RotorRyan

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hi. i have spent countless hours pouring over endless threads about vins, models, and all that jazz. I know my FD is an early one but what i have bin looking for for days is how to find what model it is. I know the Type R, X, S and such and are the R-1, Base, and touring models. I know what most models came with and would like to think that i could tell the difference between them, but on my RX-7 i cannot. It is vintage red, has dual oil coolers, no sunroof or cruise, the engine brace, and the R1 seats. But it also has yellow fog lights, and a rear wiper. honestly i would like to know what model it is but i am kinda stumped. it is a JDM import car and i would like to know some more about it. I have tried the search engine and gotten no help from it yet.

its Vin is FD3S-103854. check my pics below for some more info on it. any help i can get on this would be very appreciated, thx.


also i would like to know the history of the car while in japan, if anyone knows about any carfax or Vin checker things in japan please let me know, i dont mind paying for it, just carfax doesnt like import cars.
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96fd3s

is there a sticker in the drivers door that says what model it is?
iv got a 96 JDM type rs, it has twin oil coolers, no cruise control or sunroof, a rear wiper & strut brace & rear seats

RotorRyan

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nope no sticker in the door. just a stock tire size and pressure sticker thats it.

96fd3s

check these sites out,

http://www.rx7.net.nz/fd-jp-models.html
http://www.rx7.net.nz/jpnspc.htm

Looks to me like you proberbly have a type R

ichiro-jp.kr

no sun roof, type r

dhays

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With a rear wiper?

RotorRyan

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ya it all points toward type R, but then theres that dam rear wiper....

dhays

iTrader: (1)

Seats are easy to change, even a second oil cooler can be added, but it seems adding a rear window wiper would be really tough. You can buy a hatch off a touring, but then you also have to change our the column switch to wire the wiper up. Sounds weird to me.