spirit r!!
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Not all 2002s are spirit Rs. They have the recaro seats, lightweight hood, red stitching, "spirit R" on the speedometer, BBS spirit R rims, and some other things that distinguish them.
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Only 1500 Spirit R were made! They have the type A with the red cloth Recaro seats and type B with the red leather seats. One more detail is that they have a special plaque next to the vin number with a Spirit R pruduction number ( 146/1500 ) <--like that!
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Not to mention the dash is a silverish color instead of the black plastic. Off the top of my head here is what differentiates a spirit-r:
1. Spirit-r cluster / silver background
2. grey dash
3. Nardi steering wheel with mazda bag and red stitching
4. Red stitch shift **** and shift boot
5. Red stitch e-brake lever and e-brake boot
6. Red Recaro RZ seats
7. Commemorative plate with your number out of 1500, 2 of these in the engine bay
8. bbs wheels
9. spirit-r badges
10. Leather key chain with gold embezzlement that says spirit-r
11. Spirit-r suspension which I believe is made by showa
12. spirit-r brake calipers (painted red) with special rotors (drilled disc style)
13. spirit-r floor mates
14. spirit-r passenger foot-rest
15. carbon fiber key chain
16. spirit-r booklet
FYI, a seller is currently trying to sell just those three items above for 500,000Y(~$5,200). Contrary to popular believe, not EVERYTHING is cheaper in Japan.
1. Spirit-r cluster / silver background
2. grey dash
3. Nardi steering wheel with mazda bag and red stitching
4. Red stitch shift **** and shift boot
5. Red stitch e-brake lever and e-brake boot
6. Red Recaro RZ seats
7. Commemorative plate with your number out of 1500, 2 of these in the engine bay
8. bbs wheels
9. spirit-r badges
10. Leather key chain with gold embezzlement that says spirit-r
11. Spirit-r suspension which I believe is made by showa
12. spirit-r brake calipers (painted red) with special rotors (drilled disc style)
13. spirit-r floor mates
14. spirit-r passenger foot-rest
15. carbon fiber key chain
16. spirit-r booklet
FYI, a seller is currently trying to sell just those three items above for 500,000Y(~$5,200). Contrary to popular believe, not EVERYTHING is cheaper in Japan.
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Rich, I dont think the spirit R had a PFC hahaha.
Great list Bryan. I didnt know about some of the stuff you mentioned. Now Im kind of upset my console isn't grey. Whenever I saw pics of the interior I assumed the lighting made it look grey. Anything special about the suspension? The spirit R is supposed to be the ultimate rx7 in stock form but I notice its missing alot of improvements from the rx7-SP and even from some of the special edition 94-95 7s (different color engine bay).
Great list Bryan. I didnt know about some of the stuff you mentioned. Now Im kind of upset my console isn't grey. Whenever I saw pics of the interior I assumed the lighting made it look grey. Anything special about the suspension? The spirit R is supposed to be the ultimate rx7 in stock form but I notice its missing alot of improvements from the rx7-SP and even from some of the special edition 94-95 7s (different color engine bay).
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Rich, I dont think the spirit R had a PFC hahaha.
Great list Bryan. I didnt know about some of the stuff you mentioned. Now Im kind of upset my console isn't grey. Whenever I saw pics of the interior I assumed the lighting made it look grey. Anything special about the suspension? The spirit R is supposed to be the ultimate rx7 in stock form but I notice its missing alot of improvements from the rx7-SP and even from some of the special edition 94-95 7s (different color engine bay).
Great list Bryan. I didnt know about some of the stuff you mentioned. Now Im kind of upset my console isn't grey. Whenever I saw pics of the interior I assumed the lighting made it look grey. Anything special about the suspension? The spirit R is supposed to be the ultimate rx7 in stock form but I notice its missing alot of improvements from the rx7-SP and even from some of the special edition 94-95 7s (different color engine bay).
The SP is more of a purpose-track built car, where the spirit-r is more of an all around car. The spirit-r suspension is made by showa and is ride height adjustable. Showa is world renown in OEM suspension, I believe they made the nsx-r suspension! Showa also produced the Rx7 bathrust edition suspension. They are on par with Aragosta, Ohlins and Quantumn, but serve a different purpose and demographic.
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Not to mention the dash is a silverish color instead of the black plastic. Off the top of my head here is what differentiates a spirit-r:
7. Commemorative plate with your number out of 1500, 2 of these in the engine bay
11. Spirit-r suspension which I believe is made by showa
12. spirit-r brake calipers (painted red) with special rotors (drilled disc style)
13. spirit-r floor mates
14. spirit-r passenger foot-rest...
7. Commemorative plate with your number out of 1500, 2 of these in the engine bay
11. Spirit-r suspension which I believe is made by showa
12. spirit-r brake calipers (painted red) with special rotors (drilled disc style)
13. spirit-r floor mates
14. spirit-r passenger foot-rest...
Cheers.
#22
We have so many of the damn things, I'm actually over the "limited" colour, Titanium!!
#24
There would be hundreds.
Gotta be forty Snow White Pearl RZ's like mine too, I guess (out of 175 total build).
I know of guy in Sydney who is importing one right now.
Series 8 FD's are very popular here. The Australian dollar has risen quite a bit against the yen (and the USD) recently, they'll be another flood of them coming in soon.
Gotta be forty Snow White Pearl RZ's like mine too, I guess (out of 175 total build).
I know of guy in Sydney who is importing one right now.
Series 8 FD's are very popular here. The Australian dollar has risen quite a bit against the yen (and the USD) recently, they'll be another flood of them coming in soon.
#25
Here's why I've given them that name:
This two-tone effect is factory standard on this colour. I've seen pics of two-tone Titanium cars in Japanese showrooms circa 2002.