Markus1981

Hello Guys

Thank you for this awesome forum . My Name is Markus and i am 32 years old and live in South Africa . I am originally from Germany but emmigrated here in 2009 . I dreamed of having a RX-7 FD since over 10 years . And today i finally bought my RX-7 in Japan
It will still take 2-3 months till its finally at my doorand street legal registered .
I am so excited .
I see a couple of FD's every now and then in Pretoria and Johannesburg . But cannot find any owners clubs here .
I would like to meet some people that also have FD's arround my area that want to go for breakfast runs .

Attached the pics for the car my importer gave me for now (front wheel is flat thats why there is a spare , and the front bumper needs fixing )
Hope they will send me more pics of my new baby soon

tango

Congrats on your purchase!! I bet you can't wait!! FD's are awesome cars! Enjoy!

Markus1981

Yes excited like a little child waiting for Christmas .took a long 10 years to come true . Drove a FD once from a importer in Germany . That's when I realized "no rotor , no motor"

forumboarder154

Nice. Good looking bring her back up to par!

Markus1981

Thanks mate . Who of the mods do I have to contact , I would like to open a thread for South Africa seeing that there is only us / Australia /NZ ... In the regional thread?

LukeLuke

Hi there Markus, I'm from Boksburg and also a FD3S owner Join Mazda Owners Club - South Africa theres plenty of RX7 owners there including me! There was an RX7 meet up just the other day,, When I was shopping for my Rex, I noticed that most of them were in Pretoria.

Markus1981

Cool thanks will sign up there as well now . I am already shopping for parts despite not having my car even shipped from Japan yet already bought Eco-r carbon fiber door handles and a fiberglass bonnet lol.

LukeLuke

Haha, well I'm busy saving up money for a whole new motor and gearbox as well as a PowerFC which is going to set me back about 25K,, reason is if i want to one day sell it, ill make everything stock again.. Condition of my car is immaculate and only has 60k km's for a 92 model Are you importing yourself or have you gotten someone to import for you?

Markus1981

I am importing via a company called Kaders transport in Durban . They take care of the purchase shipping import letter and sabs natis for me .

LukeLuke

cool, good luck with the import! hope to see you on Mazda owners club as well!

Markus1981

Thanks man , already signed up . Same username Markus1981

Markus1981

Finally received my VIN number today . the car was Produced on the 26th April 1996 so definitly a Series 7 .
It is a Type RS , so bigger brakes , 4.3 Dif and Bilstein Shocks from what i could find on the NET . Does anyone know where i could find a digitial Copy of the Brochure for Series 7 ? I want to know what else the differences are . The net is full of conflicting info and the Wikipedia article about Series 7 is rather short .
Attached the original auction sheet , just can't read japanese haha

FromEver

Sick! I swear they have those cars everywhere except for Hawaii lol which unfortunately I live

I cant wait to pick one up myself though!

Markus1981

Well in South Africa they are very rare . Although I saw one for 180.000 rand ( 18K$) with a na 20b . But it's 1993 . Mine costs me all in all 80.000 rand (8K ) including all import costs and road legal ... We have a 40 percent import duty and 14 % VAT . These cars are so cheap in the land of the rising sun

waz_05

Howsit Marcus? So when are you getting your car delivered?

I been speaking to Kaders too bro but waiting for a very lekker one to come up and I will ****** that. They sent me a nice one this morning but auction ends tonight and wanna go see one in Centurion with T78 turbo and microtech but the guy is only available next week so i dunno what to do lol

Markus1981

Hi Waz

Well do not worry about the auctions , usually cars on auction come up multiple times , as they dont always sell right away .
You can check yourself if a car has been sold or not . www.iauc.co.jp ( u need a account for that ) but Bugmenot.com - login with these free web passwords to bypass compulsory registration can help with that :-)
Are you looking at the silver one in centurion thats on gumtree ?
I can see it says cosmo engine in the ad , is it a 20b ?
If you are looking for bonnets bumpers or aftermarket fenders , there is a guy in Rosslyn (PTA North )
that makes some parts for the FD . He is quite cheap . Fiberglass Bonnet is 2000 ZAR and CF 4900 ZAR
I should get my CF bonnet this weekend .
My car lands in Durban Saturday . I will get it in 2-3 weeks (once Natis is done )

waz_05

Markus,

Yip the one in Centurian got hold of the guy its his sons car but he is in Mozambique till next week. Apparently engine been redone and makes 350hp at .5bar!

Send me a whatsapp on 0833999673 I will show you the choices they sent through to me.

Takoda

Looks gorgeous! Congrats! Hope the rest of the import process goes smoothly.

Markus1981

So After 8 Long months my car is finally in my Garage .
Already installed my new CF bonnet and headlights :-)
Still waiting for my new CF bumper