Am i right in thinking there are a few RX7\'s in this area? I know of two tuned FD\'s a red and a black one and i know there is atleast one other FC (mainly because i thought someone had pinched mine).
I have a red FC TII, i\'m from high wycombe so it\'s likely you\'ve seen me about?
FD\'s are all over the place!:p
i have a red FC egi, :D its got some stupidly loud exhaust too. i live near slough and work in windsor. theres also a red t2 about (same as bonobo\'s)
Quote from: bonoboFD\'s are all over the place!:p
really? ive only ever seen one on the road once
There\'s a lovely red FD around my way atleast i think he is anyway. There was an old skool Corolla with tuned exhaust and alloys in front of me and this FD behind me when i was coming home about 9pm last sunday, he pulled alongside me, gave us a thumbs up and carried on :-)
oh actually yea, i did see it once, think it drifted round the corner near the library followed by an m3, which failed :P was drunk at the time.
you didn\'t buy your fc of a guy called jamie elsewhere in bucks did you?
Oh yeah no shortages of M3\'s in Maidenhead!! :rolleyes:
No mine came from Rotechnics sold as seen.
yea i was gunna say, the market for them has gone so dry. When the guy sold that car i thought id never get one!!
I know, im debating whether to keep mine standard or tune it a bit (handling etc), although there is a nice bodykit for sale on the american ebay damn what to do, what to do.
What are you doing with yours?
i have the same problem. First off i want to get the rust fixed and sort the body out etc. The cars already had a new exhaust and cold air intake, the only things i don\'t have from the original car are the gear knob and the exhaust.
Though i do have some S5 lights that i may put on and i was going to lower it, but i think its low enough to be honest. The plan is to just keep all the stock bits so i can return it stock as i think that will be worth more when its sold in a few years :D
dthebuk , how low is yours? and on what size wheels? do you have pics?
i wanted to lower 35mm on 16" wheels!
i belive its stock, but when i parked it next to the t2 similar to yours it just looked a bit lower.
http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=photo0653cz1.jpg
unfortunately that pic doesn\'t really show it looking low, ill get another one up when its light
I think mine needs to go down but how much?
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Ha its alright for you guy\'s they\'ve stuffed ruddy great speed bumps at my new work, the ones that\'ll rip off anything between the wheels if you hit them at anything more than 10!! I\'ve already lost my screamer pipe (3rd exhaust).
I think im just going to Poly bush it and get strut brace\'s or strut brace and stiffer anti rollbar.
dthbuk, your car looks almost identical to mine (i will get a pic up soon). And bonobo your car looks the way i want mne to look. Although it does look a different shade of red.
That\'s actually a flattering pic of my car!
look closer and it\'s several shades of red! lol
Quote from: bonoboI think mine needs to go down but how much?
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i\'d need to see it in person, but 30-35mm is probably good
well demon, to make yours look like his, 1st off you\'ll need some series 5 lights, which i happen to have, havn\'t decided whether to put them on yet, you can always make me an offer :D
:Giggle - Id Need a respray first, it has had one in the past and well lets just say there was a pushbike, broken window and Ducktape involved needless to say the drivers door doesn\'t look particularly attractive.
If either of you are on Facebook there\'s and RX7 club on there with a few nice FC\'s a couple of them are EGI\'s
Yeah I\'m on FB, there\'s a few rx7 groups on there! i joined one.
some nice pics on there!
think im on mazda rx-7 and rx-7 owners
yea took mine to the body shop today for touch up stuff and he quoted £80 to do the odd bits,the paints pretty good so i don\'t see any point in a re-spray
80 quid! where was that? a touch up instead of full respray would be much better for my wallet
I can\'t remember whats its called, crowden something (main guy is called john crowden) its in bourne end
01628 526463
thats the number. Im taking the car in friday week so ill let you know how it goes, hes done alot of work on my dads 8 and its been ace.
also tell him james bradshaw sent you :Thumbs-up
Also, the paint will look slightly different as yours is likely to be faded, looks better than rust though
Okay thats excellent cheers james.
Im working on the faded paint situation. My dad used to be a valeter so i\'ve been taught to professionally compound a car to get the old paint back but some parts are just not saveable. All i have to do now is find the space to do it.
all good in the hood.
the lights are still yours if you want them, for a fee of course :D
Crowden coachworks used to be at wooburn green?
That\'s a good price! just what i need too!
it is in wooburn green, and that will be the place (y)
That\'s like 5 miniutes from me?
I\'ll have to go and have a word, are you going to brooklands too?
maybe us "locals" should meet up on the way and roll up in convoy!! lol
How much is brooklands going to cost us anyway? oh and yes i reckon a convoy would be cool as long as you remember mines a bog standard EGI lol
Quote from: bonoboThat\'s like 5 miniutes from me?
I\'ll have to go and have a word, are you going to brooklands too?
maybe us "locals" should meet up on the way and roll up in convoy!! lol
yup it should be
and yes a convoy sounds good. May come and meet you in wycombe for the cheap petrol!!!
