Restoring an Abandoned Mazda RX7 EP. 13 

I can already see the video title , "Re-painting my RX7"

I got excited for ya when you got excited about how much better you are getting at painting. Good stuff Tanner! That thing is gonna look amazing! Plz cermaic coat x2 it so washing any dirt of the white won't be an evil routine. (I'm actually pleasantly surprised how easy it was with the right suede applicators and 3M microfiber rags)

Tanner's the kind of person who can do anything he puts his mind to.

Good thing you let the primer dry over night. Brought back memories, I used to paint semi unimount wheels😅. (Dark times). Great work on the coating. This FD will shine ✨️!

Looking so good! Getting some serious Panda vibes.....loving it man! Keep it up broski

Well done! I’ve following this for a while, can’t wait to see how it looks once finished. 🤠👍

loving the lego part holders

love these rx7 videos man, great job! it's looking amazing with each part going back on.

this series is great

Darker rims looked legit!

Looks amazing my dude 👌

Haven't even watched but so happy you saved those wheels when drilling the gd. White on white looks so awesome! Ps now I watch lol

Leave the turbo polished 🤌🏻 Can't wait to see this thing running and driving.

The inserts you used on the lip are nut clips or clip nut depending on where you go. There are floating threaded barrel variants for easier alignment to the fastener.

Loving the Stormprooper RX7. Its coming along great bro

I really liked the polished manifold and turbo in the engine bay, looked period correct and gave a no-messing-around, aggressive look!

Very nice job! Imo bronze turbo would be dope

Think the silver turbo finish would stand out more. I would leave it alone… great video as always!!!

Love the rotary videos. Such a place in time. I know you'll restore the best body style to perfection. Fun to watch 😊

Sticking with the white wheels? Everything looks really nice man, its awesome watching this thing come together!

Bro your technique is 100% better the more you do it the more comfortable you will get. Looks good bro you can let off your spray gun at the end of each pass and start back up on your next overlapping pass. That will help reduce the overspray

DUDE YOU ARE KILLING IT!!!!!! I can’t wait to see it rolling, the engine color the white on white body and wheel combo!! DAM!!!!!!!! Love it!!!!! 😎👍🏻👍🏻

Regamasters on an FD are just proper equipment, you can't fuck with the recipe. 4:50 Dude, that shit looks fine on camera. I understand being a perfectionist and all that, but at least you have good paint. My entire passenger side is peeling clear coat halfway down, and I got bondo on my driver rear. The car was mint when I bought it with a clean carfax from a very reputable dealer. There were no warning signs I could spot, and I literally spent six weeks trying to find another clean example after I got t-boned in my last one. They did whatever totally off the books and made it look perfect for the sale. Started deteriorating after the first winter outside in the Northeast, been 8 years now and she's pretty beat up looking. I think you did a pretty fucking good job for your first time. My friend painted his NX2000 in basically a decrepit barn/garage and it had some major flaws, but still looked good in pictures. It was a really nice dark blue with like fucking bass boat level metallic flake. I've seen a lot of "famous" cars in person, and they look way worse for wear IRL than they do in the media they're portrayed in. I've also been around numerous ridiculously expensive muscle cars every day as part of my job. The quality isn't quite as high as you might have set on in your mind. Have standards but be reasonable with yourself. Those hexagon lights actually do a great job of illustrating the orange peel. Most of the time when people try to point it out it's not that easy to spot in video to be honest. 15:07 Yeah been there. My brother got a rear louver for his 190E a few years ago, out of Russia I think. That shit did not fit a 190E by any stretch of the imagination. Just for shiggles, we tried on another friend's E30. Nada. It's just sitting around collecting dust. I guess the silver lining is that it took so long because of Covid that the seller refunded the like $500 and it still showed up, so it was free. I don't care what anyone thinks, ain't shipping that huge thing back to Russia like 9 months after ordering it. 17:02 Aye you found someone semi local that does dry ice blasting for I'm assuming not an arm & a leg. I know you were saying it was cost prohibitive when I brought it up awhile ago.

