Hello there just joined the forum and im gonna be browsing it quite regularly. My names David, 18 and live in Glasgow. Im gonna try get some pics of my car up just now if u bear with me :D. I just went down to WGT tuning and was told iv blew apex seal so gonna need re build so not in the best mood just now. Maybe some of u can cheer me up :D.
Also when i get car back im lookin for standard front seats and inside door panels, so if anyone sees any in gd condition plz let me know guys ,look forward to meeting some new people.
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I have a pair of door panels. Just the panels none of the plastic bits though, are they any help? Tim at RX Motors usually has the plastic bits laying around could be worth giving him a call.
Welcome by the way, nice motor too
welcome to the site mate.
Stunning motor, stunning colour! Very similar to mine!
Hope you\'re back on the road soon!
Looks Good mate, im really starting to like the look of the Veilside kit
Welcome n00b sure you will enjoy your stay, nice looking ride and sorry to hear you blew a pex seal !!! you know i am sure there are laws against blowing any kind of seal to be honest, the old animal protection people dont like that too much hehehe
hehe, hey guys ye I Have plenty of more pics of my car if ur interested pm me ill send some more :D
Ye looks like a re build will be costing in around the £3000 mark by looks of things. Kinda gutted as im only 18 and not had car long insurance is killing me as it is lol.
regards to door panels its actually the inside door handel thats cracked so im not sure exactly what part it is i need.
Welcome to the club, looks like a very nice car you have there. Hey look at it this way once you get the car back with a rebuilt engine you KNOW it will be good for years to come if treat right. respect the girl she will bite you if you dont.
Take a photo of the damaged part then dave and im sure someobdy can help ya :yes
dboy: And blow a seal in what way dare i ask!?
Quote from: leondboy: And blow a seal in what way dare i ask!?
No Comment. besides when it comes to animal lovin, N4BES is your man.... especially what he was doing to his pu55y in fron tof his lounge window the other morning !!!!
My missus drives past his house on the way to work and she was surprised to see a full moon at 8 in the morning hahahaha
Luvs ya really Neil but that story killed me for days :Ladys-man :Ladys-man
All i can say is, poor pu55y :Tongue1
love the colour.
what seats do you have and are you selling?
welcome, nice looking RX.sorry problem already but as above when rebuild done miles of motoring ahead
Nice motor mate! Rx7 at 18 is quite an achievment!
I will probably have a pair of standard suede front seats in good condition for sale in the next week or so if your interested?
Hi dave nice to see youve put some pics of you car up.
Saw you at WGT, and that is a nice colour looks nice in the flesh.
Youve come to the right place to find your parts, I think the door handle thing is quite common, I am sure mine was broke at some point.
Like everyone says years of trouble free motoring once you got a new build. not had to go through that yet but its always at the back of my mind.
Heres that site with the mad paint stuff I was mentioning:) http://alsacorp.com/products/retroglow/retro_show.htm
cant wait to get it done.
Cheers
Quote from: Dave99ukhehe, hey guys ye I Have plenty of more pics of my car if ur interested pm me ill send some more :D
Ye looks like a re build will be costing in around the £3000 mark by looks of things. Kinda gutted as im only 18 and not had car long insurance is killing me as it is lol.
regards to door panels its actually the inside door handel thats cracked so im not sure exactly what part it is i need.
if u don\'t mine me asking.. how much was the insurance, and who off?? u were lucky to get insured - i\'ve been getting quotes, and a lot say i\'ve got to be 25+ first!!
the apex seal... was it due? ie: near rebuild mileage? or did something go wrong with it?
Cheers & welcome. i\'m new to the club as well. can\'t wait to own the FD, was toying with the concept of getting a Celica GT4 ST205, but gonna go for the FD i think :3gears-lh
Nice motor mate! Reminds of the Kandy apple red one that Fast and Modified magazine gave away a little while ago.
Hope she\'s back on the road soon, Pips a canny bloke :)
Chris
D2BBA it is the Fast and Modified Rx7 they gave away man :P lol
Seats in it just now are Rage buckets red and black, but their to big for the car so i would like standard seats back in to re trim in leather.
Insurance is on my mums name as me named driver and yes its a couple of grand :S but its worth it when the my baby turns every head on the streets lol.
Not sure what cause it to go its a pretty new engine from mazda or so I was told :S im thinking maybe over boost (I dont have boost gauge yet), or my upgraded ECU i was told was only gd for cars in japan running on High octane petrol and not the best choice of ECU for over here :S Pips gonna strip it and get back to me on the details.
was it you that won it? or prev owner?
