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Old 08-13-11 | 02:19 AM
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DIY cosmetic mods..

I would like to see some of the forums creative projects! headlight mods, front lips that aren't the gross boxy imsa air dams, things like that! links and pics appreciated!
Old 08-13-11 | 12:07 PM
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I would actually like to see the same lol. Most of the 7s I see have lots of performance upgrades and maybe new rims but typically look stock. Which I like the original look to begin with but sometimes people have some good creative ideas, and sometimes some bad ones lol.
Old 08-13-11 | 01:03 PM
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there was a guy a while back prolly a year or 2 that was a student in a autobody college and he turned his 1st gen into a 3rd gen exterior looks wise. Was pretty sweet. No1 makes flush headlights (ne more??) for our cars so u dont see that often. Every now and then u see a thread about the sleeper headlights and taking off the stock body molding. Our cars have some great looks for being a car from the 80's so alot of ppl dont mess with it.
Old 08-13-11 | 02:18 PM
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I feel that body kits and such always take away from the beautiful lines of SA's/FB's.
I'm working on some flush headlights for mine but I wont them done for a bit.
Old 08-13-11 | 09:54 PM
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We are going to (attempt) to make a sheetmetal front valence/bumper thingy for mine. Keyword: attempt haha
Old 08-14-11 | 09:59 AM
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We made the front valence for our ITA car, This is the best pic I have of it online, I can take more if you want something to base yours off of.

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Old 08-14-11 | 10:15 AM
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Originally Posted by CobraStngSVT
We made the front valence for our ITA car, This is the best pic I have of it online, I can take more if you want something to base yours off of.
More pics, please. Maybe some taken during the build or showing how it is constructed and attached. Thx!

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Old 08-14-11 | 10:17 AM
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clear tail lights.. Forgot i had this bookmarked
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/255321...da-rx-7/page-4
Old 08-14-11 | 10:27 AM
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flares, headlight mod, fibremaz air dam, wheels

Old 08-14-11 | 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by XLNDRVR
More pics, please. Maybe some taken during the build or showing how it is constructed and attached. Thx!
I don't have any of the build process but I'll take some of the construction and attachments.
Old 08-14-11 | 11:32 AM
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Those are some sweet air dams!! That's exactly what i wanted to see.. I'm a huge fan of duckbill style lips.. Is that fibermaz readily available?

Also, has anyone done this to the FB headlights?..

Old 08-14-11 | 11:52 AM
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i can do it? I've got the headlight delete from re-speed (its not on there site) but basically its a prop rod that keeps your headlights up or down and you can place em like that
Old 08-14-11 | 11:55 AM
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pork thats called the "lazy eye mod" it looks decent but if u need to use ur lights at night ur fucked. hah. u have to manually move the motor up to where u want it then disco it from the switches.

im curious about that airdam as well. where do they sell them if they sell em at all any more?
Old 08-14-11 | 12:30 PM
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yea its a kamei replica but its amazing damn near bolt on. Fibremaz redid it and did a small run of em ive got two of them let me find his link

ok heres his info, if you wanna find more pics type in fibremaz 13 beef kamei and itll bring it up


Item location - Australia
Shipping available worldwide
Contact - FIBREMAZ@gmail.com
Old 08-14-11 | 07:34 PM
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Awesome! And yes lazy eye are terrible but those are retrofit aftermarket lenses with hid
Old 08-14-11 | 10:40 PM
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Here's my functional hood scoop:



I made the scoop itself from scratch out of fiberglass using the bottom of a plastic litterbox as a mold. Then I cut a hole in the hood and mated it to the hood with resin, bondo, and a lot of time and effort. The supports in the center are pieces of wood that I cut to shape and then coated in resin and fiberglassed to both the scoop and the hood. It's really strong... I can pull the hood open with it. I still have to make an airbox for the underside to better direct the air into the filter.

I'm planning a custom spoiler next, and I have an idea for a new front bumper as well when time allows.
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Old 08-14-11 | 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by ih8dsm
flares, headlight mod, fibremaz air dam, wheels

That air dam is pretty awesome... and I see an ETR sticker... how have I never seen your car before?!
Old 08-14-11 | 10:57 PM
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I am currently working on my V8 swap. during down time I am working on a set of RX8 tail lights to fit them to my car.
Old 08-15-11 | 12:41 AM
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That hood scoop is real nifty.. these engines really suffer from not having a whole lot of room to make a cold air intake under the hood.. a scoop is almost your only option.
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