just wondering what you guys out there think are fairly uncommon factory colors to find a 7 in. off the top of my head, i think that persimmon red, solar gold, maya gold, havanna brown, desert brown, and ocean blue are pretty uncommon. any others that you guys can think of that are pretty rare to see? any pics you'd like to post of a 7 with a rare color would be pretty cool!

 

When I first bought mine, I would see others the same color quite often. But now, I don't see it much...it's Sonic Bronze Metallic.



Rich

 

Rich, thats an excellent looking car!! every time i see it, it gets better looking! off hand, do you remember the color code?

 

there are only a few spark yellow SAs around here. mine and another guys that i know of. now that jerryperez sold his other one

 

< Hawaiian Orchid

 

Here's a better shot of the Hawaiian Orchid color. The car is pretty beaten up after all these years.

Belongs to my SO. He's hoping to fix it up to its former glory some day soon.

 

Thanks, mazdaverx713b! I think it's Y5.

Rich

 

whats the paint name for the goldish GSL SE?

 

I know there are quite a few blue colors that the 7 came in, I haven't seen many in (I think ) soft blue.

Also, does anyone know where I can get the bronze paint?

 

I got touch-up paint form my '81 maya gold at paintscratch.com

 

Ever get stuck on a color? Ever since I bought my SA back in '80 I have loved the color. When I got the second and third gen they got the same treatment. Trimmed with black and tinted windows makes them look much better. Unfortunatly, I sold the SA to a guy in Texas - I wish I had it back.

 

64mgb, i believe the Sonic Bronze color code may be Y9. i could be wrong. its your car and you would definatly know better than i would.

 

Hi mazdaverx713b -

I really don't know for a fact...I got the Y5 from a PM I received from 7aull several months ago...perhaps he can weigh in:

Rich:
sonic bronze = "Y5" according to my 79 Mazda Parts Book...
Stu Aull
80 "RH" (Sunrise Red) RX7

Rich

 

what does the color code indicate on your vin plate on the firewall?

 

I've looked several times, and I can't find a code anywhere on my car.

Rich

 

The paint code was Y5 on my Sonic Bronze SA.

 

ok, cool. that clears up that issue. perhaps Y9 was Copper....i cant remember off the top of my head.

64mgb, as for the paint code being on the 79's, i believe trochoid mentioned that it was on an underhood deacal. you may want to check there and post back

 

Rich,
Sharp looking car.
Similar to the 2nd RX-7 that I owned which was a 83 S model.

 

I believe I read somewhere that this misty blue was only made 2 years. This is my '83 S, original paint.

 

Nope...I've looked several times, and there is no paint code in my car, not in an obvious place anyway.

Rich

 

Rich, my SAs the same color as yours. The code is Y5. The color code sticker for mine is located under the hood, near the lubrication specification sticker on the spark plug side of the car. Yours must have fallen off, as mine is pealing and I'm shocked its still there.

 

Renaissance Red. It was on the limited edition offered in '80, and as a regular color in '81 (not sure about other years). Mine doesn't look too much like it after all these years, but it was a nice color.

 

What's your build date? Mine was one of the first, built in 3/78. I've had it since new and know there are no stickers missing, so I suspect they started putting them on later.

Rich

 

My build date is 8/78 so it looks like this supports the idea of them putting the color code stickers on later.

 

my 83 limited edition is chateau silver w/ red pinstripe