Choices! Choices! Which Color RX-7 is best? (56k Still Exists??)

[YoshiFD3S]

I've been really torn between what color I want my final "Project 2JZ-FD" to be in the end. I'm torn between Red, Black, and White.

Here's some pics of my favorites that I've found over time. Most commonly shown with either a standard '99 conversion or the Shine Auto Burnout Kit, and Scoot Hood...my favorite. The headlights shown on the "JTUNED" black FD are definitely ones I'm considering too. I love them.

Opinions?

RED










BLACK


















WHITE














OTHER COLORS WORTH CONSIDERING...






















My personal favorite mix would be Black with the complete Burnout body kit, including the front and rear fender flares as shown, along with the "Evo-R" style HID projector-style headlights as shown on the black "JTUNED" looking FD. With the Burnout kit, I probably wouldn't do the '99 spoiler...but I love it so much, I'm torn.

Also, for those who DON'T like the Scoot Hood. I kind of HAVE to go with it, because of clearance issues with the 2JZ. This info, coming from the people at Tech2 Motorsports, where I bought my motor-swap kit from. They "recommend" it for clearance. I LOVE it, personally, so I'm not really complaining..

What do you guys like the most? If you have pics on your computer that you wouldn't mind sharing, by all means!

Choices, choices, eh?

Thanks guys!

[Random Hero]

White > Silver > Blue > Black > Red

[YoshiFD3S]

Got any personal favorites, Random Hero?

[Random Hero]

Got any personal favorites, Random Hero?

Nah, I like your style though.

[DC2NR]

My personal favorite mix would be Black with the complete Burnout body kit, including the front and rear fender flares as shown, along with the "Evo-R" style HID projector-style headlights as shown on the black "JTUNED" looking FD. With the Burnout kit, I probably wouldn't do the '99 spoiler...but I love it so much, I'm torn.

Also, for those who DON'T like the Scoot Hood. I kind of HAVE to go with it, because of clearance issues with the 2JZ. This info, coming from the people at Tech2 Motorsports, where I bought my motor-swap kit from. They "recommend" it for clearance. I LOVE it, personally, so I'm not really complaining..

I'd have to go with you on that .. I personally like the black Jtuned rx7.

[BKgen®]

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[Alan®]

I like the silver personally

[The Youngn]

do grey. not silver buy an actual grey....like my car

[K20Z1]

Blue

[YoshiFD3S]

lol...

It's funny when people are like "Paint it the same color as MY car!" lol

Yeah..

It's so hard these days, regardless of WHAT car you have, to be "original"..

After the head-ache of my first rotary-powered FD, I said "Naw uh." to dealing with rotary ever again...After deciding to get back into the car world after almost 2 years. Thank you Navy for providing guaranteed paychecks! lol

If I make E-5 with the upcoming exam, that's a HELLA nice pay-raise, cause I can bank on any extra cash I save on the Basic Allowance for Housing that the Navy gives you, to live out in town, once I get back to San Diego. No other debt = more money for car. Woot!

I've already got the $2,500 (*gag*) 2JZ swap kit from Tech 2 Motorsporots. That was one of the biggest hurdles. I'm kinda shopping around for FD's right now. I find good deals, but they're just....not exaaaaaactly what I'm lookin' for.

Right now, I've got the guys over at Lethal working on putting a new/lower-mileage motor into a 65k original mile, one-owner, unmolested '93 Touring FD, for me. Once that's done, it'll be for sale, if anyone's interested.

But yeah, I'm REALLY thinking about Black, full Burnout body-kit w/ flares, the projector headlights, and no spoiler...

What to do about rims, though..too! hmmmmmmmz

The Black/polished lip on ANY black car is played out. Gold..MAYBE, there are a couple Advan models, and the Gram Lights that look good on FD's...

I have some silver 18X8/18X9 WORKS Emotion XD9 rims chillin' up in a friend's apt in San Diego right now. They look a little somethin' like this..






I'll tell ya, though. This whole car thing is a tough call!...Cause I've been looking at 240-260-280Z's as well, and been considering doing a 2JZ in one of those.

My brother is all like "DO IT!". Go figure. lol...He's almost done rebuilding the RB25 280Z he's so infamous for, because he sold it to my best friend. He's still got his '71 wide-body 240Z, and his '71 4-door 510, that he said is currently having some work done to it over at Mainstream w/ Turbo Dave.

Tough call!!! lol.....2JZ FD....or 2JZ 240Z?? Choices!! XD

[Random Hero]

So, I am just now putting two and two together that you are Dave's brother. Is this right?

