sim_rx3 daily - 1990 HC royal classic luce

[9ine Deuce]

thanks for the pics, ive never really seen close up the extra options we didnt get over here. the dash is very similar to our digital but yours has the 7000RPM redline & an extra button or two. the rear seat console is interesting & the rear vents is what i imaged it to be, ours has a plastic cover plate and i found pre wiring when i took mine out. the HC 929s over here also came with the rear door speakers. our front center console isnt as nice as the JDM version, no sliding top peice. the scale change button is always handy & there are grab bars on the back of the fornt seat, we didnt get those. pretty interesting how Mazda engineered the cooling duct.

most large Japanese sedans in the last 15 years have had reclining rear seats. the Infiniti G35 sedan was the first Japanese car we got that had sliding rear seats

what did you do to your suspension it looks lower ?

[pomes131]

**** nice car!! Is that a toggle switch under that red boot? Is that the switch for the pull-in mirrors? I owned my 88 929 for about 4 years before I realized I had heated mirrors! I love the idea of docking mirrors though...

[sim_rx3]

wow thats nuts i've never seen a car with moving rear seats.... the only thing missing is suicide doors....

awesome car man
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yeh it spins people out when i show them haha

yeh true suiciding the rear doors would be cool. but the car is to rare to mess with..

thanks for the pics, ive never really seen close up the extra options we didnt get over here. the dash is very similar to our digital but yours has the 7000RPM redline & an extra button or two. the rear seat console is interesting & the rear vents is what i imaged it to be, ours has a plastic cover plate and i found pre wiring when i took mine out. the HC 929s over here also came with the rear door speakers. our front center console isnt as nice as the JDM version, no sliding top peice. the scale change button is always handy & there are grab bars on the back of the fornt seat, we didnt get those. pretty interesting how Mazda engineered the cooling duct.

most large Japanese sedans in the last 15 years have had reclining rear seats. the Infiniti G35 sedan was the first Japanese car we got that had sliding rear seats

what did you do to your suspension it looks lower ?
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no worries man..

with the suspension for the itme being ive replaced all rubber bushes with nulethane/neapreen and got new front shocks and hat the front springs reset.
handles real nice now and has retained its comfort still..

**** nice car!! Is that a toggle switch under that red boot? Is that the switch for the pull-in mirrors? I owned my 88 929 for about 4 years before I realized I had heated mirrors! I love the idea of docking mirrors though...
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thanks man.

its a toggle switch for the mechanical boost adjuster. going to get rid of it and get an e-boost controller for it soonish..

the switch to pull the mirrors in is on the right hand side of the steering wheel. ill take some pics of it soon..
mine doesnt have the heated mirrors that im aware of but has heated seats front and rear of the vehicle at the touch of a button

[pomes131]

**** the rear seats are heated too! That thing is loaded! Considering all those extra options, does it use the 65-amp alternator?

[sim_rx3]

yep rear seats are heated as well.
it has the AAS system as well (electric auto adjusting suspension)
its got all the options as standard being the royal classic version.
except the parcel shelf fridge which was standard fitment in the 1986 to 1989 version - known as series 1
series 2 (1989 to 1990) it was an option and mine doesnt have it.
the fridges werent all that good either apparently..

being a rotary version it doesnt run the standard v6 alternator.

they ran the alternator that related to the same generation rx7

so 1986-1989 alternator was a 70 amp version
1989-1990 alternator was a 80 amp version

[Dallasaurora]

Hi sim, I gotta say your car is awesome. Looks like you could live in there. I have the Xedos (Millenia) and I'm just looking at your car with envy !

You just can't beat getting a car that is fully loaded but this is off the hook ! My hat goes off to you bro' !

What can I say....awesome !

[MR MAZZ]

And where did u find such a rare car such as yours?
It has everything you could ever want and more, my hat goes off to you!

[9ine Deuce]

wow heated rear seats did not know that, these cars were more equipped than i thought.

now you have the AAS suspension which i (had) but shock replacement was too expensive and north worth wasting money on. i used shocks that were meant for Luce/929 that didnt have AAs, a straight swap.

did you buy new AAS shocks ? and what do u mean buy having the front springs reset ? the Luce has come down at least 2" in the front compared with the first pics

the bushings being replaced must have made a good improvement on handling. how much does it cost to replace the bushings ? im thinking it would be must do on 15+ year old car.

i could use an 80amp alt.

[pomes131]

I was looking at your pictures again and noticed the new tach...9ine also has one I think...I thought the digital dash had one..how come you guys got aftermarket ones?? I'm sure there's a simple enough reason, just curious! And the 80-amp alt would be great for me if it just bolts right in place of mine...hmmm..gonna look into it!

[9ine Deuce]

mine is a tach, sims is a boost gauge i think. im not a huge fan of the digital dash, i dont mind it so that tach does the trick. the stock tach is so small and isnt easy to notice when your goin fast and driving hard, i like monitoring my engine speed.