Picked up some genuine TWR sideskirts last week...
I\'m still undecided on whether to keep them or not, so I thought I would offer them up to the car and take a few pics to help me decide. They are only held on by being such a good fit :D, so they aren\'t pushed right in at the arches etc...
As it was...
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5241.jpg)
Left one fitted - this is the worst one, as it has suffered some damage on the bottom, nowt too bad, and easily fixable :)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5238.jpg)
Right one fitted
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5244.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5243.jpg)
Hmmm, I do quite like it... :cool
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5242.jpg)
To be true, I prefer without... But I love too much the front/rear Elford spoiler...
Prefer without....sorry
Im guessing you arent sure either, as you would have gone ahead and done it
Quote from: AtomicRex;738099Prefer without....sorry
Im guessing you arent sure either, as you would have gone ahead and done it
I do like them...but I have to be 100% sure on something like this before I do it...and in this case I am still undecided...
my other main drive is a late mazda 323, with over 150 modifications, and I am still perfectly happy with every part of it :)
If anyone else fancies them, make me an offer - that might make up my mind :Hammer
Quote from: AtomicRex;738099Prefer without....sorry
Im guessing you arent sure either, as you would have gone ahead and done it
Ditto.
In my opinion Fb\'s look better lowered,rather than bodykits to give the illusion their low.
Nope, you\'ll bang your legs every time you get in and wonder why you\'ve done it.
But then, as a closet purist I would say that.
Quote from: syebba;738104Ditto.
In my opinion Fb\'s look better lowered,rather than bodykits to give the illusion their low.
It\'ll be getting lowered at some point this year... :)
Quote from: Marcrs;738117It\'ll be getting lowered at some point this year... :)
What u going for 1" lowering or more?
There was a pic of a very nice red Fb lowered on here somewhere,see if i can find it.
ta stu.
yeah, just the 1" drop, don\'t want it scraping on the ground :)
I\'d like wide arches...but the boss won\'t let me :(
In fact, I\'m pretty sure she doesn\'t like the sideskirts...so they\'ll probably have to go...
Sorry Marcrs without skirts for me, lowering sounds good thou.
If it were me - I wouldn\'t even have bought them. I too like Dave am a purist but it has to be your decision, you are the one who drives and drools over it - good luck.
Cliff
Without for me.
As a general rule, I\'m not very keen on bodykits for any types of car.... it\'s probably a throwback to the 80\'s when it seemed like everyone was sticking crap looking bodykits on their capris and other cars of the era.
I think the 1st gen RX7 is such a nice looking car that it\'s hard to improve upon it, the clean lines are just spot on.
Having said that, the Elford and the TWR bodykits were well designed and made kits that do look good. The have that rare quality that they look as if they are factory fitted, not some tacky add-ons.
This TWR car looks very nice...
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss333/gsxrmovistar1/C452DJD.jpg)
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss333/gsxrmovistar1/C452DJD2.jpg)
and the full Elford kit on here is also nice...
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss333/gsxrmovistar1/B56-1.jpg)
(http://i589.photobucket.com/albums/ss333/gsxrmovistar1/P1000559-1.jpg)
Going back to your side skirts Marc, I reckon you probably need the full kit.
The spoilers alone, front and back look ok but not really the side skirts by themselves.
It\'s all about personal choice I suppose. I had a red TWR and it looked the dogs danglers. It\'s just how you envisage your own car that matters.
I\'ve been guilty of fitting bodykits to crapri\'s in the past!
Had a 1.6GL crapri,tinted windows,A kat bodykit[front dam,side skirts,rear valence,bigger rear spoiler etc,was meant to look like a tickford crapri,too young to realise why everybody was sniggering when i drove it!
Looked hideous,like i\'d raided halfrauds reject bin.
Fb\'s have G8 lines,however the TWR & Elford kits do almost look oem,so personal choice i suppose.
I do like the TWR bumper lots, I think I\'ll be on the hunt once my 7s on the road, but I think both the TWR and Elford front bumpers actually suit the stock skirts and rear bumper better than their matching sets.
I like the kinda undercut behind the front wheels, and in front of the rear, after the wide aggressive front bumper. In a kinda 308 kinda way.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/1984_Ferrari_308_GTB_qv.jpg)
No don\'t fit them!!!
