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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 01:29 AM
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Hello everybody!
This is my first post...anyway, I got some qestions about the gen 3 RX7.

What is the headlight blub size??? (H1, H4.....)
I find that there's 93 Rx7 for sale which has 8xxxxkm on it. So is its engine time to rebuild???
If I am going to get that RX7, what should I check and mention before paying?
Also, what is the difference between 93 model and 94 touring model????

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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 01:51 AM
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H4
Depends on the engine.
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the dash and thats about it I think...
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 03:35 AM
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Most of the time the engine needs to be rebuilt by 80k. Check to see if the car has any mods to it. Downpipe is a reliability mod, so check for that. If the car is basically all stock, i would have an extra 3g for a rebuilt motor.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 03:56 AM
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If I'm not mistaken, the 94's have passenger side air bags, glass moon roofs instead of sun roofs (in the tourings), and dash and exterior paint that won't come off as easily.

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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 04:15 AM
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I think Redhaze has that right. I can't verify about the moonroof thing, but since I've wanted a Chaste White RX-7 as long as I known (and sicne they were only made 94+) that means they also come in sunroof flava so I guess maybe that was a Turing inclusion and you got a moonroof in the PEG. In any case, the best way to know if you need a rebuild is to feel for the car up till about 80K or so, then when something just doesn't feel right, that's the time old bessie needs to meat the autobahn in the sky . That or you see way too much smoke coming from the exhaust and/or engine.

O yeah plus the 94's had a stiffer suspension setup in the R2 compared to the R2's (or maybe it was all models?). 95's were even stiffer than that. To be quite honest, the only reason you would get anything besides a '93 (because it's hard enough to find an rx-7 as it is) is because 1)you want the rarest of the rare or 2)you want a color that wasn't offer in '93 and all that would be is the Chaste White .
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 04:24 AM
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O yeah plus the 94's had a stiffer suspension setup in the R2 compared to the R2's (or maybe it was all models?).
Huh? I didn't really understand that...
The 93 R1s have very stiff suspension. The ride was too uncomfortably rough for most so they actually toned down the stiffness for the 94 R2s.
That's to the best of my recollection.


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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 04:37 AM
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Ehh it's late and my head hurts . I think I got everything backwards today. Thanks for the correction. Night.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 01:18 PM
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thx guys~~~

I have 1 more qestion~~
I see some RX7 in Asia/Japan has an mod headlight unit, which is the flipping headlight is changed to fixed HID headlight unit~~
So is this HID mod OEM or custom make???

O yeah, I see Sub-Zero has that kind of headlight~~

I currently has a pair of H1 HID, do u guys think I can put them in the RX7???

Thx.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 04:09 PM
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1 more question~~~
Is it all gen 3 has leather interior???
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 04:13 PM
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The HID kits you see we refer to as sleeklights. There are several companies that produce them. rotaryextreme has the hot ones as of right now I believe. And No, all 3rd gens do not have leather. R models came with suede.
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Old Aug 18, 2002 | 05:49 PM
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please reffer to the RX7Club God, the All-Mighty "SEARCH BUTTON!" He will answer all of your noobified questions.
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