […]

During this past Winter, I’ve had plenty of time to contemplate whether or not to keep up my riding or let it go. I tried my hardest to keep going, but in the end, my better judgement won and I decided to close this chapter of my life. This decision could readily be derived from […]

In the past week, I buttoned up a few more areas that needed addressing. Since the wheels are quite aggressively fit, the middle mounting tab on the fender flares were broken on both sides. This most likely happened when the car was tracked at Thunderhill in the past. I bought a new set of the […]