Uk FD owners

[Mazzyrx7]

Mine\'s a red M reg 94

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[E.B.King]

Red one \'93 (offroad at the mo but hey)!

[Hayward North]

Yes, But i thought the UK cars where only sold for a limted time? Hence the low numbers? but then again maybe it was just they could\'nt sell them??

I was also told the Japaniess cars where quite alot cheaper? Uk cars being the best part of 30k? (but the UK ones where fully spec\'d the only thing to my Knolage that was an Option was Climate control).

Jap cars are the same spec.

[Grizzly]

Jap cars are the same spec.

Urm no.... Jap cars are very basic but alot more powerfull out the box.

Look at the Option list. The UK car only had 1 option (Climate control) which is VERY!! Rare.

The UK car is a Mix of all the good bits of the jap cars, Twin oil coolers and stuff like that but whats odd they had both Surroof and Air con, Black Leather was Standard, i don\'t know about yours but the later ones had the Black surounds on the MPH Clocks (kind of looks like an R2 clock set up), I may be wrong but i dont think there was an Auto UK car?, I know there is no One model in the Jap range that is the same as the UK spec out of the Box so the UK car was put together just for us.

Unfortunatly though they still did\'nt wax oil them properly so every Uk car i\'ve seen close up has been showing signs of Rust and its getting more rare to see a Uk car under 100k.

There is a Reason for buying a Jap car (as i have done) there - ten years of our weather.

[Ricco_04]

There are a few other differences like a pre cat (which most people get shot of anyway!)  There is also something different about the intake but I cant remember what (like 3rd throttle body or something - Carl had mentioned it on here before)

Also had a proper mounting for the front numberplate and the foglights where right next to the numberplate as opposed to adding one later.

The rear middle brake light was not plummed in although can be done.  They also had a 3 liter washer bottle in the boot rather than by the near side passanger headlight.  They also came with cruise control as standard (don\'t think this was an optional extra)

There is also other stuff which appeared on other models like the ashtray rather than the arm rest and the lockable storage buckets rather than the seats.

Don\'t know wether we did or didn\'t have the autobox :confused:

[Hayward North]

Anyway i have a 1992 Type-R with aircon, leather seats, seats at the back insted of buckets, ABS, powerstering, electric windows, electric door mirrors, Twin oil coolers and all the rest of the proper goodies.

Oh and im underneath every month 2 keep it in good condition and its spotless under there, almost like new.

Just me but if i has to pechased one all over again it would be an import as they have never been subject to salt on the roads.

Oh and yes mine has the black surround around the clocks, kind of makes it a little deeper.

[Grizzly]

Yep, Uk cars are very Diffrent to Jap imports.

[Ricco_04]

Wasn\'t being picky, I thought I was helping :2Confused

The washer bottle has another use as its in a different location because you can have them both installed (ie UK & Jap) and use one to hold the water for your WI.

[Hayward North]

Wasn\'t being picky, I thought I was helping :2Confused

QUOTE]

Missread your post so eddited mine imediatly after. :o

Appologies.

[Ricco_04]

Ah probably me being cranky anyway! :Giggle

[Hayward North]

Think i was being a little vague when i said jap are the same spec. what i ment was they are not of a lower spec when you look at major goodies like power steering, air con and the likes.

[Hayward North]

Ah probably me being cranky anyway! :Giggle

Nah prolly more like me being a little 2 idle to read proply.

[LeedsLad]

i didn\'t know they had twin oil coolers. I think that the sunroof and aircon were a joke for the uk market tho,

[ro284]

i didn\'t know they had twin oil coolers.

Mine is a jap import,but  has only one oil cooler, sunroof (brilliant) climate control. Full Bose, leather seats, SRS air-bag, cruise control (also brilliant) It\'s a jap import type X manual,

[andrewrx7]

To know whether it is a UK one or not, check the VIN, the number should be: JMZFD13B200****** (* = the unique part of the VIN number).

It is a different VIN format to that of other continents (i.e. Jap import).

As far as I was aware, the UK ones weren\'t sold in varients, so if someone has a TypeRS, then it is probably an import. But key thing is, check the VIN.