Poll
Question:
Like my car
Option 1: es
votes: 8
Option 2: o
votes: 39
Hi everybody!
This is my car, it is very unique, I think the pics probably say it all..... Anyway, I would liek to sell it as I am back off to Japan in May and have a plan for a replacement!
(I also still have 3 of these bodykits in my garage, so if anyone likes that let me knowand I will sort you out with one, including the spoiler!!:spank )
http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0003hw9.jpg (http://img208.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc0003hw9.jpg)
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1992 Mazda RX-7.
54,000 miles
This car has had a light modify with HKS induction, SS exhaust, interior boost guage (with custom steering wheel cowl) it s a very fast car but not modified to such an extent that the engine is taking a battering. There is of course a blow off valve
The exterior is really very special, of course the Veilside body kit and a custom paint job on the car (including inners), the large Mazda Speed alloys (with new Dunlop rubbers) just set it off.
The interior is the 2+2 format and there is some wear on the rear seats, other than that everything is as it should be with a single slot CD and custom speakers including JVC tweeters built into the door.
I am fitting non pop up bug eye lights and I have also fitted clear side repeaters which just sets the car off that little bit more.
When the car is warm and that second turbo kicks in watch the flames!:eek
sorry not a big fan of the veilside kits, looks clean tho :) whys the bumper a different colour tho?
Quote from: interloper393sorry not a big fan of the veilside kits, looks clean tho :) whys the bumper a different colour tho?
dont think many people r.
as i have since found out lol.
if i done it again i wouldnt go this way would probably do a feed or burnout kit.
ha!
I love them, I still have the original bumper which could go back on. The reason for the colour is because paint shop muppets in this country do not seem to be able to mix colours! To be fair, it actually dosent look that bad, the photo presents it in the worst possible light.
Actually does anyone know a decent paintshop that would do the whole car? Seeing the gunmet grey makes me want that colour now.....
love the wheels, the car looks good
car looks ok, but i seriously hate those bug eyed lights on an rx. flush ones are better
Sorry to say but that bumper is the worst bumper you can get for the rx. Loveley colour though.
Quote from: shafstercar looks ok, but i seriously hate those bug eyed lights on an rx. flush ones are better
these r what u want-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/re-amemiya-sleek-lights-FD3S-RX7_W0QQitemZ110222608117QQihZ001QQcategoryZ48445QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
not that i am biased or anything lol.
Thats a very nice butt you have there! I actually have the flush lights, just havent fitted them yet, in agreement about the bug eyes... Very surprised that the VS kit is not a hit with you guys! Well if you know anyone who may want to allevieate me of the car (standard bumper is the correct colour!) would very much appreciate your help! I also have an R32 GTR which I am trying to move (oh and a race prepped MX5) really have to slim my collection.
Quote from: shinagawa8888Thats a very nice butt you have there! I actually have the flush lights, just havent fitted them yet, in agreement about the bug eyes... Very surprised that the VS kit is not a hit with you guys! Well if you know anyone who may want to allevieate me of the car (standard bumper is the correct colour!) would very much appreciate your help! I also have an R32 GTR which I am trying to move (oh and a race prepped MX5) really have to slim my collection.
as u can c from mine i have the same kit.
i thought the same when i bought it and i think it is more of a case that every bodykit manafacturer has copied the look of veilside so u end up with the same looking bumper on novas/corsas etc..
thats why everyone ends up fitting either feed or re-amemiya that r more unique to the fd.
By the way, there are more pics...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160204921861&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=006 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160204921861&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=006)
Or the GTR
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160204919787&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=006 (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=160204919787&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=006)
Cant believe the RX has had over 2000 hits since I listed it last week.....
Thats true I guess... I lived in Japan for 8 years, actually in the auto business and the vs stuff was never really that popular there... seems to have more of a name here and in the US. On the RX you used to see a lot of the Mazda speed bumpers which I was never a fan of. I love theri wheels though, that, I think is the best bit about the car....
im sorry but i hate the veil****e kit what ever car its on, our s2000 has one and its pants and my mate has a supra and it looks so fast n furious its really poor
Hi, sorry Olly but I dont understand what you are trying to say? Have you been smoking something? Oh... and civics really are a waste of good steel...
