just saw this pic on auctions in Japan. I just fell in love with this car. it looks stuning . Unfortunately its grade says its modified and has 94 000 kilometers on it which is too much for me. can anybody tell me what front bumper is this? its nice and looks clean

 

Sounds like someone just discovered how to find cars on the Japanese Auction.

IMO if your going to spend money on a front bar, might as well go with the 99 spec.

My JDM had a bit over 90k km's when I first got her and I got close to another 50k km's out of the car until I blew my engine because of a boost spike one night. So if your planning to buy one especially from Japan don't always assume that 90k km's is "too much".

 

94k km is about 58,409 miles. That's pretty low miles.... IMO

that's a 1st generation knightsports bumper. lots of companies make replicas

 

those rims look like the cheap motegi mr7's

 

I believe they are originally advans, and then years ago there was tons of copies. ( advans/ AVS )

 

yea, for a car this old, anything under 100 000km (60k miles) should be considered low mileage.

 

does that bumper fit with stock under tray?


Los

 

+1 on the rims look cheapy

 

I've got that complete body kit sitting in my garage. Note that the front nose utilizes the stock turn signals

later

 

Front bumper is an old Knightsports bumper, the design of which was bought by PFS, so it should still be available here in the US.

 

buying auction cars is a very risky move.

 

Not quite right. i've been looking for cars in japan for over a year already. I lost red 94 with 25 000 kilometers on it my bid was 550 000 and the car was sold for 580 000 i was upset for two days


yes, thats what i like in this bumper. 99spec is a good choice but i liked these old straight bumper lights

 

what does "+1" on the wheels mean?

Any links to Japanese FD auctions?

Any idea (ballpark) for price to import an FD from Japan to the US? I'm thinking of the 99-01 models.

Sorry for the newb questions...

 

(Supporting) what he said.

Don't bother.

Illegal to do. They have to be 25 years or older in the US, or come up w/ $200,000 to crashtest 'em.

Np. Question has been asked 1001 times. The Search feature is your friend

~Ramy

 

I have been looking at tons of japanese auctions, but if you buy a FD off one dont you cant drive it until you pay alot of money to get a title isnt that right??

Here is a link for some jdm cars...a uk site though...

http://www.autoadvan.co.uk/stock.php


And there are places that import the car and legalize it here, but its going cost you a crap load....

 

Uhh...you mean a bribe? Cuz that's what it is.

Please don't give him false information. No place on EARTH can legalize a RHD FD without crashtesting it (which has NOT been done), and in which case the car would be on the NHTSA Vehicle Eligibility List - which it isn't. There are merely shady shops that will provide you w/ a state title ONLY - that does NOT make the vehicle street legal in any way, shape, or form. In fact, it's fraud, and if you get caught, it carries a mandatory jail time sentence. A title doesn't make a car street-legal; proper HS-7Forms, EPA documentation, meeting FMVSS, and obtaining a DOT-issued VIN DOES.

~Ramy

 

I'm a huge fan of that front bumper. You can get it from PFS:

http://www.pfsupercars.com/


Erebuni sells it also, but I'm not sure if the Erebuni bumper is of the same quality as the PFS bumper.

-s-

 

I have spent quite a bit of time searching these forums, but seriously, what is the point of a forum and messaging people if you can't ask a couple simple questions (even non-tech related) without getting a slap in the face?!

Oh well.

 

Front end ruins it for me. I only like 99 spec type front ends.

 

1) I answered your question, didn't I?

2) What's the point of asking a question when you have a forum that dates back to '96, with archives going back to '01, and a search feature which will show you probably 300+ threads on the question you're asking?

3) If you think that was a slap in the face...oooh boy. Fasten your seatbelt, b/c you're in for one heck of a ride. This is an *incredibly* rough forum, *known* for it's flaming of noobs. Most of the time when you ask a question like that your thread simply gets locked. No questions asked. Sometimes the mods see it a bit too late, and a simple question has turned into a 4 page all-out noob flamefest lol. Ppl here REALLY don't like seeing the same questions asked over and over, esp. when they can be easily found in the 3rd Gen FAQs Sticky as well as by searching. So really...relax man. I'm just givin you a head's up. I even included a smile in my post, didn't I? Don't say I didn't warn ya btw...

~Ramy

 

Well, since there is already so much information to search on (3,000 threads for the Japanse FD), why don't they just shut this forum down and leave only the search functionality .. that way, all you good 'ol boys don't have to get so irritated numerating all your responses for us dumbass noobs!

 

You think it hasn't been proposed before? SEVERAL times at that? To restrict noobs to a Newbie-only section w/ no posting rights outside of it? Heck, SEVERAL other forums have such subsections in action, disabling new members from posting outside the "New Member Area" to try and limit the endless asking of the same questions over and over.

Welcome to The Club

 

uhm

 

REPOST!

 

MrNizzles,

Please just drop it. FDNewbie answered your question, didn't he?

Anyone who has frequented these forums for over 6 months has seen the exact same question repeated many times, especially regarding importing the Japan-only models sold between 1996-2002. We stay on here because new stuff actually happens every now and then (for instance: https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/engineering-better-harness-bar-warning-long%85-656852/ ), and because it's nice to help people keep their RX-7's running well.


-s-