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Remember if you go to wire wheels, the axle length is different, so its a bit of work if you want the bother of wire wheels. They look great if you want to show it, but...

I recall the first series of RX 7s use the same bolt pattern, so your choice may be wider than Minilites or the steel wheels.
 
What makes you think that those larger wheels and tires will fit? I ran some 165X14's and on the rear , had to put them on soft and then blow them up. Unless you use a portapower on the rear fender lips you'll get an expensive surprise. You're not dealing with a modern rice burner here, those wheel openings are SMALL and NARROW. Oops, just took another look at your picture. Looks like you've replaced the rear springs. Maybe with that "jacked-up look" you can get away with bigger wheels. Bob

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Bob!! Your springs must be tired!!
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I'd like to apologise to WagonM my reply to his post was in bad taste. Must have been the lateness of the hour. Yes, Gary my springs are tired. 70k and original (but I love the LOW look. Bob
 
there's a difference between a rice burner and a ricer. you don't have any Type R decals or coffee can exhaust tips do you?
 
Rice burner is a generic term I use for any well engineered, good running, mostly economical, asian automobile. Included in my fleet are a '91 Miata bought new, now with 45K on it and a '90 Suzuki Swift GT (perfect car, which is what the original Mini should have evolved into)! Everybody SHOULD know what a "ricer" is. Bob
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Bob Claffie:
Rice burner is a generic term I use for any well engineered, good running, mostly economical, asian automobile. Included in my fleet are a '91 Miata bought new, now with 45K on it and a '90 Suzuki Swift GT (perfect car, which is what the original Mini should have evolved into)! Everybody SHOULD know what a "ricer" is. Bob<hr></blockquote>

Hmmm? I really wanted to stay out of this but can’t resist anymore. Please don’t take my ranting personally? All is said in good fun.
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Personally when I hear the term “Rice Burner” today – I tend to think of all those annoying little Honda Civics and the like, with the big noisy tail pipes, over done body kits and huge wings.

But I do recall a time (30 to 40 years ago) that this term was used as a somewhat “derogatory” description of just about any vehicle or motorcycle that hailed from Japan. Least-ways until the early 70s’ when OPEC changed forever the way we viewed anything that used fossil fuels. However that was a long time ago and IMHO the perceived “advantages” of the Japanese auto industry aren’t as justified as they once where.

Now I don’t own any Asian vehicles and don’t plan to anytime soon. But this isn’t to say I don’t have a respect for some of the fine autos coming out of Japan. As for the Manta? I feel it is a fine example of how to use technology to update & improve an existing classic idea.

I guess my taste goes clearly in another direction.

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Bret
 
Yeah, my springs are old, they're just not worn out. And I've done the research, the minilites will fit, that's not an issue.

And, thank you for apologizing, because the "riceburner" comment was REALLY un-called for. Especially since my other car is one of those "Riceburners"
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Don't worry, my Japanese car has no "fart can" exhaust nor any stickers.

But it does have 250hp!
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buy a Toyota tundra p/u they make em in Princeton In 20 miles up the road from me
 
Buy a Ford, and it may be made in the sameplant a Mazda is!! Why worry about if it's Japanese or not?? Isn't that another form of prejudice???
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Chuck Cougill:
buy a Toyota tundra p/u they make em in Princeton In 20 miles up the road from me<hr></blockquote>

No thanks Chuck, but you do bring up a great point. Fact is – today many “Japanese” vehicles are manufactured outside of Japan with many being made right here in the US.

A cute story along that line:
I seem to remember something about a small rural (mid-west, I think?) community having to ponder this issue to the nth degree. It seems that this small down to earth community, needed some heavy earthmoving equipment and started asking the two major manufactures for quotes. The two companies involved where Caterpillar & Hyundai, with the wining bid falling to Hyundai.

When the locals found that their elected officials where going to go with the “foreign” manufacture they went crazy and demanded that the officials go with Caterpillar.

Imagine the added bewilderment to this situation – when it was discovered the particular pieces of equipment they wanted from Caterpillar was actually made in Asia, while the Hyundai was manufactured in the good old US of A.

While many of you might ask yourself what’s in a name, I still don’t know how this turned out.
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Bret
 
<blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Gary Lloyd:
Buy a Ford, and it may be made in the sameplant a Mazda is!! Why worry about if it's Japanese or not?? Isn't that another form of prejudice???<hr></blockquote>


Careful Gary,

Prejudice? Yes, maybe. But without going deep into my “personal reasons” as to why I don’t & won’t own a Japanese vehicle. Lets’ just say that I just happen to be one of those guys who has his own likes & dislikes and leave it at that.

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Bret
 
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