I like the fact JDM cars are being imported because it helps maintain a decent parts and service industry alive.

 

I like the fact that RHD FD's can be imported. For one everyone could afford one with an average budget but the annoying thing is that most consumers believe that they can just import one down and drive it right out of the container. Without some TLC. It's just a fact that it's a coin toss when you import them down there's more than a 75% chance that your engine is blown and/or turbos. I've spoken to people that have bring them down and have found excessive damage to the engine/turbos..The dirt is you'll end up spending 11-13k for the car after shipping "e-testing" safety doing the brakes, buying new tires, changing all the fluids, changing the coolant hoses (if you're smart) These cars have been sitting in Japan for years and have been neglected. Then on top of that the engine could be blown depending on how lucky you are. It'll cost you upwards of 4k if you bring it to a skilled technician for a rebuild. Also the ECU in the 92-95 fd's are junk if you're smart you get a Power FC or Haltech (for the ballers) that'll cost you another grand plus a good tune. I've only been an RX7 owner for 10 months and just like any car it's all in the tune from reliability to performance. If you get one do it right it'll be good to you. But don't go thinking it'll cost you 10 grand for an RX7 because that's never the case these things are money pits from LHD to RHD. In the end you'll spend around 18-19k for a good running rebuilt RX7. That you can enjoy for years and years with the right care. You only save a few thousand going this way but in the end you don't have to shell out 22-28k on a LHD upfront. You can take your time doing it and at least you know it's history spend the money have a good build you'll have a 400whp potent car i do. I don't mean to be the Kanye West of the forum but i'll go as far as saying i have one of the best RHD RX7's in Ontario.

 

Seems like people think if you own a RHD 7 your a poor man who wants to get a nice car cheap. Well for me thats not the case. 14k on the car and over 11k in mods in the past 6 months (incl engine build). i am a die hard rotary/7 fan owned a 1st gen and put a new engine/paint into it. i am a enthusiast.

And dont worry, all those guys who got a 10k loan for the FD will be all pushed out of the rotary game eventually, cause when it comes to a build they will **** their pants.

 

where in toronto u live? i still havent seen a rhd fd in my life yet, be kool to see one for once, shoulda came to the sherway garden meet

 

LHD will always be more prestigous (LHD had way less built compared to JDM especially the Canadian models...600 vs 50,000) and will continue to command a certain premium over JDM and I'm pretty sure resale is much easier with LHD because when you buy a RHD you pretty much limit the majority of the buyers market which drives on the LEFT side. Also much rarer to see LHD ones than a JDM so who cares if theres tons of JDM. This can be arguable but driving left is much safer than right side period. Doesn't matter if yur super "safe"..."I wait till red to turn...blah blah blah. I know cause I own a r32 GTR and fact is it's not as safe as LHD and I can't use it as a daily driver unlike my mk4 supra c-spec.

 

rx-7, r32 and mk-4???
I want your garage!

 

Well the FD's have just started to land, the flood gate is yet to open. And like Rx72Heaven eluded to, a lot of kids will have big loans for fd's with soon to be popped engines. I will bet that these abused popped fd's will be a dime a dozen for about $5-6000 within a year or two.

 

I predict Rx7Specialties will have a new gold mine in these soon.

 

I saw a RHD FD the other day. It was on the side of the road. Last week, there was one on a flat deck. I also saw a really nice looking one parked at Rx7specialties.


Pretty good bang for buck those cars are.

 

my RHD skyline GT-R is my daily driver.

I drove it to deal's gap and then on to georgia in the spring. I've since gone to ottawa and toronto in it several times. I've put 15,000+KM on it since APRIL (3 months ago.)

RHD is not a safety issue, at least not if you are a competent driver.

I've driven several other RHD vehicles too (FD and GTI-R) and I actually even own an RHD FD too. (haven't driven it though, it's crashed and being fixed)

those of you complaining about FD rebuild costs: you're smoking crack. RX-7's are like, the cheapest sports cars to rebuild ever. Look at how much it costs to rebuild a skyline. Or a lotus. Or even do a proper job on a supra/300zx/even a freakin DSM costs more money to rebuild. Cars cost money. Get over it.

 

I say thumbs up because some day some uneducated LHD FD owner will look at the listing of other FD's (rhd's) and use this as a base to list his/her price.

 

"RHD JDM FD's Thumbs up or Thumbs down "

A thumbs up from me. I was oh-so-close from buying one... a yellow one, caged, and it had a single huge-assed turbo on it.

Bought the TVR instead... wanted something that stood out just that little bit more,... but that yellow FD sure was sweet... wish I could have afforded both.

I got to say tho, a LHD FD would suit me just fine. I already have a RHD car, and it is a pain in the *** at times.

