Over the course of these years, I’ve remained steadfast and withheld from adding on sideskirts. I wanted to prioritize the simplicity and natural design of the RX-7. Instead, I opted to run front and rear mudflaps, which I think are cool, somewhat ironic items for a sports car to have. <\/p>\n
Recently, as I revisited the car’s exterior and stance by looking over it with a critical eye, I finally reached a breakthrough where I determined sideskirts are in fact necessary. The rockers of the body curve inward and tuck under and, from a side profile, the sills are exceedingly high off the ground because of this. Additionally, the car’s midsection is too narrow and lean. Even though the wheels fit great and the suspension has been lowered to zero finger gap, I always felt there was something slightly off – the fact that the car still looked<\/em> relatively high, body-wise, even though it wasn’t. <\/p>\n
The only sideskirts on the consideration list are the OEM ’99+s. This is another reason reason why I didn’t install them sooner – these OEM sideskirts are difficult<\/em> to work with. In fact, I bought and then resold TWO<\/strong> previous sets of OEM ’99+ sideskirts between my first RX-7 and this one… both times, I ended up chickening out and couldn’t pull the trigger on having them painted and installed.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to now, and of course the value of the sideskirts have gone up due to their increased scarcity. Luckily, I was contacted by a fellow RegaMaster<\/a> aficionado, named Tommy, who sold me a clean set he had been storing at a fair price. They happened to be black too, but that didn’t really matter. <\/p>\n
After spending hours painstakingly scraping off all the tape with my fingernails and later with a drill-attached 3M Stripe Off Wheel, I called it quits and left the remainder of the work for William<\/a> to handle. <\/p>\n