Chicago Street Style!

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dont expect much until I can upgrade my phone though lol

Some little interior ricer goodies, Razo knob, Cusco spin turn knob, Broadway mirror, GripRoyal steering wheel, and an Ebay BOSS hub. I generally have good luck with these Ebay BOSS hubs but this one just absolutely sucked so I just ordered up a real Japan HKB BOSS hub which should be on the way soon.

Interior currently.

Some other misc. goodies for the car including OEM Mazda oil filters, NGK sparkplugs, this specific Energy Suspension bumpstop that FC people use as a pinion snubber to help prevent breaking the front mount of the differential, 5mm Kics spacers to allow my wheels to clear the front brakes, Banzai emissions and OMP delete block off plates, TCS F/R strut bars which are basically knock off Mazdaspeed ones that I plan to repaint the mounting brackets on, Racing Beat DTSS eliminators so I can eliminate that silly rear steer, and a Nardi horn button since I didn’t like the way the generic horn button looked on my wheel

16″ mesh wheels that I will be using for now. Can anyone guess what they are? I think it will give my car that classic SIMPLE early 90’s drift style that I am going for.

Well it didn’t take me too long to find a replacement for the Miata. In my head I was juggling several ideas and in the end it came down to either finding an AP1 since I was having an urge for more track time, waiting for the release of the FR-S since it seems like it would make a great drift and daily car, or this one specific FC. Very different price ranges and what ever I chose would dictate the kind of driving I plan on doing well into the future.

I chose the FC. My brain told me one way, my heart told me FC. The way I feel when I see a properly built RX7 rolling past into the dark of night just gives me this feeling that an AP1 or FR-S could never give. Its an aura that I cant explain.

A little bit of history behind this particular car. This car was Robs dad’s FC. The same Rob I bought my Miata from. Back then, I originally had contacted Rob about buying the FC, and after a somewhat jokingly comment of him saying why dont you buy my Miata, that turned into me buying the Miata instead of this FC.

This RX7 is a 1988 S4 TII, Black, and the best part, only 46,000 miles! The car is immaculate inside and out and practically show room clean! I almost feel bad knowing that I will be turning it into a drift car when I feel like it should be sitting in a museum or something. This decision to purchase the FC felt almost impulsive on my end, but after driving it home today, I know I made the right choice. FC’s are by far my favorite late 80’s sports car. The body lines just simply cannot be beat! It is 100% bone stock minus RacingBeat exhaust and STANCE coilovers. It also came with some other goodies like a turbo timer, Kouki tails and Kouki moldings in box, JDM window visors, a full shop manual, as well as other misc goodies. Not to mention Rob’s Dad gave me a price I couldn’t refuse.

I have some long term plans and some short term plans for it but I’ll share that at a later date. Regardless, I should be out this season doing what I love to do! DRIVE!

We really haven’t been getting any snow out here but regardless, me and the gf decided to take a boarding trip for new years. We stayed at Chula Vista in the Dells, and went to Cascade both days since it was part of the package we got. It snowed a few inches while we were out there but it was still pretty icey especially at night. It was an awesome time and much needed little vaca. Plus I finally got to try out my new setup and I absolutely love it. Board is way more playful then my last one. Probably my only gripe is my new bindings are a tight fit to get into so it takes me a bit longer then usual to strap in but once Im strapped, I am good to go!