Dave and I have had some good talks with his projects as well as with my Supra.

I cannot say enough good things about Dave and Lethal Injection Motorsports. We actually talked the other night about his plans for the 510, and it's going to be insane!

But, with all that mess aside, I honestly can't help you with your decision. As I have no idea how much desire you have for each car, but I'm sure you'll come out with with the right decision for you.

I love black cars, I really do. I just hate owning them. I have had some black cars back in the day that were just a complete pain in the ass keeping clean and they just weren't for me. Call me lazy if you will.

Either way, good luck with your decision making.

Wheels looks very nice, it's nice to see that you have a spare if need be.

[joseph dale]

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mazda black cherry!

[YoshiFD3S]

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mazda black cherry!

Nice! I always kinda liked the whole Black w/ blue/red/purple pearl to it..

That reminds me of this AMAAAAAAAAAAAZING blackish/purple color that some guy painted his Z on HybridZ.org that I saw a few hours ago.

Check this color out!! *OMGSPASM*









It's pictures of Z's like this, that REEEEEEEEEEALLY make me re-consider going Z instead of FD!!!

lol

[YoshiFD3S]

lol, yeah... David @ Lethal is my bro.

He's the best brother a guy could ever hope for.

Yeah, my friend just picked up a '03 M3 Convertible a couple weeks ago, before we both left for Maine, and it's this "Carbon Black" color thas a blue-ish pearl to it. BEAUTIFUL color...but I'll be GD'd if he can keep that sucker clean. It's a REALLY nice-looking color, I'm trying to find a close-up pic on Google that shows the pearl..

On a good note, regarding a Black FD...the door handles on the FD means there's no REASON why mofo's need to be touching the door! LOL "Where's the door handle, dude?" "If you can't find it in the next 3 seconds, no ride for you!" lol

XD

I kinda want BOTH cars! I'm thinking about picking up a daily-driver Z, and then have the FD! Whooooo!

Since being in the Navy it's been impossible to get into the car world, and with my brother being my own personal mechanic, it's especially difficult, when I'm stationed on the other side of the country..

It just feels so invigorating to finally be able to get back into what I love more than anything in the world. It feels especially nice to know that I can actually afford to do so now, too! XD

[OneSlow5pt0]

for FDs my fav would have to be white or yellow

hate to see a 2jz in one,but look forward to finished pictures

[The Ren]

Go RSP

[willum14pb]

Red and Black blow the others out of the water.

[blown lsj]

I like the mazdaspeed blue , and the LS1 too....lol

[Doppelgänger]

Stick with Mazda and go with either Titanium or Innocent Blue Mica ("Mazdaspeed blue")

[dkjohnson04]

Silver>Blue>Black>White>Red

[osnap]

Black FDs are sex. All I'm sayin.

[Slow Motion]

Black is always a winner...

[YoshiFD3S]

That's a baddass SC.

Yeah...I'm thinking I'm gonna end up going Black with a blue or red kinda pearl to it.

[Deke]

Black (I realize that's what color my car is, lol, but that's because it looks the best )

PS, I love the muffler on the black one you posted. Looks so much better than a big can angled out to the side.

[YoshiFD3S]

Yeah, that picture makes me wanna go no spoiler.

That pic also really shows off the front and rear fender flares. Lovin' em'.

[87 Turbo II]

Infini IV black, (it's really REALLY dark green pearl), it is so pretty, if the light can just baaaarely graze it, you see a bright green highlight. It's an original FC color only offered on the japanese only Infini IV of 5000 units, but ti is very special to the rotary powered vehicle and would work really well on an FD as a substitute for black.



edit: you're the one putting a 2Jz in the FD so you probably don't care too much about the car's roots or what it represents or the rotary history so you probably don't like this color. Not gonna bash your idea, it sounds great and fast, but I realy respect these cars as they came, and am a huge fan of the rotary engine. Good luck with the project.

[YoshiFD3S]

edit: you're the one putting a 2Jz in the FD so you probably don't care too much about the car's roots or what it represents or the rotary history so you probably don't like this color. Not gonna bash your idea, it sounds great and fast, but I realy respect these cars as they came, and am a huge fan of the rotary engine. Good luck with the project.

- I've had an '88 Turbo II, which with that, and my brother's first SR20 S13, one of the FIRST in Atlanta... We made a nice name for ourselves back when having ~300rwhp was actually impressive to people.

