New Rx7

[Brett]

It was quite common for people to add TII parts onto the Egi\'s to make them look a bit more upto date. I remember seeing a red EGi for sale recently with TII bits - think it was on Piston heads?

[pjd7325]

That may well be the case Brett. I\'ll get some pictures tomorrow. The leather is but cracked on the drivers seat so will have a go at doing something about that. Also the red paint is a bit faded so if the weather is ok tomorrow i\'ll have a go at that with some G3 and wax.

[pjd7325]

Faded red paint cured with a some G3 and Mer polish. Got a few swirls now though so will have ago with some colour T Cut. Still got some electrical gremlins. 1) The instument lights blink when cold then go off after about 5 mins after about 10 mins they come on again dim and gradually get brighter! 2) Sometimes the clock will go very dim and the rear fog light symbol illuminates. Could these be a dogey relay?
I have started running this on pre mix and it really does make a differance.

[pjd7325]

Finally got some pictures of my FC.

http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc145/pjd7325/

[pjd7325]

Does anyone know how I can get access to a ramp? I don\'t really want to pay a garage for jobs I can do my self!

[grinder]

looking at the pics , you have an EGI with a T2 spoiler and T2 Cab ( UK ) seats

yours is defo a S4 - you can tell by the front bumper and the tail lights

[pjd7325]

Thanks for that Grinder I\'ll change my profile now. I bought the car of a chap in Kent who had it for a year or so he said he hadn\'t modified it and the other two keepers were both women. Could this of been a demo car I wonder? It was registered on 01/08/89. Seams a lot of expense to put TII seats, door cards and spoiler on. You might as well buy a TII! I thought the lights were a series 4 (what little I know!)

[oldrotary]

I am new to RX7\'s so stand to be corrected, but I don\'t think the seats come from a T2 UK Cab as your front seats have the adjustable lumber support that my UK cab does not have and obviously there are no rear seats in the Cab.
Could it be that your car as a late series 4 was fitted with the optional series 5 leather interior in an attempt to sell of the remaining stock of series 4 cars?
John

[pjd7325]

Could be. . . The seats look different to the ones fitted to the TII. The back seats are leather too. They look the same shape as previous series 4\'s I have had in the past. The only difference is that they are leather. Problem with a 18 year old year car is knowing the history you can only go by what the previous owners have told you.

[grinder]

unless they have been recovered at some point ??

[Kron]

Those are series 4 leather seats, They always seem to be grey on the S4\'s as an option.

[pjd7325]

I bet that cost a few quid when it was new! Look nice though first series 4 EGI I have seen with them in.

[Matts-gen2]

ive got an egi and exactly the same electrical fog light issue.

have you managed to get it sorted?

all the other lights my idiot clock are fine, but the fog is faint and if you actually switch on the fog light the clock dissapears.

is a really annoying problem.

i have tried a second idiot clock and it done the same thing, so it cant be the idiot clock itself.

[pjd7325]

No not yet. I don\'t get any indications at all when put they key in apart from the handbrake warning light and the door adjar warning light if the door is open. The fog light problem is intermittent. Some days it will play up others it won\'t. I have checked all the fuses. It could be a relay as I think there is one behind the idiot clock.

[Matts-gen2]

When i removed the idiot clock, couldnt really see a relay staring at me, although wasnt really looking for one, just thought the idiot clock was dodgy itself.

through trying a second unit, its clear that its on the car and not the unit itself.

hopefully the dashboard hasnt got to come off, there isnt alot of slack on the plug so imagine everything is quite tightly arranged.

(have posted in technical aswell)