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    Shaved and painted the FB

    i guess. i thought shaving was removing objects to have a flat surface. this can include door handles, locks, molding, mirrors, badges. then filling up holes if necessary and painting over. either way the ugly molding is gone and the pin stripes are gone so im happy. ty though!
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    Shaved and painted the FB

    emblems are on. just nickel. had to grind away the molding as the previous owner super glued it to the car. then i had to grind the stripes away as the previous ghetto paint job painted over them. ill dip the emblems and bumper molding (Maybe) soon.
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    Post Pics of your RX-7

    my recently garage painted 82 GSL nice to see another FB owner on here who dailies an MZ2 =]
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    Shaved and painted the FB

    shaved off the chips, scratches, molding, pin stripes and painted it metallic satin nickel and dipped the wheels and mirrors matte black. love it now. BEFORE: AFTER: as you can see my neighbor was tired of his truck and got himself a 911 carrera. which i will attempt to ask to drive/ride in.
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    Post Pics of your RX-7

    those wheels...i must have....
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    I believe my diff bit the dust

    yeah if its the diff im just going to replace it with the miata diff. if its the tranny i found a few for 200 each. so either way this will be a cheap fix luckily...
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    I believe my diff bit the dust

    or it was my tranny. which the owner said there was something weird with it though i never noticed anything... gonna see monday
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    I believe my diff bit the dust

    was driving to a show this morning around 6am and there was a loud band inthe rear and then HORRIBLE loud grinding sounds. didnt see any smoke or anything and nothing on the road so i pushed her over and called AAA. now its in my driveway and ill be inspecting it further tomorrow. but if its...
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    Smoke in 3rd at high RPM

    prolly out the exhaust (dont see any ex. leaks under the car) and then as i slowed down it caught up with the car. since the coolant is very low and there were hoses disconnected that i shouldve saw im going to assume its that for now.
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    Smoke in 3rd at high RPM

    i guess cuz ive only driven the car for under a week i didnt notice but some hoses were unplugged. put those back in and my coolant level is very low. so gonna fix all that and see how she goes.
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    Smoke in 3rd at high RPM

    it only seems to be if i am at high rpm in a lower gear for awhile. i was thinking it was coolant (previous owner said there might be a leak)...ill get it checked this weekend when i can.
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    Smoke in 3rd at high RPM

    ‎>gun it in 3rd >smoke everywhere >put it in 4th >smoke goes away >car runs fine it was a s*** ton of white smoke...it started to fill up the car so i dont think it was just the exhaust this time.... car only does this if im in 3rd around 6k.... this is only the 2nd time (other than when...
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    New 82 FB owner

    ill be asking away if need be =] the previous owner (im number 4) said he had no clue why the dude before him had drums on it and thats why he took them off in hopes of putting discs on as he wanted to track the car. thats why he lowered the price on it as he took them off the day i got there...
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    New 82 FB owner

    doesnt smoke anymore. though i believe the cat is going out. gonna upgrade to 15s soon just so i do have more options. the previous owner was gonna swap discs onto the rear kinda bumped it had drums but no biggie for now. got the rear drums reinstalled. new brake lines as well. still need rear...
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    New 82 FB owner

    well got the rear brakes parts in for the drums (not discs but still no biggie) going to install them at work in a day or 2 so i can finally use my handbrake. also going to buy some filler and fill in the cracks in the dash then sand over it all and prolly paint or dip the dash black. also...
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