Sell them to me lol! I would love for a twr kitted car :p
on a serious note, I agree with the above...you really need the whole kit or nothing...looks a bit odd by itself tbh
Well, the decision has been made...Karissa doesn\'t like them anyway, so there\'s no way they\'ll go on the car :)
So...I\'ll be selling them...can I ask you guys what sort of price you think they\'re worth?
Here\'s a few pics, showing the condition of the bottoms...one has gone through in a couple of places...nothing too hard to sort out, but I can\'t be bothered to do it if I\'m not going to fit them...
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5237.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5236.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5235.jpg)
(http://i168.photobucket.com/albums/u177/marcrs323/RX-7/DSCF5234.jpg)
I\'ll stick them on ebay I guess, although I don\'t really want to post them...
Let me know how much you will be after...I\'m really interested :)
Very difficult to price I reckon... on ebay they will find their own level.
A few months back a pair of Elford side skirts, which are much, much rarer than TWR\'s, made about 11 quid on ebay...
it depends who wants some at the time I suppose.
If you could put them together with the front and rear bumpers... then you\'d get a decent price for the whole lot....
I\'m also very interested as well. I\'ve been looking for ages now for the skirts, I purchased a rear TWR spolier not so long ago and was going to fit it but thought I\'d wait to try and locate the rest of the kit which has proved a bit difficult.
I\'ve got some Elford skirts but don\'t think it would look quite right to mix and match them.
I think the skirts look ace, fit them . Oh, too late :confused:. I do agree they may look a bit odd without a front airdam to match.
I\'ve a mate with a TWR kitted XJS, the attention to detail on the kit is very impressive. It even has a perfectly-lined up and finished hole through the spoiler blade for the electric aerial to extend up through. Which is great and a good trick...until the first time you open the boot with the radio still on......
Not relevant, but it is funny, so I thought I\'d mention it :Giggle
I reckon Nik is tempted by the dark side, I\'ve got visions (bare with me-Star Wars reference about to be crowbarred in) of the possessed FD sinking into molten lava with the Darth Siddius(esque) FB looking on......
Or maybe I\'ve drunk too much jagermeister.
Quote from: ossie747;738368I\'m also very interested as well. I\'ve been looking for ages now for the skirts, I purchased a rear TWR spolier not so long ago and was going to fit it but thought I\'d wait to try and locate the rest of the kit which has proved a bit difficult.
I\'ve got some Elford skirts but don\'t think it would look quite right to mix and match them.
Paul,
I\'ve sent you an email...
Jberg, ossie747...
If you guys are interested in these, make me an offer...
You can pm me, or email me at marcrs@live.com
I\'m shocked that those others went for £11 on the bay...I paid a fair bit more than that for these, and I\'d like to get my money back! For that sort of money I\'ll keep them and look out for the matching parts...or maybe try and persuade Karissa ;)
It would be much easier if you could collect, as I\'m not sure they\'ll travel too well in a postie\'s van...I\'m near Eastbourne on the sussex coast, or can get them to Croydon area any weekday :)
Marcus
I\'ve e-mailed you in regards to the skirts.
Thanks
Paul :)
Ian
I\'ve sent you an e-mail
Regards
Paul
Well, the skirts are now sold - looking forward to seeing them on your car Paul :)
Many thanks again Marc, just got to source a TWR front bumper now. Anyone know who\'s got one by chance, I know their becoming a bit of a rare find now.
Quote from: ossie747;742551Many thanks again Marc, just got to source a TWR front bumper now. Anyone know who\'s got one by chance, I know their becoming a bit of a rare find now.
Those who seek hard enough will hopefully find - good luck on this one Paul.Oh - did you ever find the gear lever gaitor you were after?
No unfortunately not Cliff, however I have found a possible source in Dover who states he has various fb parts going so will have a good look around.
Don\'t forget my usual Paul.....Any Reg Nos in Dover?
Ta Mate.
Quote from: ossie747;742712No unfortunately not Cliff, however I have found a possible source in Dover who states he has various fb parts going so will have a good look around.
I\'ve managed to pick a black one up from Silverstone Auto Sport last week - it\'s near mint condition and is for Goldie. Still looking myself for a red one though. If I find any I\'ll let you know mate.
Hmmm I quite fancy a TWR bumper too, they\'re gonna become the next glass sunroof I figure! haha.