Quote from: shinagawa8888sorry not a big fan of the veilside kits, looks clean tho
Agreed. The Veilside Combat kits have been copied sooo much over the last 15? years - they really have been done to death. I\'ve always hated those noses and rear wings. I\'ve seen a couple of nasty FD\'s that have been pranged at the front and the owner has clearly just bought the cheapest piece of plastic they could find on ebay to repair it with - I guess that may be half the reason I dont like them, lol. Not that I\'m suggesting yours isnt a straight car - it looks very tidy :)
From the point of view of selling, I really think you\'d be better refitting a stock nose cone (sprayed the same colour as the rest of the car - that paint mis-match is REALLY off-putting!). Theres a red VS nosed car on here thats been for sale for a while - I think the same applies, probably have sold with a stock nose cone on it.
Quote from: shinagawa8888Oh... and civics really are a waste of good steel...
As for Civic\'s being a waste of steel, some of them are REALLY capable cars and incredibly quick on road and track - aside from the fact that lots are driven by 17 y/o muppets (depending on which variant you are on about to an extent) - they really are very good toys :King
I do like you car, I used to have a photo from an autotrader of a car same VS kit and colour as yours on my wall. :evillaugh
The VS stuff is usually good, but they seem to have been ultracopied over the years.
Yep, mine was in the trader a few months back. Hmm, right seems pretty unanimous onthe vs kit... Totally agree about the repair jobs, exactly the same in Japan so many people used to just slap on cheap kits prior to exporting cars.
Civics, ! Well the type R is an awesome car, as is the integra type R, but its like anything, I thought the scooby was good till I drove the GTR, I also thought my old Amstrad 386 was fast till I got a pentium... you grow up and move on..!
Quote from: nick englishthese r what u want-
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/re-amemiya-sleek-lights-FD3S-RX7_W0QQitemZ110222608117QQihZ001QQcategoryZ48445QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
not that i am biased or anything lol.
yeah i already got outbid on them :(
Maybe I should put mine on e-bay rather than fitting them.....
no offence but the more i look at the pics to try and like it, i cant ! the car is not unique!
My 2p\'s worth is that I have to follow the herd and say Veilside-alike kits are usually a bit horrid. Just don\'t ever seem to match any of the original lines or shapes on the car. MazdaSpeed alloys are rather groovy though!
But what do I know, I\'ve got ebaytastic chav bug eye lights on mine, so my taste is hardly sound, is it! Doesn\'t really matter what anyone else thinks of your car so long as you like it, thats what I reckon
Nick, it really does matter if your trying to sell it, otherwise yup i totally agree...
Nice rex shinagawa, I think for sale purposes you would benefit by leaving the pop ups on (auction the ebaytastic chav bug eye lights to some other sucker... :Giggle), putting the stock fd front bumper & spoiler on... it would look like a nice, standard, unabused rex with light mods as you say, indicators etc... Jobs a good\'un.
Loving the R32...
That\'s me told, then :D!
The point is, though, that I actually like my ebaytastic chav etc lights! Maybe that makes me weird (alright, I am weird) but that does mean that the beautiful thing about opinions is they vary from person to person. A forum like this tends to attract like-minded people who are likely to have broadly similar taste, but that doesn\'t mean that the Uk isn\'t full of other RX owners present and future with different tastes. Obviously plenty of them do like the Veilside-ish look or Fleabay would be awash with genuine imitation kits all the time. You just need to sell to one of them!
I bet there are a lot more views of this thread than there are votes in the poll, because people don\'t always have a strong opinion either way. They view the photos and think "yeah, it\'s alright" and that\'s it. The ones that really love or hate the look are the ones motivated enough to voice an opinion.
If you can talk with passion and animation about something you like, then you can sell it! Failing that, pretend!
Have to agree with the lads.
The wheels are gorgeous and the colour is nice. Its just the front end letting it down.
Even if it looks better in real life the advert picture looks a bit off and the front end isnt to many peoples taste. Change back to the standard bumer, keep the pop-ups and take a few more photees!
Itll sell then :)
Chris
Worse, my car is for sale would you buy it thread ever? lol
As a person looking for an RX7 seeing that the bumper isn\'t the same colour as the rest of the car would be enough to put me off.
Finally picked up this month\'s Japanese Performance, and this car is in the For Sale section. Did you mean to leave the asking price out of the ad, dude? Can\'t help but feel that\'ll put quite a few people off from ringing about it. Also, afraid to say that even in a inch by inch and a half photo that bumper is still really an obviously different colour to the rest of it!
The car looks nice, the bumper wouldn\'t be my thing at all though, too much contrast from the smooth look of the standard car. As for the front bumper, if they say thats the best they can do id take it back and tell them to sort it out. When I first seen the pic I thought that they hadn\'t sprayed it yet.
Its very obviously a different colour and ruins the car