The Wrecked MS6 Build begins

[halfshaft5]

more pics

 

[StealthWyvern]

What no engine bay shots?

 

[halfshaft5]

Give me time, was getting dark. When I get her cleaned and waxed and clean under the hood then I will take a 40 shot series of pics and will post all pics on photo bucket and let people view as they want to. I have over 350 pics to date on this thing so only a few of them are making it to the threads. ANyway working for future upgrades:

Shaek fin antenna, some one got one to get rid of?
Crossdrilled and slotted rotors w/ ceramic pads
Window tint 15%
RX8 wheels painted dark spiral gray metallic along with all badges and emblems painted the same.

So the build continues....I promise it will be one of a kind...

God Bless

 

[halfshaft5]

Oh yeah will need some lowering springs too.

Donations anyone?

 

[Mikey444]

Almost makes me want to trade my RX-8 for a black MS6. I feel guilty just thinking of it.

 

[Speed6 Guy]

That looks sweet. Do you have a photo bucket acount now post up the address and we can see.

 

[halfshaft5]

It lives, it really lives......Put about 25 miles on her today and let me tell you it was well worth the wait. Final build cost is still being calculated and I will shoot some pics tomorrow after I spend some time detailing her but dang, i love the CAI and the blowoff sound from a stock valve, it pretty loud for what it is. Anyway hang in there, this thread is almost a done deal. God bless

Oh on a sadder note: The airbag light is blinking 14 code on it, anyone have a idea, so far 2 dealers and nothing from them???????

I will get the bucket acct setup later this weekend. God bless

 

[B1GHAM]

It lives, it really lives......Put about 25 miles on her today and let me tell you it was well worth the wait. Final build cost is still being calculated and I will shoot some pics tomorrow after I spend some time detailing her but dang, i love the CAI and the blowoff sound from a stock valve, it pretty loud for what it is. Anyway hang in there, this thread is almost a done deal. God bless

Oh on a sadder note: The airbag light is blinking 14 code on it, anyone have a idea, so far 2 dealers and nothing from them???????

I will get the bucket acct setup later this weekend. God bless

do you think it has anything todo with the Side airbags not being there?

 

[halfshaft5]

I replaced the side airbag so that can't be it. Thanks though, is that the code?

 

[macklum]

You do really good work ,from the pics you would never know the car was in an accident . On the air bag did you replace the sensors up front ,that could be causing the airbag code

 

[1Sleepy93]

You've done an amazing job!(shocked)

 

[bazooka joe]

great job on the rebuild!! looks awesome! how's it drive?

 

[halfshaft5]

Well driving it seems to be to addicting, I drive it like I stole it and my wife just drives it hard enough to hear the turbo. I got my Chevy 2500hd back so I am happy too, but at lunch everyday I get to drive the Speed so I put it through the gears like it should be. Let me enjoy this thing for a few days and I will finish out the thread. Might start another one on a 3rd gen RX7 if anyone might be interested. Thanks again for hangin in there with me and I will post up final pics in a few days. God bless. Michael

 

[meinp5]

Awesome...I am curious to see you start a thread on the RX-7. I don't know too much about them so it would be cool to see whats available and see what people do with them.

Well driving it seems to be to addicting, I drive it like I stole it and my wife just drives it hard enough to hear the turbo. I got my Chevy 2500hd back so I am happy too, but at lunch everyday I get to drive the Speed so I put it through the gears like it should be. Let me enjoy this thing for a few days and I will finish out the thread. Might start another one on a 3rd gen RX7 if anyone might be interested. Thanks again for hangin in there with me and I will post up final pics in a few days. God bless. Michael

 

[D-rock240]

+2 on the 3rd gen RX-7

Great job with the speed6!

 

[vcinsanity1523]

absolutely awesome job on the speed 6 i can't wait to see what your final cost for the build end up coming up to. Looks great I can't wait to see it cleaned ENJOY!!!!

 

[halfshaft5]

Waiting for inspection. I got it cleaned up but been driving anyway so got dirty again, been sick and playing work catch-up so been rather busy. Sorry to leave everyone hangin, I will get her cleaned back up this weekend and shoot some pics, might do a vid, anyway to post a vid on here? Thanks everyone and I will start a RX7 one soon. God Bless

 

[halfshaft5]

Oh yeah, the HID bulbs I used where as follows

I color matched the headlights with the fog lights, it looked gay stock so I used 8500K bulbs on both. Since i was buying I made a package deal. Also got some Xenon in the bright side for a bulb and they match too. Killer look. Had the windows tinted and now thinking of lowering and getting some new wheels but that will have to be after the baby gets here so I know my cash slow will support them. Stay tuned......God Bless

 

[MS6S2K]

So how much has this cost you total? You figure you can get one new for $22k nowadays, and with a salvage title dropping value way down, it appears that you are married to this car or you will lose a bundle. This car has already depreciated fast in value due to the low demand and failure in the market, so I expect you will be keeping this car for a very long time. It's a super machine, so it's worth keeping. Congrats on a super project. Even though it's a financial hit, there must be a lot of satisfaction in rebuilding and driving what you repaired. Enjoy!!!

 

[marshall-BJ-VE]

by far you have done a great work bringing to life this MSP6 again... and all work done on it makes you appreciate your car a lot more, so you will enjoy it no matter how much money did you invested on parts... nice project and the final results it's nice....