Yeah, boi!! Good stuff on all the painty bits. LOVE that bronze!!! Do the turbo!!!

if it cant be heated to fit better, maybe you can just put a cut in the diffuser on the right there before the right side mount? then remove a piece of the difuser, maybe a quarter or half inch? then put another mounting bolt in so its flush? either way, this is gonna look amazing.

Paint match the ganador mirrors for sure. Theres enough contrast with other pieces. Great series so far!

this thing is gonna be sema ready by the time its done lol

I need a speeding merch drop

5:29 no no no repaint……. All it seems to be on the chassis of the car is a lot of peel or maybe a bit of dry spray, cut and buff and it will be perfect. You did an amazing job for your first time painting an entire car, that is a skill that is not easy to just pick up and run with. Looks amazing

It looks so good minus that front bumper. The license plate mount kills it for me personally. But everything else is perfect

The painting arc is going well, I still need to learn bodywork / painting from my dad. I'm learning the way of just send it

Looking so good! Just my $0.02 but the mirrors and side vents would look so much better body color. Love your idea for the paint scheme on the hood as well.

i like this job man 👍💪

Car is looking sick! Paint the turbski imo

Try using a heat gun on the fiberglass before fitting it, so it can relax. Then heat it as you're attaching it

I'm more of a fan of the Spec RE rear diffuser. Not sure who to look for though. As for the powdercoating, maybe a high temp on the exhaust if you got one that can take that kinda heat. On the intake side if you do powerdercoat it, at least polish back the raised turbo writing.

Did I hear a bit of British Tanner? 😂😂😂

Loving this build series. Only thing I don't get, is after all the issues you've had with poor fitting no name brand, or knockoff parts on all the other cars you've built, why you keep buying them. A quality, actual jdm brand diffuser would fit so well, and actually fit the quality level you're trying to achieve. The car deserves it. I know it requires planning in advance, and waiting, but worth it, every time.

I need some of these rentable garages over here, idk why it’s not a thing in more places

I’m scared for the price breakdown of this one. I know it’s gonna be big big money

I think you should leave it polished until you can see it in the engine bay. Easier to get something powder coated then polished.

Those things you used on the front bumper are called Speed Nuts.

Looking so good knowing what you know now what would you have done differently?

Top Quality Content #brap I vote to Bronze the Turbo

I'm conflicted. I want to see her done asap but also dont want this series on the fd to ever end.

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You are a monster! Keep it up! And collect your commission at Toyota, selling my 2nd Gen Tacoma for a 3rd Highland Bronze that turbo!!

You know you wanted to get an RE Pro diffuser anyways!

God man i need one haha i wonder if an ej will fit in there haha jk. But man dream car right there.

I think polished. The color scheme sounds awesome but there is such thing as to much of a good thing. You didn’t go through and have every single nut and bolt coated black or paint matched. So don’t do the same to the engine bay. I say keep the turbo polished and your waste gates a bright color ( I personally love the purple that tial offers ) and all other mounting hardware a polished look. Everything else color scheme the way you said.

Maybe leave the turbo silver to know you have a snail pumping air 😅

I wanna repaint, but I'm not, but i wanna repaint, but i won't.. Next week's episode; so were going to completely repaint the rx7 😆

Where did you get the hardware for the door hinges?

You won’t see the flash of white without a head lamp or light in your off hand

10:37 what's that on the fender???

Hey Tanner, quick question. How big is your shop length/depth x width

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I like the gun metal wheels better. Just sayin.

Bronze wheels ? 🙏

You know you are going to repaint it right?

_JIZZ IN MY PANTSSSS_ 🥴

You sound so sad when you do voice overs. Got me like “who hurt my pookie bear!” 🤣

Speed nuts.

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So for the seats, tuxedo style covers?

Dude I just got arp studs for my subie and it’s giving me a hard time too

Do you think a bunch of people stopped watching because you moved on from the 6 cylinder subie?

Powder coat the turbo white

Im a fan of bronz

bronze 🐌

have you named the Mazda yet?

bronze turbski all the way

Bronze

So i know you need the front plate but damn. That front plate section on the front bumper is hideous. I would not run one on this car ever. Lived in colorado for 13 yrs and i got pulled over one time for no front plate. Paid the $20 fine and still never ran one. Please for the love of the rx7 gods, find another solution.

Bronze