Are Efini's only in Japan? Any American Efini's?
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Originally Posted by ~Sex on Wheels~
Were the RX-7's manufactured under the "Efini" name only sold in Japan.
Are there any left-hand-drive Efini's?
The keen "Efini" badges on the car 
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Mazda sold the FD as the Efini RX-7 up until about '97 or '98. Efini was to Mazda as Lexus is to Toyota in the states - they had special Efini dealers, and they were the nicer cars, if you will. The cars are pretty much the same, except for minor differences the Japanese cars had due to different emissions, safety, and marketing decisions.
The FD was revised in '96 in Japan, a revision we didn't get in the states of course, and later revised in '99. Some of the '96+ parts are incorrectly referred to as "Efini parts", which is incorrect. For example, in '96 they changed the crossover pipe from plastic to aluminum and it bolted to the Y-pipe with a flange instead of connecting with a failure-prone rubber coupler. Many call it the "Efini Y-pipe", but it's actually just a '96+ part - a '95 Efini in Japan obviously didn't have it.
There are TONS of weird little differences between the JDM and USDM models, some I'm still discovering.
If you wanna make your car Efini, get the front/rear badges and an Efini logo steering wheel. I'm guessing you don't have stock rims by your picture, but the stock JDM cars had the Efini logo on the stock center cap for the wheels, of course.
Dale
.Mazda sold the FD as the Efini RX-7 up until about '97 or '98. Efini was to Mazda as Lexus is to Toyota in the states - they had special Efini dealers, and they were the nicer cars, if you will. The cars are pretty much the same, except for minor differences the Japanese cars had due to different emissions, safety, and marketing decisions.
The FD was revised in '96 in Japan, a revision we didn't get in the states of course, and later revised in '99. Some of the '96+ parts are incorrectly referred to as "Efini parts", which is incorrect. For example, in '96 they changed the crossover pipe from plastic to aluminum and it bolted to the Y-pipe with a flange instead of connecting with a failure-prone rubber coupler. Many call it the "Efini Y-pipe", but it's actually just a '96+ part - a '95 Efini in Japan obviously didn't have it.
There are TONS of weird little differences between the JDM and USDM models, some I'm still discovering.
If you wanna make your car Efini, get the front/rear badges and an Efini logo steering wheel. I'm guessing you don't have stock rims by your picture, but the stock JDM cars had the Efini logo on the stock center cap for the wheels, of course.
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Originally Posted by DaleClark
The keen "Efini" badges on the car .
Mazda sold the FD as the Efini RX-7 up until about '97 or '98. Efini was to Mazda as Lexus is to Toyota in the states - they had special Efini dealers, and they were the nicer cars, if you will.
.Mazda sold the FD as the Efini RX-7 up until about '97 or '98. Efini was to Mazda as Lexus is to Toyota in the states - they had special Efini dealers, and they were the nicer cars, if you will.
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Originally Posted by dgeesaman
Well obviously the RX-7 wasn't going to do well here as an Efini. It barely made it 3 years as a Mazda.
But it does make me wonder what other Efini car models looked like.
Dave
But it does make me wonder what other Efini car models looked like.
Dave
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efini_MPV
Also, I believe the subtle yet super nice "Whale Tail" only appeared as one the three spoiler types (R1 like USA, whale tail, and no spoiler) on the eFini models in japan.... Got a few of the japanese eFini RX7 brochures.
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