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[My 2002 Type R Bathurst - 28,000 miles]

My 2002 Type R Bathurst - 28,000 miles

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Where's your front number plate? Looks cool without it, but don't you get loads of hassle off the police?!

That's really nice and rare! I've been looking on the auctions for the past few months and have not seen an RZ! When did you win the auction? Wish mine had red seats as well...

Well done, pleased for you

Thanks Clive! 

Well, fair play i didnt think you could do that! kudos to you.

Thanks! I might create a how to thread sometime to make other people aware. It's pretty cool for freshly imported RX-7 owners!

This is a great find! Can you post a link to the zeners that you used?

Didn't need any! All you do is move the left resistor to the right. Easy!

So that converts the odometer to miles.

Then you need to calibrate the speedo. Dale Clark has a guide on that also. Just need to drill a hole in side of clocks to gain easy access to adjust the blue screw and use a gps to get the correct speed.

Then if you want to remove the japanese limiter, if no pfc, you can cut/unplug the red & green wire going to ecu. If you get a pfc after that, you need to reconnect that wire, else it won't work.


Nice RZ by the way John! 

It worked!!





Just need to calibrate my speedo to mph now, using the little blue screw behind the gauge and a GPS.

I saw the link i think maybe various revisions over the years so the only way will be get it out and have a  look. Clusters can be quite delicate so be careful with it.

Logically, I would say that the pictures are clear enough on the board of the numbers that if you take yours apart and the pin outs and those numbers are the same as an earlier FD then I would say you should be ok     

Thanks for the input guys. I'll have a look at it sometime and update you all here. I'm surprised nobody else has tried this! I have researched it further and believe someone was successful with a 2002 JDM clock.

Yes then clocks from miles onwards. Dont think you can wind the clock back. Might get into trouble there milage misrepresentation. Never seen a import clocked back to miles its a given it will have part km and then miles on top. Just needs documenting in history.

I wasn't meaning is wind the clock back! Lol! If you see the link I posted, doing the bit of soldering, the odometer automatically converts the KM's to miles and starts to read in mph. Just wondered if it worked on a 2002 model, as the guy that posted was American and I think the car was a 1993...

Its far simpler to buy a convertor that simply plugs in. They are readily available ebay and such like.

But they don't convert the odometer reading do they? Just start clocking in miles?

Hey guys

My car arrives from Japan on Sunday. Need to change speedo. What I want to know is will the method below work on a 2002 RX-7?

http://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/daleclarks-guide-converting-kph-speedo-odo-mph-1015964/

Thanks

Is it possible to mount an RX-8 rear fog light in the bottom of the bumper? In the black plastic part? Haven't got my yet to check. Arrives on Sunday from Japan!

Hopefully you'll see the pictures, I bought a cheap square fog light, used the original reflector as a template, cut the shape out of the reflector and with a bit of silicone to hold it together, it works a treat.

Thanks very much for that! Is it necessary to use a different reflector? Or could I just use a red bulb?

My old fd had a reverse light converted but that was a few years back now so if mot rules have change an extra light maybe the only option. However lighting technology has moved on some what and the horrible square red light hanging off the bumper of an import is defo not nice. There are tiny leds you can now get that that would not notice atall until used and ive seen some people using the fog light of an rx8 its rotor shaped and modern looking.

Yeah I was thinking about the RX8 fog light. Did they cut the rear bumper to fit it, or have it just below? Any pics or details about wiring one up would be great?! I have a spare front fog switch, would it be easy to connect up? I'm not very good with electronics...

Bulb technology has come a long way since FD lighting was designed. I swapped a reverse bulb for an LED RED bulb off the 'Bay that starts with an E' and put a white LED bulb in my remaining reverse light.
I accept one bulb will not emit the same light as two, but the LED bulbs are an improvement over the standard bulbs.

It may be a temp option until you can find a design option.

Chris

Thanks for the reply. I think I'll look at the RX8 fog light option. If not, I'll do the reverse light and buy some LEDs. As you say, an LED reverse light would be much brighter.

Hopefully someone adds to this conversation with a full tutorial on fitting the RX8 fog light! 

Hi guys,

Sorry if this has already been covered one million times before. I did search but wanted to ask for myself.

My RX-7 is due to arrive from Japan soon and I'm having problems choosing the best method for installing a rear fog light. I was hoping you could help me choose the best way.

I wanted to convert 2 of the rear lights but after research I don't think that's going to pass MOT due to them not being 100mm away from the stop lights. I'd rather not use one of my reversing lights if possible because I think 1 reverse light doesn't look the best and I'll lose visibility when reversing in the dark. I also don't want to have one fitted to the bottom of the bumper because that looks bad...

What have you done with your cars? Please give me some advice. Thanks!