veilsidei

alright my car only has almost 33k miles on it. and this is what it looks like.. sad sad.











if you look at the second to last youll see the line of dents. and you have to drill to get them out. and I dont have the money to do that. and i got the car like this.

moconnor

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That does not look like a 33k mile car. Those seats in particular look like they have 100k+ miles on them. A 33k car should look very close to new. Are you sure the cluster was not switched?

amp

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id suspect the same..

veilsidei

NOPE my dad has owned it since new. also take into consideration it has NEVER been garaged. as you cant see in these pictures but there are more high end cars that get those two spots. i think it might have been garaged for maybe 1 month of its life.

GoodfellaFD3S

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What is that hideous yellow thing on your steering wheel?

It's only a start, but you can order a nice new leather shift boot from redline goods here on the forum. They advertise, and if you are patient you'll see their banner at the top of the page after 10 or 20 pages of surfing.

veilsidei

um that thing is to stop my steering wheel from melting during the summer. my sisters melted :P.

7_rocket

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QUICK .. photoshop time!

veilsidei

its just a steering wheel cover i can take it off anytime i want but i live in vegas and the heat cooks the steering wheels. so i put that so i dont 1. burn my hands 2. have the steering wheel melt like it did in my sisters car. 3. to keep the steering wheel in the condition it is in right now.

jic

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goddamn...the scion xb is considered a high end car? jk jk

veilsidei

no these are the yellow one is at a friends house.

RX7LINK

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ONLY 33k miles????

mann.....just be glad that this car's drivetrain and engin is pretty new!! most RX7s on this forum have crazy high milage, mine has 124k miles on the chassis and 2 rebuilted motor.

at least you mainly have to worry about the cosmetics , which you're gonna change eventually.... seats, shiftboot, wide bodykits... hehe

*cheers to daddy !!

aznpoopy

so its a little dinged up
dont let cosmetic issues bother you

if it runs fine and drives straight, its good.

veilsidei

thats the thing before i blew the motor it was running amazing then iblew the motor not knowing how to maintain it. and my dad made it get rebuilt by a non rotary shop *never seen a rotary before* and basicly ive had problems esciltaing from there. and i have a problem right now too. turbos arent boosting to full potential for any gears and the engine higher rpms have no power any ideas?
i wanted it rebuilt by mazdatrix or some rotary shop but my dad wanted me to learn it and basicly screwed the rebuild up cause they didnt know what the **** they were doing.

Sgtblue

iTrader: (16)

http://www.redlinegoods.com/FDshiftboot.shtm
Here's a link. First rate products BTW^.
Stock wheels are fairly inexpensive as well.
And who told you they'd have to drill your quarter-panel for those dents? The pictures are small, but they shouldn't require drilling the sheetmetal.

veilsidei

i took it to a dent guy and he looked at it and there is a double wall so you cant hammer them out. the front fenders are not double only the back fenders. ill try and get a better picture of dents.

Montego

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I know that you said that you actually know the milage of this car because your dad has owned since new. I'm sorry bro but I'm not buying it. I've never seen that much wear and tear from the sun alone (not garaged).

Shifter boost torn at the seams from usage. Besides sun damage on the shifter? You know due to the roof the shifter is exposed minimally to the sun.



All of those wringles are also obvious signs of lots of usage.. .sun damage would be uniform.

RE-Amemiya

+1, i'm not buying it either, that's terrible wear

veilsidei

veilsidei

you can search vin if you want...

mibad

Forget the 7, drive the Fn Ferrari!

veilsidei

JM1FD3319P0206979 is the VIN

veilsidei

you also need to take into consideration vegas sun isnt like your type of sun. its very very hot and get over 105 during summer this summer it hit 116. and the car was parked in direct sunlight. i remember when my dad bought this car and i remember him getting in two accidents one hit and run hit the front fender and the other was just a small accident someone accidently rear ended my dad but didnt do much damaged but was fixed. and the hit and run guy was never caught.

RX7LINK

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just keep in mind that its harder for a daily driven reliable RX7 that runs right to come by than a cosmetically decked out FD that the driver can't even floor the gas pedal

treasure what you got. its a diamond in the rough

Montego

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no that's all right. I'm not gonna argue it's just that your car has all of the signs of wear and tear none really from sun damage (your red paint is still vibrant). From the dents, to the shifter, to the wrinkles on the seat and the very interesting worn seat right at where the seatbelt rubs. But hey if you say that the actual milage then I'll let it be







nice car how come the paint is not faded if it sat in the sun for all those years?

adam c

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Heat will really mess up upholstery and paint. Vegas heat is extreme during the summer. I'm not surprised the leather is in bad shape. You dad should have taken better care of the car. Hopefully he did regular maintenance. Given the condition of the interior & exterior, I would expect that he didn't.

Too bad he didn't give a **** about the car .