Could somebody please post some pics of 1st Gens with Tan interior. Preferrably leather, but cloth is fine too. Alsol, if anyone could find one that has tan leather and possibly a light blue/gray exterior. Im trying to find the a nice 1st Gen, that I can restore to original, having these options.

 

IIRC the Interior Colours are: Black, Grey, Burgundy/Red, and Brown

So there is no Tan interior.

The Black and Grey seem to be the most popular interior colours.

The Grey interior looks best with the light blue extiror IMHO

 

At least on s3 cars, it's Grey, and red/burgandy fo most popular, imo...

Black interior s3's seem pretty rare...

 

Could someone post pics of each interior color?

 

Sorry but that is incorrect. Tan was an interior color, but like black, not available for S3.

 

There IS a black s3 interior, it's just rare...

Hell I've started collecting s3 black parts for my two tone interior...

 

i dont remember who it was but a member here had a custom tan leather interior done on his 1st gen and it looked freaking awesome.
the black is awesome and very hard to find. so far ive seen it on sa's and s2 fb's .

 

Well, I bought a set of black steering column surrounds from Mazda for my GSL-SE, so...

 

Not mine but wow!

 

Very interesting. I do not recall ever seeing a "BLACK" S3 interior (with new-style dash). Where are you getting the black steering column surrounds from? In the U.S. parts catalog, they are D-code 60210 and 60210A, and are not listed in black. Do you have a part number for them? (Note that the S3 "Grey" color is called "Off-Black" in the U.S. parts catalog.)

Following are the dash colors (pad, crush #60350) from the U.S. parts catalog:
S1 (1979-1980)
black, wine, brown, brown (SA22C 606775-)
S2 (1981-1983)
black, red, tan, brown, dark tan
S3 (1984-1985)
red, off black, brown

IIRC the base interior colors were consistent in all markets.

 

The '79s had a tan interior. I just saw it in another thread. It was on a car on ebay. Here we go.

 

^ i was just going to get to that, i know a guy here in town that has a yellow '79 with a tan interior. But i must say, i'm embarrassed for him, its one of the fugliest rx7's out there, (and its AT as well...poor guy)

 

Ive seen several 81-83 GSL's with a full tan factory interior,dashboard and all.They are usually with leather seats.It looks pretty good with the right exterior color.All the ones Ive seen were in wrecking yards so they were a bit rough.

The 84-85 cars with the revamped interior came in only 3 colors,Brown,Red and Dark Gray.Although it looks black from a distance,its still gray.

 

All original, even the dust

 

I was feeling real good about my burgandy interior until I saw this. Damn...

 

Man I have to admit that I would like to put a little more tan on my interior. I agree that the stock tan is fugly. Here is a couple pics of my car with tan floormats. Gotta keep it stock looking though

PS for some reason it will not let me upload anything onto the site. Any one know why?

Thanks,
Z

 

Dont know what ur saying about no black interior. my 83 has black leather

 

84-85 Gsl-se doesnt come with black interior.

 

I over-simplified by listing just the dash colors. That 1979 has a two-tone interior: the upper dash is brown and the lower trim pieces are tan or beige colored. The parts catalog DOES list "BEIGE" color option for the lower pieces as seen (for 1979 but not 1980). The full tan interior including dash was 1981-1983. It can look good if it is clean.True. AFAIK, none of the 1984-1985 models with updated dash came with black interiors. In the parts catalog, the grey color is called "off-black." The actual black color was only available in the previous years.

 

Did earlier years use the same steering column surround? 'Cause I have a NEW Mazda factory black steering column in my basement that's for an 84/85....
And it looks the same as the stock red one it's replacing...

 

Since were posting tan stuff and someone mentioned two tone,heres my hybrid tan/gray 84 interior......