Whats that you say? cheap petrol!! just cost me £45 to almost fill the tank :eek:
well theres two garages next to each other so there usually the cheapest about. Theres also an asda one near the cinema which is good. They usually have the cheapest petrol about
cheap petrol! is there such a thing?
Here\'s the entry costs for brooklands!
Costs for non-members
Adults £8, Students & Senior Citizens £6
Children 6-16 £5, 5 & under get in FREE
Family ticket £20 (admits 2 adults & 3 children)
Fully paid up members go free!!:Tongue1
well if im back from uni ill be there, depends on the money situation
£8 sounds reasonable enough im definately there. might have a friend of ours coming along with his new FD.
come on Phil i know your reading this!!
ah its more the price of getting to and from uni. owning a 7 at 19 makes me skint :( but i absolutely love it
Actually yeah i feel for you! i can only afford to run mine because the company are paying a fuel allowance :god otherwise 60 miles a day at 14 days a month would be catastrophic to my wallet.
haha you owned them there1!!!
Its official i Love Rotechniks!!
One of the Sodding backboxes fell off of my car on Sunday on the way home from a particularly crappy day at work so i parked it up and walked away hoping it would get struck by lightening. :Grrr
Gave it to my mate at Rotechniks to take to work today as i work nights so i need to sleep, and i got a call at midday to pick it up. all sorted and a fantastic price too!! :cheers
Now its purring like a kitten after filling it (again) with Shell V max (still not noticed an improvement), and spending £6 on a car wash the car has been spoilt significantly today :chat
ah was it your red egi i saw there today then? i was dropping mine off :D
Yep the car that looked like it\'d just completed the Dakar rally was mine.
Which must mean the one i saw on the ramps must of been yours then.
What she in for?
start motor/solenoid issuses and she cuts out before the buzzer.
did u get to hear her? shes a beaut :D
the last owner put in a guage that says turbo on it...the guy there was like oh no you didn\'t turbo it did you? was quite embarising when i had to explain
Nah didn\'t get to hear her but i saw the exhaust :Giggle. Looks like you\'ll be needing a hearing aid before long :D
Mine was bad enough with just one back box missing yours must be hoofing loud!!
That said it did look like it was starting to melt ur bumper :eek
Lol my mate claims he heard it 2 miles away in the dead of night...
you sure it was melting it? not just the carbon build up?
I only found out that it spits flames the other day, never realised.
I would quite like to put it up against urs though, just to see how much difference the chav mods make
Lmao bloody hell 2 miles christ im surprised i haven\'t heard it.
Good point actually it probably was carbon build up. a mate of mine on here used to have a new mini and the exhaust melted into the bumper on that so thats what i assume everytime isee carbon build up lol.
Spitting flames is always good!! :Thumbsup!
do you reckon your gonna go to brooklands??
Well this was at night, apparently you can hear the slough trains from where i live aswell, but im sure thats a lie
ah gotta love the old mini\'s!!!
well yea its always popped but it never struck me that it spat flames, just need someone to tailgate me now, ill show em where its at :D
nah, cant afford it, ill have to train it back from uni then theres petrol to brooklands and back then entrance, then food etc all adds up. Seeing as i just spent 2k on insurance im rather skint :( Ill let you know the next time the cars in maidenhead, its there quite often :D
Oh well i can understand that 2000 is a lot to fork out.
Yeah let us know next time your in town we can have a "Mini Meet" see if we can get Bonobo down to lol
got the car back from rotechniks yesturday, you were right about the exhaust, your mate told me aswell. Also showed me the error of my intake set up :D
Quote from: DemonRx4Oh well i can understand that 2000 is a lot to fork out.
Yeah let us know next time your in town we can have a "Mini Meet" see if we can get Bonobo down to lol
I\'m up for that!
demon did i see you in burnham yesturday?
You did sir! where were you? i\'d just been to the woods with some friends and the dog so i was being tailed by a white astra.
um waiting at the traffic lights going across the bath road to burnham, near kfc.
was in a blue clio, getting my baby back today!!
Oh right i must of been going across into cippenham. You must of caught me driving sensibly..
Where\'s your Baby been then? more to the point what the hell are you doing driving a Clio? :Laugh
I just fitted a nice K&N panel filter to mine and driven the 40 miles to work and i definitely like the improvement :)
lol, cruising in shades....
um body shop getting a touch up. well its either clio or walk, tbh id probably rather walk
ah nice wanna send me a pic of it? playing around with mine atm.
did you use alot of stock parts? or loads of new piping?
are you guys going on sunday then?
i cant im affraid, got a dodgy starter problem plus im up at uni. ill def be at rotorstock
Yes finally sorted computer out properly!!
I am going to Brooklands yes with an FD in tow. You want to meet up? more importantly do you know the route?
Oh and i\'ll speak to you sunday as regards the wheels if thats okay...
Looks easy to get to! m25 junction 11 at weybridge and it\'s signposted from there!
i don\'t mind meeting you in or near maidenhead? where and when?