I was told that in Japan, you could order a car in LHD or RHD from Mazda. Is this true? Are there uber-rare LHD JDM FD'S?

 

your reaching pretty hard on this one, its the rhd owners that may be uneducated, not the guys who sourced out the rare lhd, and they know what they spent on it.

 

you back yet from the rigs cory?

 

I bought my FD this spring since then I swaped and installed an alarm. I blew my engine by racing it when it was cold. I've actually been looking for an FD for three years. As soon as JDM FD's became legal for import I tried 5 different ones from different importers. RHD has now become a style but their are ten times more skylines, mr2s, and supras in my area. Now that im used to RHD I don't think I'll ever go back to canadien cars. The only problem with JDM FD is that 80% of them are garbage and beat up, but i give 2 thumbs up

 

lhd rhd not really a big deal to me, i do have a rhd fd i imported last summer, like everyone else said, until these cheap rhd's were available a usdm fd was & still is expensive, for the price i paid i can rebuild it if nec, i do agree that this will flood the roads with rallied beat up fd's because every punk can afford one, but this will just make everyone appreciate the guys that take pride in there fd's. just hope it doesn,t turn out like every sunfire with a canadian tire muffler & a wing on top of the factory wing.

 

THUMBS UP!

I've wanted an FD for around 12 years, and with the RHD ones being available for a little cheaper then the LHD, I was able to afford one. I had mine shipped to my door for $8200 with 91,000km on it. Was running amazing and had minimal damage on it.
From the get go it was never the plan to keep it stock. And being that the price was so much cheaper then the LHD FD, I was able to have quite the budget to play with. It's come a long way now. I bet I would have only afforded a set of gauges in the car if I had of bought a LHD one.


I guess mine is the best! LOL

 

how old are you?^^

 

Don't really know why it matters, but i'm 21

 

dude, i don't mean to be an *** or anything or maybe i do but the RE Amemiya Parts on my car are probably worth more than your car. I believe in a prestige market not a mass market anyone can slap a "custom" 3.5 inch exhaust on their car and a T78 turbo heck civic's do that. I'd love to see our cars side by side don't take that as a knock take that as a fact of reality. I personally wanted an RX-7 not only is it a well rounded beautiful car it's also because of the aftermarket support from respected tuning companies like "RE Amemiya" if you haven't heard an exhaust note from them you haven't heard an FD. But bottom line i was trying to state was you spend money on your car i'm sure with 91k if it did have life left in it. Maybe it was good enough to drive home. I can appreciate a happy owner personally i wouldn't care if he was 17. Age has nothing to do with is i know 32 year olds that act like their 16 with their cars. More people with FD's ='s more parts to cycle around the classifieds there's nothing negative to more RX7's in the market as far as value is concerned it really depends on what is done to the car personally i think having a stock RX7 is great but mods are what makes this car better. First tuner car that i know of that has "reliability mods" that adheres to the aftermarket.

 

Well unfortunately you are being an ***

everyone has there own taste. I got mine to make it go fast. You got yours to make yourself feel like you have the best thing since sliced bread.

am i not allowed to spend money on it? or is it against the rules? The car ran perfectly fine when i got it, but stock is not for me.

If you didn't notice by my original post, saying my car was the best was a joke, hence the "LOL"
But since i'm not good at jokes, i guess i'll have to stick to my "custom" 3.5 inch exhaust and T78 turbo, since thats apparently all the mods I have done.

No need to be a douchebag. Learn how to read the "LOL"s

Oh my, your 6 RE parts are worth more then my car! LOL. That gave me a nice giggle

 

dude i was playing with you. calm down i've been involved in so many forums the great thing about this site is there is only a few "douchebags" on this site that i have to deal with oppose to the nissan forums. What part of don't take that as a "knock" don't you understand i'm sure your car is all grown up it's almost about the same age as you. You need to grow up. "am i not allowed to spend money on it? or is it against the rules? The car ran perfectly fine when i got it, but stock is not for me." of course you are do whatever the hell you want i'm not saying that as an insult it's just something that 95% of us RX7 owners do. Quite frankly i don't care if you paint it lime green with altezza taillights and chrome rims. I don't care what mods you have done. It's just always nice to have friendly competition. I can take a joke i've never had a problem to adhere to any rotary concern even with the RX8 guys. If you ever go to any of our meets you'll see how friendly everyone is.

 

Dude you don't make any sense.

 

never mind people you win i'm sorry your car is better than mine. I love my car and i don't care what anyone thinks of it. I should of never implied anything if i could delete my posts i would i don't want to cause "forum drama" because i'm sure we all have that mutual feeling. does that make enough sense for you?

 

half of you FD guys sound like porche 911 turbo owners. *****.


sorry.