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Subject: 1993 Mazda RX7
Requirements - get it back to NEW like condition and ready for sale

Exterior

- Wheels were prepped with Sonax Wheel Cleaner and cleaned up with various brushes
- Tires were spritzed down with Adam’s All Purpose Cleaner and washed down
- Wheel wells were cleaned up
- Washed with 1Z einszett W99
- Auto Finesse Iron Out
- Wash down and rinsed
- Door jambs were cleaned up
- Nano Scrub AutoScrub
- Dried
- Tires dressed
- Masking
- Paint Measurement
- Compound - Menzerna FG400
- Final Polish - Sonax 3/6 Nano Polish
- Last step - Lusso Oro
- Inspection with Fenix, 3m Sun Gun, Infratech, and natural sunlight
- Wheel wells were cleaned and dressed
- Rubber and Plastics Treated
- Exterior windows and mirrors cleaned and sealed
- Exhaust tips cleaned
- Windows were auto scrubed, cleaned, and sealed

Engine Detail
- Cleaned
- Dressed

Interior
- Vac
- Clean and protect dash
- Clean and protect leather
- Clean glass

Products used

Links to products used -

1Z einszett W99
Auto Finesse Iron Out
Auto Finesse Oblitarate
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner
NanoSkin AutoScrub System
Menzerna FG400
Sonax Nano Polish 3/6
Collinite 845 Insulator Wax
Adam's Super VRT
Optimum Metal Polish

Engine
Adam's All Purpose Cleaner
Adam's Trim and Lug Brush
Adam's In and Out Spray

Interior
Auto Finesse Spritz
Auto Finesse Hide Leather Cleanser
Auto Finesse Hide Leather Conditioner

Tools used
Uber Wool Wash Mitt
Uber No Name MF Towels
Griot's 6 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Griot's 3 inch Random Orbital Polisher
Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES Random Orbital Polisher
Uber Buffing Pads
Defelsko Paint Meter
Fenix TK35
Brinkmann
Kranzle Pressure Washer
Cam Spray Foam Canon
2 Grit Guard Buckets with Caddies
Uber Firehose Nozzle
Metro Air Force Blaster

Interior
Before


















Auto Finesse Spritz was used on the interior bits with great success - take a look at all the dirt and dust it lifted off the RX7's dash and plastics



Interior After















Exterior
Before


















Prep - Engine Bay, Wheels, Tires, Wheel Wells, Pre Soak, Decon, AutoScrub

Engine - Before












Adam's APC was used to clean up the engine bay



Various Brushes were used to agitate the grime in the engine bay prior to getting rinsed down


Rinse



After shot




Before shot of wheel



Adam's APC on the tires and wheel wells



Sonax Full Effect Wheel Cleaner in action





EZ-Detail Brush used to agitate the brake dust and grime in the wheel barrel


Rinsing down the wheels, tires, wheel wells






Pre soak - wash






Rinse


Decon - Auto Finesse Iron Out


NanoSkin AutoScrub


After all that prep work this is what we found





Paint Correction - 50/50 shots of the restoration
Much improvement after Menzerna FG400 and Sonax Nano Polish 3/6






A bunch or scratches on the roof


After shot of the roof


Action shot of the Rupes BigFoot LHR 21ES


Griot's 3rd gen with Meg's MF Cutting Pads and FG400


Results after correction



Finishing touches
Wheels wells after being cleaned up


Adam's Undercarriage Spray was called into action


Pop the headlights and we find years of dirt and grime



Cleaned up



Exhaust tips - left side not touched/right side polished out



After


Cleaning around the reg sticker



Nice little touches to show the owner cares ; )



After polishing we did a final rinse to remove any of the compound/polishing dust





A blast from the past, we had some Collinite 845 sitting around and figured why not, so nice results from an old friend



Afters

Andy Tsang

Always loved the fd's you guys did an awesome job!

rossv1

Great looking work.

terdonal

This thing looked like it hadn't been cleaned since 1993. That is a beautiful recovery, excellent result.