Is it running a Re-am ecu currently? Redom racing/re-amemiya?
Quote from: Dave99ukD2BBA it is the Fast and Modified Rx7 they gave away man :P lol
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Aha, thought it might have been!
I was up in Edinburgh with the club a couple of years ago when they gave it away. I sent enough texts to try and win, but obviously no luck! Shame as two RX\'s would have looked cracking on the drive!
Chris
Welcome to the club! Saw your car at WGT when I was there yesterday.
Colour looked nice in the sun!
ye looked **** at WGT tho lol cause garage i was at previous left it in some state. cars filthy and had front bumper off ;S. Think if i ask pip hell give it a quick hose down so paint doesnt get damaged? if its sitting there for months
Nice car mate!! And welcome
And at 18? - good work. You must be paying the cost of a rebuild for insurance for the year!!!
18 years...mums insurance...no rwd experience...fd + winter...sideways action...good luck...& thanks alot for bumping our insurance policies sky high :Thumbs-up
Oh and welcome to the club :)
P.S - Nice colour BTW
Hey Dave
Welcome to the club...:3gears-lh
Hope to see you around Hamilton/Glasgow after your rebuild.
I pick mine up on Sunday from WGT and cant wait...500bhp here we come!
Why dont you check out //www.clanjapan.freeforums.org - Scottish Jap Club...theres about 7 RX7s around here and some of the owners know a great deal about them!
jealous rixio? :D lol dont assume im gonan crash and put "your" insurance up, Im not an idiot i know how to correct back end if it kicks out, and I doubt id be taking my rex out in snow anyway.
Hey craig 500bhp? nice man what was it in getting done?
Not in the slightest mate...Iv been driving FD\'s for near on 5 years now and im 22 but i had experience to begin with and have always been under my own insurance policy & not my mums...
Its not a case of being an idiot but yes you are an idiot of sorts to be driving a car like this under your mums policy...tell us what 300hp rwd cars have you actually owned or driven daily?
Its inevitable...we get the same thing each winter...kid buys car...kid thinks he can drive car...kid doesnt actually know how to drive car...kids smashes car...kid then cries about it...
Its not just young drivers (dont get me wrong, even experienced drivers can smash their cars,) but thats why recently alot of us younger have had trouble genuinely insuring our cars...
Good luck with the car and i really do hope you dont smash it as per the norm every winter...and also be prepared for a hefty bill from good ol Pip
That bill\'s gonna be over £4000. Do you know that you can\'t build a ncb under your moms name? You\'ve gotta go under your own name sooner or later and having nill ncb is gonna be a killer.
Hey hey welcome bud, another rex in Scotland lol.. at least Glasgow`s only a 20 min drive fae me :P..hope al goes well with your new toy, 18 n owning a rex, lucky man.. just be careful bud, they do like to kick lol..
And why r u having a go Rixio? its up to him how he goes about insuring his car, not u, and i`l think u`l find most young drivers insure on there parents policy for the first few years, a few no claims discount does feck all when your young so it makes no difference.
bumped into Dave and his Dad at WGT and they are really nice guys, obviously love the car as they traveled to pip with it on a trailer over 200 miles to get it checked out, Dave really fell in love with the car like we all did with our own rx\'s and found he could get one using what ever means at his disposal.
If any of us had a chance to own a RX at Daves age (which for me is a long time ago) then we would had used our mums insurance as well, ok no NCB but when the RX bug bites you have to have one.
But Dave do take care they do tend to bite as others have advised, had mine facing the wrong way a couple of times in the past, treat her with respect and you will have many a winter with her, mine was a daily drive for over 2 years come rain or shine, snow or ice and loved every min of it.
Welcome to the club once again, let us know how it goes wiht the rebuild.
Yeh they might insure under their parents policy but not for a 300hp sports car...:)
Im just giving cold hard facts...its drivers like dave that cause the rest of us to pay stupidly high premiums when they end up smashing "their mums car"...its a simple fact, if you dont like it, tough
I really think Dave knows what he has got into and does not need it spelling out on his introduction thread.
I could have said the same about you, young driver like rixio is why I pay more, but I dont as its your choice now here is a fact, you are young and still more at risk than me 22, 18 you and Dave are high risk, you may well be far better at driving RWD cars than me but statistics show you and Dave are more at risk of crashing
Believe me when I say its not the fact he has 300bhp car that up\'s or policies its just young drivers in any car including you RIxio.
