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it is a strange list and yea 205 is an interesting choice. was just surprised to see the rx7 on the msn home page.

I jus had a look through this link and the rx7 is in there!!!

http://cars.uk.msn.com/Photo_Gallery/Popup_page.aspx?cp-documentid=8071233&dub-gallery-photo-number=1

Id say of too haywood rotary. but yea, who is doing your re-build and are they able to re-map it for you?

it appears rotary art dont do the door panel covers and all together thats gona cost about £1200!!! (if they could supply the door parts at around £200per door - seems to be the going rate). Considering iv found orignal carbon creations front bumper and side skirts for £775 delivered to london u.k from u.s (not including VAT or import duty). Im hoping to get away with it!! Seems like alot realy.

Basically iv gota tidy up these panels and if i cant get cf for a more reasonable price i may need to look at other options. Could always re-paint them matt black, im not keen on re-spraying to another colour. i think weve probably covered all the different options but just in case. Does anyone have any good ideas for a different finish that could be done? Thinking about it i remember seeing at water droplet type effect at a car show that could be done on any plastic. That looked good. Any ideas people?

Cheers

I have been searching through the forums and cant find any information on companies that supply carbon fibre fd3s interior panels. i.e replacing the existing plastic panels(drivers side, dial surround, heater and head unit surround, panel around the gear stick and hand brake, passenger side). There is one thread posted about a carbon fibre overlay but i can see that being ****e. i have seen some pictures of nice cf interiors but pictures can be deceiving.

Does anyone know who sells or can produce these parts and for what price?

Thanks in advance :Thumbs-up

I had a problem with said company. I had the car back after an standard re-build and the car blew an apex seal then had the car re-built again. I only managed to get this re-build done as the car was not running properly from the begining and i was advised to keep driving the car. Then the car was running ok, never the same as it was before though. The turbos wernt boosting properly so i took the car to carl haywood and he diagnosed a turbo fault which eventualy turned out to be the gasket failing between the exhaust manifold and the block. This had been bodged together with exhaust putty. I ended up paying £400ish for the gaskets from mazda and doing the job myself and i have the scars on my knuckles to prove it!!  The waranty is basically worthless as it doesnt cover detonation and this can be blamed for any engine failure.

I have put up a previous post with all these details and it is claimed that the turbo gaskets where changed which was obviously a lie.

Cool, cheers. il keep everyone updated as and when i get stuff done.

Hi everyone.

I had my rx7 stolen last year and cannot wait any longer. Its time for another one!!!

Anyways iv been looking at the carbon creations c-2 bodykit and havnt been able to find many pictures of it full scale. Does anyone have any? idlealy in carbon fibre finish (not painted). Also has anyone fitted this kit on their car? i would like to hear about the fitting, look, any un-expected problems?

thanks in advance. :o

sweet. what kit is that? i lost my rx last year and im gona buy a new one very soon. cant keep away from them!!

interloper393, is that the aero kit? if so did u buy it or did it come with the car when u bought it?

yea, had 2 sheered bolts which where a nightmare to get out. was boosting nicely for the 2 weeks i had the car back on the road for o wel, onward and upward.

clive, its brad!! from gravesend. i managed to change the turbo gaskets and had the pleasure of driving her for about 2 weeks!! o wel. whats happend has happend and once you buy an rx7 nothing compares! and it wasnt the cars fault it was stolen. i think il allways have one, i bought one at 18 and have been without one for 6 months and hate it.

Thought id come back on here to see if anyone had seen it and someone had!!

Thanks for your comments people

No worries martin!

Looking foward to the new year and a new car.

that was my car. it was stolen at the begining of the year and i havnt realy been back on here since then. id just changed the gasgets on turbos and it gets nicked. what a nightmare!!! and then the police forget to arrange for it to get towed!!! and it gets taken by a "rogue" salvage company. hopefully buy a new one next year thou!!!

Thanks for your help guys.

Would love to go single but cant afford it at the moment and will probably sell the car soon as im going to spain for the summer and will buy another one when i get back.

Just been on the phone to clive, looks like im gona have to buy the manifold to block gaskets and the turbo to manifold gaskets! o dear, hopefully all will be well when its all done and back together.

Thanks for all your help, il keep you posted on how it turns out!

Hi everyone.


First of, thanks for taking the time to read this thread.

ok, where do i start! my fd hasnt been runing to well for a while so took it to carl haywood to look over and he advised that is was likely the turbos where leaking oil and there was also blowing coming from around the turbos.

I have suceeded in removing the turbos, unfortunately sheared two studs on the turbo pack and had to sacrifice one pipe. Went quite well overall though. I have had rebuild done by jimmys rx7 (twice! within 3 months due to detonation, which isnt actually covered in his re-builds, unlike carl haywood at haywood rotarys) and have been throughly unsatified as the car has never run properly and needed to be re-built after 2 months of driving as an apex seal had gone. I suposadly had a recon turbo pack worth £1000, but after a second rebuild and 7000 miles they are leaking oil and a gasket(secondary turbo to exhaust manifold) has broken causing the blowing(there is alot of carbon build up from exhaust gas around the oil pipe above the gasket). I have also discovered exhaust sealent between the manifold and block before the turbos!!!! When i removed the exhaust manifold chunks of exhaust sealant had broken off, which could potentially have damaged the turbos. There was also liquid sealant on all the other gaskets, except turbo pack to manifold and manifold to block!!! Should these be metal??

i need new or used gaskets between exhaust manifold and the block and turbo pack and manifold. Can anyone recomend someone around surrey or kent who can  check the turbos for any problems?

Thanks for your help,

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