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Old 03-07-04, 12:08 PM
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Kinda Cool but OVERPRICED!

Check this one out!!




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Old 03-07-04, 12:30 PM
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it is really neat, but you are definatly right, it is overpriced.
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damn i love those fender mounted side views.

and almost 10k for that no thanks.
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seat covers lol
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DId you guys see this? It has plates, which means he got it registered, so you can legally drive it. I'm not sure how much of a pain in the *** regestering a RHD SA is, but I can imagine it cant be easy.
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DId you guys see this? It has plates, which means he got it registered, so you can legally drive it. I'm not sure how much of a pain in the *** regestering a RHD SA is, but I can imagine it cant be easy.
They probably made it RHD. Registrating an imported car is a pain the *** but a lot of people are doing it too. On the latest SCC there's this guy who had an imported DC5R (Acura RSX here but the Integra Type-R in Japan) and they didn't want to give the details about how he got it registered. Also, on Import Tuner I think... there's this guy with an Acura Integra XSi, another imported car that they didn't give details on the registration. So...it's possible, but then again they probably did the rhd swap on the SA themselves.
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Actually, I'm 99% sure it IS a Japanese car. Besides the obvious PITA of converting the car to RHD, and the fact, that I'm not sure that would actually be legal, there is the fact that it' has a back seat, and the series one RX-7's couldn't in North America, due to an extra bracing member that was required...
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There's quite a few Japanese SA's in North America.

Heck, one of the entrants in the GRM $1500 Challenge found one at the Salvation Army and bought it for $500!

The importation laws used to be much more relaxed. The grey market used to be a booming business!

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gotta love the re amemiya front end, droooool, I want one. As peejay said, you used to be able to get a car here legally with relative ease. This car has probably been here for years, and thats why it didn't get cut in half when it entered the country.
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Haha....

Thats what you can a waste of an Ebay listing fee. $9500? Come on.....
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Guess what PeeJay...


That was me!!!

The car has been restored since you seen it!

The clutch pressure plate broke on my second run!

What do you expect for $500.

I hope to **** he gets the 10 grand!!!!


He can dream on.
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the mirrors are pretty gay, they are door mirriors put the fenders, not the real fender mirrors
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I saw a '79 sell for $12,000 locally... bone stock and immaculate.
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I saw a '79 sell for $12,000 locally... bone stock and immaculate.
Wow, it must of been a jem... However this e-bay wonder is neither bone stock, or immaculate.
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Man, what a beater. Sure its neat that its RHD, but for ten grand it had better have a 13B-RE swap and be gold plated. Props to the body kit too, but still
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Nic e body kit up front but ... I REALLY hate that stupid wing alot of people put on 1st gens ... it doesn't help the car out, reminds me of a mustang :S
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Originally posted by The_Dude
Nic e body kit up front but ... I REALLY hate that stupid wing alot of people put on 1st gens ... it doesn't help the car out, reminds me of a mustang :S
thats the factory wing. its STOCK

i personaly like it.
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Overpriced is an understatement! I wish I could sell my car for that much!
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i paid three grand for my (use to be) immaculant 85 GSL it had 86K on it
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Originally posted by 81Rex6port13b
thats the factory wing. its STOCK

i personaly like it.
eh i dont like it myself, but its all a matter of taste. reminds me of a porsche along with the pop up headlights. haha. o well, looks nice, highly overpriced!
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no way
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its a matter of opinion, that's all...
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yea, its opinion, lets not start an argument that has no end. I wish there was a cost effective way to get that front end here. oh well.
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Hey what's the engine that the savanah rx7 j-spec chassis brings??. Is it a turbo 12a stock??
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Hey what's the engine that the savanah rx7 j-spec chassis brings??. Is it a turbo 12a stock??


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