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Old 12-14-06, 11:40 PM
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So I got a crazy idea lastnight. What if I went to the junkyard and completely striped the interior of a totaled RX-7 and installed it into my RX-7. Anyone think it's possible?
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Yes, when I was having a nasty nightmare. Luckily I woke up,lol.
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From which series of 7? kenn chan has an FC dash in his 1st gen. Search for threads started by him, you will find it. It's a buttload of work and not really worth it unless you are doing the full FC engine swap too, imho. There is also a current thread of a member from NZ, iirc, that has a 3rd gen dash.
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Take the interrior out of a 7 and put it in a 7? Whats the big deal? Do you mean RX8?
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Originally Posted by John64
Take the interrior out of a 7 and put it in a 7? Whats the big deal? Do you mean RX8?
My bad, yes I mean an RX-8 into a 7.
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Other than absolutely nothing lining up due to floorpan differences,vehicle length,vehicle height,door size/shape and firewall size/shape......no problems at all.

Your talking two completely different cars.......completely.
Anything can be done with fiberglass,cutters,sheetmetal,ect......its just a matter of how much time,money and desire you have to do the job.
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bad idea senses tingling.
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id rather work on making my car fast....
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Originally Posted by HIM_Tattoos
My bad, yes I mean an RX-8 into a 7.

I've got both. They won't fit. The front seats will, but aside from that, it would take a lot of fabricating.
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If you have that much time and ambition use it for something more worthwile like an engine swap or something (any kind, take your pick ) Although there was that JDM SA with the renesis in it that they also used the gauge cluster from the 8 in as well and it looked pretty cool...
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