In February of this year, I purchased a 1995 Mazda RX-7 from its original owner. I wasn’t entirely happy with the color of the interior, but I figured I could replace the parts with black pieces over time. I’ve had a particularly hard time finding OEM carpet. I have a couple grand saved up if anyone here has what I’m looking for. I haven’t had much luck in the marketplace. I’ve been told there were only 500 1995 US models produced.

 

My 95 had tan carpet and tan seats. I wanted red interior, but the parts were too hard to find. Had an automotive upholstery shop reupholster my seats red and purchased a red aftermarket carpet from (https://www.nsxcarpet.com/collection...arpet-products) (required alot of work to trim and test fit).

 

What did you end up doing with the seat’s plastics? If I wanted anything other than black, I’d do the same. I just don’t want it to be any more work than it need to be. Especially considering I also want the rear seats. It’d just be an eyesore if the colors didn’t match up.

 

I bought brand new black OEM seat plastics from Ray Crowe, the go-to guy for dealer parts.

 

I reached out to him recently with the list of things I'm looking for. His response was, "These items no longer available from Mazda. Online search." I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled.

 

Then just have patience with your WTB ad (in the correct section) and keep watching for part-outs.

 

Patience is the key. I'll be picking up another 95 soon and may think of changing out the black carpet to red, if i do and you haven't found anything, i'll reach out. But to be honest, your best bet is to order from nsxcarpet.com.

 

Patience and good fortune provided me an opportunity to acquire my black on black '95 base. Depending on where you're priorities lie, you could probably find someone with a '94 that has black interior that would be willing to trade his car for your '95.

PS: this thread title and it's content don't match.

 

I'd appreciate that Chances are, I won't find anything until tomsn16 does another full part out. It's even less likely it'll happen to be taking apart a '95. So thanks!

That's awesome. My eyes would have lit up if that were what I had found. I was lucky enough to find my car on Ebay. It was the only one for sale in my state. I had just enough money to finally make the move and buy my dream car. While the thought of trading it for another with black interior would be convenient, it's not worth it. I couldn't have gotten a better deal. $24,500 for a 40k mi stock original owner. Built and lived all its life in CA since my birth. I'm really in no rush to make these changes, but I'm excited to see my vision come to life.

 

Lol, i was thinking the same about the title.

Anyways, the 94-95 interiors are the same, correct? It doesn't necessarily have to come from a 95. Unless you're super **** about it (which if you are, i know how you feel as i am the same) getting your hands on 94 interior stuff may be more bang for your buck. Some sellers may even take advantage of how "rare" the 95's are and charge more.

 

You got a great deal if your 95 was taken good care of. 40k miles is low. I would think a fairly mint 40K mile FD would go for $35k easy. I have a 95 with 17k miles. Vintage red with tan carpet and seats. If I ever found mint seats in red or black I would change out. I don't hate the tan, I just love red interiors.

 

Hell yeah I did. The original owner was a firefighter. He even kept the seat covers on from the day he bought the car on the dealership showroom floor back in '97

I don't have a problem with tan either. The carpet is an ugly shade if you ask me though. I felt inspired by a marketplace thread posted earlier this year. I'd prefer my interior look like this:
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generati...ype-r-1146504/

It sounds like you scored finding the car you did. It reminds me of one that I found recently. Some lucky enthusiast is gonna get a great deal on this '95 sometime this afternoon:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1995-mazda-rx-7-11/

 

OP, here's my advice. I had a Montego Blue 1995 model with tan / black interior that I bought with 49k miles.

Original non disturbed parts of a color you don't prefer are far better than a bunch of used interior parts that have been exposed to sun, warped, etc. Once you pull that interior apart it never goes back together as well as when it was built. It will rattle more, not fit as well, the plastic fasteners will crack and break and will likely need to be replaced.

My old '99 Corolla had a great interior for servicing. You could find parts at Autozone, you could pull it apart and put it back together with no issues. FD interiors are flimsy, and used parts are never as good as brand new ones (I've bought plenty of both). Just leave it. You will be disappointed with the results of changing things over. One of the best parts about a low mileage FD is that nobody has pulled the interior apart yet.

 

I have a MB LHD 95, it was missing the carpet when I bought it but I had a 93 I was fixing to sell and swapped the black carpet from it into mine.

My buddy has my old 95 LHD that I bought back in 2007. That one has aftermarket black carpet that I put in back in 2010. I am not too impressed with the fitment.

I think the majority of the 95's had tan carpet for some reason.

 

Thanks for the tip. I’ve been under the impression that it should come out of another ‘95. Now I wait.

 

Mazda basically cut costs over the life of the 92-95 FD, especially since sales were disappointing. That's one of the reasons why you see less unique interior parts on later model years (tan interior having less unique tan pieces in later production). In '95 they only built a few hundred so it's basically a bunch of scraps from '94. They weren't going to order a bunch of interior parts from suppliers when they knew they were ending production for the US. Probably by early 1994 they had already decided to cancel the US spec FD for '96, not wanting to spend money to meet emissions.

 

qft

 

possibly, but they did extend the 1995 production all the way to December of 1995, so it was like a faux 1996.

i need to find my spread sheet, but there were two batches, one in April of 1995 and the second in December of 1995

 

yeah my 1st 95 I owned was built in the third week of December 1995 and sold in March of 1996.

My 2nd one (current car) says on 08/21/1995 "Vehicle manufactured and shipped to dealer"
10/26/1995 it was sold at an auction. then 11/13/1996 it was first registered to the 1st owner.

 

is it S0400031? black on black PEP? built 4/18/1995, sold 10/26/1995?

 

191 is the last 3 of the vin. Its MB with black/tan interior. I actually don't know which option package it had likely a PEP as they made the most of them. I will have the dealer do a vin check for me next time I need to go there.

 

191 is a PEP, sold new at Gaithersburg Mazda in MD. it was built 4/25/1995 and sold new 9/26/1995
its montego blue with tan, engine 129630

 

well that's mine. The dates I got were off an AutoCheck report. Figured it was a PEP. It has full black interior now and Feed Widebody.

342 was the other one I owned. It is originally from Chicago area. Was stolen in 1999 and recovered. Sat in a guys barn in Kalamazoo MI till 2007 when I bought it. I sold it to my buddy in 2011. He still has it. I have actually been working on it lately to get it back on the road after it sat for 8 years after I sold it to him.

 

342 is also a PEP Black on Tan though, engine 132310, built 12/2/1995 sold new at 34232 (my decoder book is on my desk, in the office, at work) in Oklahoma on 9/24/1996

 

That adds up! I just looked at the AutoCheck for that car and it was Sold in OK. Was first registered in Chicago though to its 1st owner. That car also now has full black interior. It still has the original paint job though.