J Reg RX7 FD3s

[carlbrainiac]

This might seem like a lazy thread but I just spent the best part of an hour writing out every little detail about my car and my stupid browser crashed so I lost it all and I really cant be bothered to write it all out again so you\'ll just have to ask me for details. Sorry but I\'m really fraustrated now :-(
 
Here pics:-
 





 
£5750 or sensible offers

[fil_auto]

understand your frustration but just think of everyone else that reads that, sees a fine looking red FD with a price and no details as to mileage, spec, rebuild, tax, MOT etc etc....

Sadly, not done yourself any favours...

GLWTS no less...

[carlbrainiac]

I will put up the details again when I\'m not so stressed at my computer.
 
At least people know its up for sale and I can guage interest

[carlbrainiac]

ok this time I wrote the advert out in a Word Spreadsheet first and now I can copy and paste it over lol. So here we go:-
 
J Reg Mazda RX7 FD3s Efini Type R
I have only owned this since April. I purchased it off an ex member on this site. I had always wanted one of these cars and happy to have owned one but now its just going to sit there over the winter and it seems a shame. Plus I would rather have the money now. As much as I have enjoyed owning it and meeting some of you at the local meets I feel it was kind of a summer romance lol. Time to sell now.
As it was such a short time ago here is the original advert that was posted on this site by the previous owner:-
(Remember this is the previous owner talking in this part of the ad)
I have owned it since 2006 and bought it from the well know builder Jason from super7. He had it freshly rebuilt before I bought it which I have a copy of the paper work and was rebuilt at 93000km. But being my first rx7 I unfortunately overheated it so had to take it back to be rebuilt which again I have the paperwork for this rebuild was done at 100,000km.

Took it back after 750mile to have it serviced and been fine ever since. Since this I have had a new clutch, rad, wiring harness fitted 2 years ago that wasn’t cheap but have no proof for this work, I paid Jason cash to get it cheaper.

Had the car re-sprayed two years ago but again paid cash to get it cheaper so have not paperwork

My most recent service was at Hayward Rotary last march which I had full service at £175

Compression test came back with:
Front rotor
7.1 bar
7.1 bar
7.0 bar
Rear rotor
6.9 bar
7.0 bar
6.8 bar

Which I was told it still very good and the engine is very strong

Now just a list off stuff it has and things I have bought/upgraded:

117300km on the clock so only done 17000km since rebulid
Speedo is converted to mph but miles still read in km
Original 99 spec spoiler
19" Mania Vortex alloys wrapped with Avon tyres £1100
Flared front arches
Resprayed
Front Red leather seats
RE turbo guage behind steering wheel
Cubby hole ashtray (rare)
under cd player tray (rare)
JCV Dvd player
HKS Jasma exhaust
Foglight conversion to rear lights
Baileys Dump valve
So that was the previous owners advert back in April when I purchase the car. Since then:-
The first thing I did was get the wheels refurbished as the Mania Vortex Alloys are well known as I found out to have a bad finish and they really let the car down. I had them completely redone and had them custom coloured in black chrome with a slightly lighter lip. Now they look amazing and really set the car off. And I have looked after them and are still mint with no kerbing. The centre caps being plastic obviously couldn’t be powder coated so I sprayed these black myself.
The wheels were professionally done by Wicked Wheels in Guildford and cost me £312. At the same time as having the wheels done I also had a new near side rear tyre fitted as the previous owner had run a bit low pressure causing bulges in the side wall. I replaced it with the same tyre so they all matched and cant remember the exact price of the tyre. Think it was £165.
While the wheels were away having their refurb I had the car on axle stands which gave me and a mechanic friend the chance to give her a mini service. This included:-
New front brake pads. Previous owner had recently done rears but hadn’t got round to doing the fronts.
Brake and clutch bleed. Just as well as fluid in there wasn’t nice. Lol
I also cleaned up the calipers and painted them to match the car.
Coolant flush.
Oil change and Filter.
Also changed the side light lenses as the old ones were a bit yellow. Still have the originals if you would like them for spares. And at the same time I also uprated the headlights to xenon bulbs for a brighter light and the side lights too.
I also had difficulties turning the key in the ignition. Upon doing some research I determind it was easier to change the whole steering column rather than dealing with the sheer bolts holding the ignition barrel to the steering column. So I purchased a second hand column from a 99 spec car from Dragon performance at £50 and fitted that again with the help of my mechanic friend. And again I kept the original steering column with ignition barrel still attached if you want that. Of course having changed these items it does mean there is now a different key for the ignition to the rest of the car.
Having a different key for the ignition to the rest of the car however is not an issue as I also had remote central locking fitted with a Sigma Cat 1 alarm system. This was professionally fitted by Ian Bannings in Guildford which cost me £540.
The car now has 119206 on the clock. But remember a lot of that was KM as the clock was only recently converted to Miles. So since purchasing the car in April I have only done a couple of hundred miles.
Tax till 31st May (Cheap tax bracket. Just £130 for 12 months)
Mot till 12th January (But I have had the guys at my local garage check her over as I was concerned when the previous owner had said that he struggled to get it through on emissions but he had a new Cat fitted and now it gets through no problem. They also picked up that the window washer motor was a bit intermittent so had that sorted to ensure it will get through the MOT. And also fitted some new wiper blades)
She has been well looked after during my ownership. Always allowed time to warm up properly and cool down properly. And I have never had her on a track day or anything like that. I just used her as a nice cruiser for the summer.
Anything else you would like to know please feel free to ask either on here so I can answer that question for everyone. Or via email at carlbrain@hotmail.com

[Joeh]

I can see why you were frustrated - if I wrote that much and lost it all I\'d have kicked a hole in my computer screen

[carlbrainiac]

Oh it did nearly go out the window lol. I hate computers

[a.tapos]

i did that before and punched the laptop luckily i got a screen and fitted it,anyway good luck nice looking car

[carlbrainiac]

Lol thanks

[carlbrainiac]

Price reduction
£5500
I did realise I was aiming too high. Just didn\'t want to be beaten down too early.

[carlbrainiac]

Anyone wanna make me an offer?

[Frankie2531]

that is a lovely car glwts mate

[carlbrainiac]

Cheers bud. now xmas is out the way gonna start advertising it more seriously in the new year on eBay and piston heads. Gonna put a freah mot on it too. Then just persist and if I cant get want I want for it I\'ll just keep it for another summer of fun and sell it next year.

[carlbrainiac]

Fresh MOT now till Jan 13 2013
 
And Final price reduction
£5000
 
Also going on ebay

[Frankie2531]

Any joy yet she is nice but sadly it a very slow market glwts

[carlbrainiac]

It\'s on eBay at the moment. Got a few watchers but that\'s it so far. Not in any rush to sell anyways.