Project FD RX-7

[Goodspeed]

CAN. NOT. WAIT. TO. SEE. THIS.

  You and me both - I can see the car finished in my head, can't wait to actually have it done in real life.  It's going to be kinda surreal to see it in the metal, since I've never had a project fully sketched out before the first real wrenches get turned - the Miata evolved piece by piece and I had no real "vision" of it when it deviated from near-stock.  I always thought it was cool to see someone like Chip Foose sketch a car out on paper and then go out and build it, so yeah - I'm excited!

I've spent a lot of time recently researching LED lighting for the interior, and thankfully found lots of helpful forum posts with write-ups and part numbers to go forth and modernize the gauge cluster and HVAC controls for night driving.  The plan now is to go with white LED's for the gauge cluster (from dim 90's amber) and white/red for the HVAC controls, like so:





Going this route necessitated a change to the boost gauge I'll be using, as the VDO I have on the shelf matches the dim 90's amber look originally intentioned.  So instead, I'm having Speedhut Gauges build a custom boost gauge with FD-gauge matching font and trim that will match the white LED background at night of the main cluster.  Should look overall pretty OEM with a restomod angle when done!