I read somewere that they wre called a child seat. And they came in all non american cars. I have a 5year old so it would come in handy. How much would it cost to ship to us?

 

Child seat? Thats about it, they are just too small for anything else.

Ship to the US? Wouldn't have a clue. prolly heeaps.

 

The rear seats won't just bolt into a North American SA/FB.



The reason they were omitted from the North American line of cars is more stringent rear end crash restrictions mandated that extra body bracing be added to US and Canadian spec RX-7s. To install the rear seats from a Jspec or aussie car you'd have to remove this bracing, thus changing a DOT mandated structural element - which could result in your car failing a safety inspection in the future.

 

the 79-80 cars are the only ones with the bracing, in 81 the bumper requierment went from 5mph to 2.5mph, so the braces were deleted



mike

 

Ah, I forgot the US dropped the reg - in Canada it remained, and remains, at 5 MPH as does the bracing. I guess with more sudden icing up north there's more rear collisions?

 

hmm i didnt know that. interesting, i wonder if the car is stiffer?



mike

 

I don't think they are very useful, in fact I'm pretty sure I'm not going to put mine back in when I redo the interior. If I get a chance this week, I'll take some shots with my new digi cam.

 

we should set up a rear seat/storage bin exchange programme. (we could also do the passenger seat excange)



mike

 

got me a new problem today when i went to start up my baby...rumbling sound...engine barely turns over...i'm pretty sure its the stupid starter again...can you believe i have gone thru 4 of them on my new engine?...first few didn't work at all



guess i got a extra helping of gremlins

 

This may sound funny, but try a different rebuilder or (if you can) buy a new one.



I have had times when I was doing repairs when I would get 3-4 different parts,

(same part# and source) and they would all be screwy. I get my money back from

source "A" and go to a different store. First try, BAM starts right up (no problems)!



Raul