- This makes my 3rd actual FD. The first one I only had for about 6 months, due to some unfortunate circumstances w/ finances and blowing the motor. I decided that if I was gonna get an FD for any reason, I wasn't going to stay rotary. I LOVE the way they sound, I love how simple the engine bay is to work with, but I wanted something more reliable. The FD is the perfect sized car for me, inside and out, I love every curve of the car.

- It's funny, because when I was home on Leave in late March, I was actually looking more towards doing doing an Aristo 2JZ-GTE swap into an SC300, or going NA-T. My bro and the guys at Lethal convinced me otherwise. "So you're telling me that you're actually TRYING to compare having a turbo SC300 to one of the most renowned Japanese sports cars ever made?" in the words of Derick. lol.... That kinda made things a little more clear to me. ^_^

So here I am, now!

My 65k original mile, 1 owner, unmolested FD is being brought to me this coming Sunday from FL.

It's red w/ tan interior. Compression died from sitting for so many years. Better that, than being beaten to hell IMO....I was planning on having my bro and the guys at Lethal put in another motor and either keep it as a bone-stock DD, or just sell it, if anyone's interested. I'll probably just throw it up on Autotrader and see if I get any bites.

I'll definitely ask my brother to take some pics of it when it arrives.



I guess I can't say "Rotary powaaaaaaaaa!!!" like I used to, anymore though. lol :P

[87 Turbo II]

- I've had an '88 Turbo II, which with that, and my brother's first SR20 S13, one of the FIRST in Atlanta... We made a nice name for ourselves back when having ~300rwhp was actually impressive to people.

- This makes my 3rd actual FD. The first one I only had for about 6 months, due to some unfortunate circumstances w/ finances and blowing the motor. I decided that if I was gonna get an FD for any reason, I wasn't going to stay rotary. I LOVE the way they sound, I love how simple the engine bay is to work with, but I wanted something more reliable. The FD is the perfect sized car for me, inside and out, I love every curve of the car.

- It's funny, because when I was home on Leave in late March, I was actually looking more towards doing doing an Aristo 2JZ-GTE swap into an SC300, or going NA-T. My bro and the guys at Lethal convinced me otherwise. "So you're telling me that you're actually TRYING to compare having a turbo SC300 to one of the most renowned Japanese sports cars ever made?" in the words of Derick. lol.... That kinda made things a little more clear to me. ^_^

So here I am, now!

My 65k original mile, 1 owner, unmolested FD is being brought to me this coming Sunday from FL.

It's red w/ tan interior. Compression died from sitting for so many years. Better that, than being beaten to hell IMO....I was planning on having my bro and the guys at Lethal put in another motor and either keep it as a bone-stock DD, or just sell it, if anyone's interested. I'll probably just throw it up on Autotrader and see if I get any bites.

I'll definitely ask my brother to take some pics of it when it arrives.



I guess I can't say "Rotary powaaaaaaaaa!!!" like I used to, anymore though. lol :P

that works for me. I love FDs and want one, but I'd probably put an older gens engine in it as the FD rotaries are prectically glass and the 1st gens are concrete, the 2nd gens are iffy depending on how they were treated. I look forward t seeing the project done and I don't blame you for the Fd's reliability scare. I can defend 1st and 2nd gens as well as Rx-8s, but I'll be the first to say stock-block FDs are headaches, so I understand where you're gonig with it.

[ACCORDPRIDE]

black is my favorite with white a close second

[BlkCD5]

Black or white. I"ve only seen one white FD around here

[YoshiFD3S]

I've always been a fan of white w/ carbon-fiber accents..

There's a guy on RX-7club with this white FD that's got the full RE-Anemiya kit, and it has these clean black accents to it all over, and OMG it's beautiful.

I think the the projector headlights that I like so much are part of what makes the black look better than any other color, though. The ones on the JTUNED black FD.

[4DrTeg]

jtuned but red instead? i dont noe but not matter wat it should look pretty clean ..wish i had a fd

[Tree]

go with black and murder it out!

[JEY$JDM]

hmm. i just love FD's... any color! have sum pics of ur's?

[4DrTeg]

hmm. i just love FD's... any color! have sum pics of ur's?

x2

[HachiDori]

I'm stuck between white or black, If it was my Fd I'd probably paint it JBP of the subaru, or the rx-8 pearl white color...

Think about it for a bit, not for too long and just jump on something. You really can't go wrong with either though

gl with your decision

[VQ35 Star]

pearl white.

[SouthSide Tay]

i vote black first then silver and then whitemaybe red at the last

[alpine_aw11]

White.

[Reaper]

nothing cleaner than a black well done car...as long as you JUST washed it lol