Well, I\'ve not long got home from picking up my first RX7 and WWWOOOOOOWWWWWEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!! What a car!!!!!! And I can\'t believe how many heads it turns too (and not just from young Chavs either, had older fellas staring too!!!). However, there are a few little erks with her, so I was wondering if any of you guys might have any ideas fir me before I go back the the place I bought her from, so if its a very easy fix, I can get it sorted localy instead of having to drive back there. Ok, the probs.
1. I\'ll start with the most worrying first, fith gear seems to vibrate when power is going through the transmition, and has \'popped\' out of fith gear a couple of times, every other gear seems fine.
2. The speedo and rev. meter work ......sometimes lol They seem to be ok when shes started up, but after a little while they stop working.
3. The bonnet seems to be raised slightly on the drivers side, not much at all, but theres a little wobble in it. Its too wet outside to have a proper look around, could it just be a rubber stopper thing too high?
4. I can\'t figer out ho on earth to get the stereo to work, its a jap Kenwood with a band expander attched. It opens fine and some \'Carlos Fandango\' lights flash around and the screen shows like a fruit machine with 2 bars and a cherry and the number 1 at the side. it also has a little blue keyring thingy with it which I\'ve tried pressing, but I cant get anything to work and its left me feeling realy stupid lol.
Apart from all of that, I\'m REALY happy with her, runs like a dream and looks :bandit Just have to get the stearing wheel changed now, so I can get in and out without looking like a total :rollin lol
Thanks in advance for any help/advice chaps!!!!
Lee
rx\'s are known for problems with 5 th and 3rd gear syncro\'s...get it checked bud.
Cant help on the others bits ....sorry
Thanks Edd, will get it looked at asap
First and foremost.. pictures of the car :)
As for the bonnet, should be simple to spot unless its a kink in the hood. Which end is it raised? There\'s two rubber stoppers either side at the front but they should be level. Could be a car alarm push switch, if you have one.
As above though, your gear synchro\'s are probably shot. Not sure on a Rex\'s but on my audi it was a £300 jobbie for a garage to do, although that was a problem getting it \'in gear\' not it falling out.
No idea about the stereo though, sounds like its worth taking a picture :)
Dragon (see above links) isn\'t too far from you i guess in exeter?
Otherwise i\'ll plead ignorance & wish you well with your fun car (http://www.clicksmilies.com/s0105/mittelgrosse/medium-smiley-081.gif)
Si
Right, I\'ve taken a couple of new pics, but now that batteries have died in my camera grrrrr:mad: But heres a couple I took before collection, see what you think.
And thanks SO much for the help guys!!!!!
With a bodykit and wing like that i\'d get some bigger wheels to balance the look out pronto....
Enjoy your Rex, i\'ve had mine a couple of months and its incredible.
Just be prepared for some hideous fuel bills - mine\'s running 15/16mpg average....
looks lovely mate, I do like silver ones. Gotta agree on the wheels front though. Get some 17\'s minimum. 18\'s would set it off a treat.
Thanks fellas!!!!!! I\'m planning on some wheels soon ish, once I\'ve got the niggles sorted and I sell my 200sx, can\'t afford much till then. Will 18s fit in there ok? Its pretty low. And any ideas on what would look best, thinking probrubly of imports, REALY don\'t fancy putting some TSWs on there lol:rolleyes:
get some mazdaspeed ms01\'s is my opinion.
nice car m8 :) :)
pic of my car (now sold) runnin on 18\'s .. i know 19\'s will go under there and there\'s a couple of fd\'s runnin 20\'s .. :eek:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v348/rx7dizzy2002/bw2.jpg)
nice car mate!! looks well in silver and i looove the front bumper..but id think twice about NOT fitting tsw wheels..CHECK THESE BEAUTS.....TSW THRUXTONS 19"
Is that a Supra body kit on it?! I had to double check that it was actually a Rex I was looking at. :rolleyes:
Nice car though mate! Mine came with a Jap Kenwood stereo. The display is mainly in Japenese and it\'s not easy to guess which button actually does what. I think after I get completely sick of listening to Radio 2 I\'ll just rip it out and put a English Mp3 player in there ;)
Cheers
Jon
jon mate no need to pull the stereo out!! just go and buy a band expander mate!! ive got 1 if u need it!!! much cheaper than a new stereo plus u will be able to pick up any radio station u like!!!
cheers colin
I appreciate what you\'re saying mate, but I don\'t really listen to the radio. It\'s a double-sized head unit with a mini-disk slot behind. It looked the bollo% when it folds out, but I don\'t have a mini-disk player to knock some disks, plus if I had a single slot head unit I could tuck my boost controller underneath the head unit - at the moment it\'s right next to my left leg, it\'s in an irritating position, and it gets pretty hot, especially with my leg resting against it.
All in all, I think I\'m going to keep an eye out on eBay for a cheap mp3 player. ;)
Anyone Japenese people on here want to buy a CD/Mini-Disk player? :rollin :rollin
Cheers
Jon
Thanks for the comments!!! The sterio\'s working now, BIG thanks to Nick!!!!! Total star!!!!!!! Nowt wrong with Radio 2 Tony :D
I\'m stunned by those TSWs!!!!!:eek: Could be worth a look later, when I \'ve got some cash again and sole the 200.
I don\'t have a clue what body kit it is, it was already there when imported and I just liked it.
Going back to where I got her next week to sort the other bits out, and I\'ll be going to Dragon soon for a full service and check over.
Thanks again fellas
:wave