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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 01:03 PM
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Question LS?!!? what does that mean?

hey guys,

on the sides of my car theres an LS. and i still dont know what it means, i have searched before but i haven't found anything, i found all about FS, FD, SA, but not LS, my girlfriend said "Leather Seats " i laughed and told her the seats arent stock.

if anyone knows please do share


tags: Rx7, model, question, LS, ls, FS, FD, SA, wtf is it?
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 01:15 PM
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Leather Sport I think. Don't quote me on that.
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 02:36 PM
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that LS symbol is indeed a leather sport. Only a certain amount were made. Does your car have brown leather interior by chance?
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Old Mar 20, 2013 | 05:30 PM
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"Low Speed." You should trade the car for a faster one.
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In essence, your girlfriend is right. LS or "Leather Sport" is a trim package Mazda offered on a select number of vehicles beginning in 1980. It included leather seats, steering wheel and shift ****. If you were to look in the special model "sticky thread" at the top of this section, you'll see more information on LS's. Basically they built 2500 total in 1980 with White, Black and Gold exterior color choices. All LS interiors that year were brown.

From the picture, it looks like your car is a 1980 with aftermarket add no’s. Do you have the original waffles or spare? They should be painted gold, and mounted with RWL Bridgestone tires, another part of the trim package making them different than the standard S and GS models. As an LS, it's probably worth more now in stock condition but hey, as long as you love her the way she is, it’s all good. You’re a member of the SA fraternity.
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 10:32 AM
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Originally Posted by DivinDriver
"Low Speed." You should trade the car for a faster one.
haha good one, made me laugh
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 10:44 AM
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In essence, your girlfriend is right. LS or "Leather Sport" is a trim package Mazda offered on a select number of vehicles beginning in 1980. It included leather seats, steering wheel and shift ****. If you were to look in the special model "sticky thread" at the top of this section, you'll see more information on LS's. Basically they built 2500 total in 1980 with White, Black and Gold exterior color choices. All LS interiors that year were brown.

From the picture, it looks like your car is a 1980 with aftermarket add no’s. Do you have the original waffles or spare? They should be painted gold, and mounted with RWL Bridgestone tires, another part of the trim package making them different than the standard S and GS models. As an LS, it's probably worth more now in stock condition but hey, as long as you love her the way she is, it’s all good. You’re a member of the SA fraternity.

thanks man, thats good information i was wondering why i never saw many rx7 with brown interior and this answers that question. i believe the spare is original but i haven't looked at it in a long time :P

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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 12:53 PM
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Cool car, interior looks like it was modded well.

SA fraternity
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Old Mar 21, 2013 | 06:42 PM
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I like it!!!!
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 07:54 AM
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I like it!!!!
Nice interior. If you show up to DGRR, Robert will have some competition.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:19 AM
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Originally Posted by t_g_farrell
Nice interior. If you show up to DGRR, Robert will have some competition.
whats this DGRR? im guessing its not in my state lol
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:22 AM
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I like it!!!!
btw do you have any pictures of your interior? im curious to see what yours looks like
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:39 AM
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DGRR
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 10:57 AM
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thats a 606 mile drive/ 9 hours....with 11-12 MPG no thank you lol maybe if it where closer or i had a trailer.

thanks for the info, really looks like a cool place to go one day
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 11:32 AM
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I feel ya. There's a similar event on the west coast called Sevenstock. It's about 400miles away from my house.
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Old Mar 22, 2013 | 02:24 PM
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Just to note, there are lots of brown interior 7's, the LS just happens to have brown LEATHER.
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Old Mar 28, 2013 | 11:33 PM
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is the carpet in your car faded or is it just the lighting making it look lighter than it is? Reason I ask is I'm trying to determine the correct shade for my 80 ls but under the seats and console my carpet is really brown like a hershey bar. Just courious, thanks
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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 03:27 PM
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that's a nice LS! the seats are period correct Recaro's and the steering wheel looks to be from a Mitsubishi Starion. the LS is indeed a wonderful car and as mentioned above a rare SA. in original guise they were quite elegant. here are some pics of my old 80 LS that was an all original car:







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Old Apr 2, 2013 | 05:09 PM
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My 83 came with the 'leather spoiler' which a PO cut about a 12 inch section from the middle to screw a 3rd brake light. SMH.

Anybody want 2 parts of a spoiler let know - its useless.
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