BobbyC

Brings back memories.
I had a 94 touring. Red with black interior.
Hands down. One of my favorite cars of all time.

I wish I could find one in decent condition with low miles.
That motor was temperamental but sooo fun

Amazing work!

ParaSurfer1979

My friend had a Red R3 when he was in high school. Every time Id come home from college I'd drive it to the beach? Such a memorable car. Just like the 300ZX/Toyota Supra was in the same period.

iSeeYouTwo

WOW what a beautiful vehicle! Nice work guys!

SlowLane

Awesome job. The RX7 looks phenomenal.

M.I.N.O.

iTrader: (1)

WOW, talk about abuse! The owner of this car should be detained for letting the car get so nasty.

Great work!

JnC

iTrader: (12)

Really? I thought it was in great shape for a 20 year old car.

Awesome job by the way

Steven Bell

iTrader: (2)

Well done, Phil.

vp55

iTrader: (6)

Awesome job Phil!

Redsand353

Amazing work, good to know your local if I ever need work like this. Also, its nice to see an rx-7 completely stock for once.

thewrangler99

Looking Good!

05TLdcc

Great work!


Oh, and which one of you owns the 4.0??

BobbyC

i had originally wanted a 94 Supra TT.. a friend of mine had one and i fell in love with that thing the second i drove it.

however, they were pretty pricey for a 18 year old.

i think i ended up getting that RX7 for likr 25k.. still a lot of money for a 18 year old in the 90s.

put 45k miles on that car in 8 months and got a 104 in a 65 speeding ticket.
that was the end of that. i couldnt even comprehend the cost of insurance after that so it was immediately sold.

i have very fond memories of just cruising around town in that car non stop. stop light racing anything that pulled up next to me.

ever since then, ive looked for one in good shape every time id toy with the idea of getting a new car.


the mid 90s were a AWESOME time for Japanese Sports cars.
we lusted over cars like the 300ZX TT, Supra TT, FD RX7 TT, Acura NSX and Drooled over cars we couldnt get like the EVO and the SKyline GTR.

hell, not much has changed. i still lust and drool over all those cars!

id kill for a FD rx7 in good shape and low miles.

i found one a while ago that i almost bought. it was a 94 Touring with 18k ORIGINAL miles.

it was soo tempting but i just couldnt justify paying 30 grand for a 20 year old car.


sorry for the trip down memory lane.

iSeeYouTwo

Do you guys cover anything specific when spraying the bay with APC? Just wondering.. because I remember reading somewhere that the alternator and battery terminals should be covered. I could be wrong though.

lowpearlwhite

wow, damn good work

OntheJob

I mean this in no derogatory way what so ever.

But I see you are spraying both the apc, and water directly onto electrical components in the engine bay, clearly pictured the alternator etc...... I thought the proper and most safe way to detail an engine is to cover these parts in foil or a material of your choice to deflect all water from hitting these said parts?............if that were my car, id be thoroughly HOT and wanting an explanation.

As far as your work goes, looks great. Top notch!

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

i can't believe how unbelievably stock that car was kept... i'm glad a great classic was preserved... i hope it goes to a good owner... do you know how much the owner wants to sell it for?

KaMLuNg

iTrader: (5)

agree with you that ideally you should keep the alternator/battery terminals clean... but as long as you aren't directly spraying high pressure water onto the electrical component and starting the engine whilst the component is still sopping wet, you shouldn't have a problem... as long as you properly blow out all the excess water and let the component dry, you are fine to 'clean' it with some water... i do it all the time...

some of my cars have their alternators down low in the engine bay close to the ground so those items can be open to puddle splashes when it is raining etc... they don't have problems...

OntheJob

cool thanks.

1StGenCL

Incredible turn around and wow that car looks good even today. My eighth grade principle had a red one and I remember thinking one day I wanted one

achenator

My buddy just paid about 20k for a really clean 94 with 30k on it. Took it home and within a week was ripping the perfectly good engine out to put in a LS3 from a 2010 camaro.