FD-sleeper

I used to own a Black FD '94 Touring manual with beige interior.

I was wondering if having a glass see-through sun-roof was rare since that's what it had. apparently most of them were painted, can someone confirm this?

kenpo1441

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From what I’ve read, 94 touring’s were the only model that came with glass sunroofs. So around 1688 RX-7’s brought the US had glass sunroofs.

Narfle

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that's about right

bajaman

The others being...painted metal?

FD-sleeper

That makes sense, so I'm assuming they are well sought after now and the fact that they are glass means that out of those 1700 quite a few have been broken.
Have you seen any for sale on this forum or anywhere else?

Narfle

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About one every month or two.

7_rocket

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I got one of those. I like it

Mikelivi91

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I wouldn't mind swapping to a glass top. My metal ones seen its better days anyway

speedjunkie

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Mine has a glass top too, but I'm not sure it's actually glass. It's much lighter than I thought it would be. Although mine has a couple scratches like glass scratches, so I'm not sure.

fdpocketrocket

There is also a plastic cover that attaches to the glass roof to act as a shade.

FD-sleeper

I remember it was very nice to cruise around in as it let a little bit of light into the "cockpit".
I wonder if there is a way to track down my old car, is there a registry active on this forum?

speedjunkie

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I bought one of those covers a couple years ago, more because I just wanted to start collecting rare OEM pieces rather than planning to use it. But I put it in and haven't taken it out since. I actually really like it.

I believe there is a registry somewhere on the forum, but I doubt it's up to date, as often as some of these cars get sold.

Brekyrself

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Anyone know if the sunroof panels are a direct swap?

BryanDowns

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Yes they are. I swapped to a glass one from my metal one. Direct swap

speedjunkie

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Did you sell the metal panel or do you still have it? I've thought about picking one up to swap in and see if I like it better and can save some weight, but I'm not sure it's worth the hassle to swap it unless I'm going to leave it in there for a long time, and I'll never sell the glass one lol.

BryanDowns

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I kept the metal one, not sure why because I doubt I ever go back to it. The extra light inside the cabin is a great addition to the car. There was a weight difference, but honestly it isnt anything to fret over unless you have a legit race car, and at that point you shouldnt have a sunroof anyway

speedjunkie

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Yeah that's a good point. I've been somewhat looking for either an R1 or base model for that reason, but I want one that's beat up so I don't feel so bad cutting it up for widebody and so I can get it cheaper. But then I thought "why not just build a little F1 style racecar from scratch?" and the rabbit hole just kinda keeps going from there lol.