Not saying young drivers are dodgy or anything, as an advanced driving instructor i teach them and others how to drive, its just experience and as you know each of us have differn\'t experiences.
anyway enough from me us old ones need our sleep not like you young uns who can go all night:)
Iv got 1 years no claims myself at moment, itll do me till im a bit older then ill switch back to me own name. When i was with CiS they give additional driver no claims Bonus.
And Rittio I totally understand what your saying about young drivers crashing and causing your insurance to go up a lot. But at the same time Iv never crashed and have 0 points on license and i still need to pay a lot of insurance for that same reason as well. And ul willltend to find its the boy racers in clios and corsas that are causing it not people like me in faster cars. I dont use my car for goign fast its mainly a show car. I dont need to speed to turn heads in it.
I know im classed as a young driver but at 18 under mummy\'s policy its taking the biscuit, if it was under your own policy it wouldnt be that much of an issue to me...i worked in insurance for 2 years so i know what im bablin on about
Nice car enjoy it, don\'t crash, welcome to the club and enjoy that too while its still here (or whats left of it). Hope your high premiums are well justified....
aye welcome to the club mate, nice car and when its rebuilt you will have a perfect motor!
Try and prove Rixio wrong and be responsible is all im saying. Hes prolly ****ed off cos he cant get a decent quote! He might come across a bit harsh at the minute, but hes alright...
I started off driving on the old mans policy then went on my own at 22 ive never paid more than £600 for insurance! now i have about 4 years no claims so my premiums are mega cheap and in the long run ive saved thousands and ive had the pleasure of driving nice motors!
If i was to give you advice is to remember is that you must look after your car, although its pretty simple to maintain (most jobs are easily done) but its the frequency you have to watch out for.
Read the FAQs and digest all you can. It will save you lots of money in the long run and someone at some point has probably had the same problems / questions!
BTW Its well worth spending on becoming a member for the knowledge and help the other members give you. This is why i decided to pay and besides this is probably the most friendly car club you could be a part of.
Many suppliers offer discounts to MRC members so you might even save a bit of dosh too.
good luck with it mate
Fronting is actually illegal - if you need to claim the insurance company WILL go round asking people in your street who drives the car regularly - if they get the impression your mum/dad drives it less than 50% of the time you\'ll be in deep doo-doo
No claims bonus made a big difference for me. Even 2 years no claims knocked nearly £200 off! Also if under your moms name and you still gain ncb, make sure you can carry that ncb anywhere you want. Dont forget ncb expires after a certain time. Some companys only let you use it with that company only.
Rixio, calm down mate. I bet you wouldn\'t be saying all this to his face now would you?
ye u can tell who the jealous people are (rixio) :P , i get that a lot cause im 18 and have nice Rx7. Everyone thinks im a wee rich boy and my dad bought me it. Well He never and i payed for it all myself so it doesn\' bother me guys.
Quote from: RixioIv been driving FD\'s for near on 5 years now and im 22
For some reason I thought you were alot older than 22?
................God I feel old. :( :confused:
Actually i would but anyway the fact remains...it should be under his own name and not his mums...
Listen kid its nothing to do with jealousy...& thinking its jealousy is childish...its a simple fact that its not your car, your insurance has been falcified therefore you are not legally driving...
I dont understand this, i really dont...a few months back there was another kid with a punto that bought an fd and he got slated aswell so why is this any different? Cos possibly he has a nice car?
Anyway thats the last i will say on the matter...
Enjoy the bills, the winter & dont crash your car...
Quote from: Dave99ukye u can tell who the jealous people are (rixio) :P , i get that a lot cause im 18 and have nice Rx7. Everyone thinks im a wee rich boy and my dad bought me it. Well He never and i payed for it all myself so it doesn\' bother me guys.
Lol I dont think Rixio is jealous.... He has a different RX7 for each day of the week! :D
I\'d just be abit careful mate driving round under your mums policy. The only reason I say that is insurance companies arent stupid and if god for bit you do have a bump and they realise it\'s mainly you driving then they may void your policy, leaving you with a heafty bill and no rx, which isnt a good situtation to be in. Especially after all the money you\'ve spent buying/rebuilding it.
Quote from: KevinLol I dont think Rixio is jealous.... He has a different RX7 for each day of the week! :D
So nah naaah nah naaaah nah :Tongue1