That Old School Flavor

We don’t really think this car need an introduction or any of this stuff that you’re reading, so we’ll try to make this write up rather quick and to the point. The car belongs to our forum member Ryan out of Washington, and it’s a 1989 Mazda RX7 GXL that’s in as good of a condition as it was rolling off the showroom floor. Believe it or not, just four months ago he purchased this thing bone stock from an old lady who has owned it since new, but just look how it sits now. Proper car, proper stance, what’s better than that? Check out the awesome pictures & some of the stuff Ryan added to this thing, below.

The car is sitting on Volk Racing Gt-U in 18×9 & 18×10, and Stance gR+ coilovers. Every little thing Ryan added to his car is just awesome but nothing is over the top. He tells us that he tried to keep the body pieces simple by avoiding big wide front and rear bumpers and all the other unnecessary stuff.

Sitting Right:
Volk Racing Gt-U 18×9 (+13) & 18×10 (+8)
215/40/18 & 225/4018 tires
Stance GR+ Coilovers
Racing Beat front & rear sway bars
Cusco front & rear strut bars

Some of the exterior customizations were the Turbo2 hood (which we love by the way!) and a full Shine Auto kit including the front lip, sideskirts, rear end caps & roof spoiler. We still can’t believe that this car is over 20 years old! Make sure you hit the Read More button for some more awesome pictures!

As one of our forum members (Hypertek) says, we definitely need more FC’s like these in the states. The community is mostly built up by folks who would complain a cheap set of rims is too much and that 17’s are way too big, or old men who look at the FC’s as a cheap collectible sports car. Well we’re definitely honored to be posting this car on Stance:Nation, hopefully it will inspire other FC owners to get on it and build an even better car. While the interior is pretty stock, one of the most recent additions was a set of Sparco Torino2 seats and Nardi classic wheel.

For the exhaust system Ryan went with Apexi N1 dual cat-back, and he also added the Corksport header & race mid-pipe. Yes it sounds awesome, but it’s just temporary. When we asked Ryan what other plans he has for the car, he told us that as soon as the finances are available he plans on dropping an LS1 motor in and doing some more stuff to the interior! Of course, we’ll keep you guys updated on that, and hopefully we can do another shoot when the car is done.

We’ll leave you with a couple more pictures of Ryan’s fitment and a great shot that shows the aggressive rear of the car. You can also go to our Flickr to check out a few more more pictures from this photo shoot. We would like to thank Ryan for his time, and for allowing us to share his car with all of you. Also, as always, a big thanks to Jonathan Ray out of Washington for the awesome photography. If you think you have a car that deserves a feature on our site, make sure you shoot us an email!