Quenepahead_racing

Ok, wich car is better faster nicest more options and so on?? GXL OR GTU, where can i find right info on them?

kleach18

The GXL is the model with everything. I have a GTU and it has manual everything except for the sunroof. No ABS and no cruise or tilt steering. But it also came out of the factory a couple hundred pounds lighter then the rest. So I would have to say that the GTU would feel a little faster then the GXL. But of course I do own a 90 GTU so of course I would say mine is faster!

kleach

Quenepahead_racing

So if i have a 90gtu it should be manual??? no power windows and stuff like that?

kleach18

Mine is a GTU and has manual everything. No ABS and no cruise (unless they were added)

kleach

DaleClark

iTrader: (55)

Remember, there are 2 GTU's - the '88 GTU was kind of like the GTUs - the sporty NA. The '89-90 GTU was the base model at the time.

GXL has power windows, softer seats, etc. GTU is more spartan. That's the breakdown.

If you're looking for a car, just buy the nicest one with the fairest price .

Dale

Quenepahead_racing

Well this is what happened, i got a 1990 rx7, it was painted, a verry god job cause i tought they took off the gxl embels, so it has power mirrors power windows fog lights, spoilers, has the back window wacher, manual electronic suspension, and is white and blu inside no leather, when i called the insurance the guy told me that the vin # came back with a 1990 rx7 gtu, not gxl, so im lost here is my car a gtu with ALL options? or a gtus, or gxl???

MtnRacer

No GTUs had power windows. It's not unheard of to have a GTU with a bunch of options. Power mirrors and a spoiler are pretty much standard on EVERY model RX-7. So you've got a GTU with a rear wiper, power windows, and fog lights(dealer option, I believe). Do you have ABS or 4 piston front calipers? I believe those were GXL standard options. But bottom line, yes, it's a GTU.

Steve

P.S. lol, there are exactly 100 1990 GTUs, doncha wish you had one of them? Talk about rare!

Roy James

Yeah, all of that points to a GTU except one thing. The "electronic ride adjust suspension" I dont beleive that was an option period on the GTU, and i think it would be a bitch/pointless to add it to any other car. Anyone confirm this?

MtnRacer

Oops. Forgot about the AAS... A surefire way would be to check the seats. Like dcfc3s said, the GXL seats were an upgrade from the GTU seats. So if you know the difference, you could tell right away.

Steve

Roy James

This is true, but, if someone went through all the trouble to add all that other **** in there, the seats would be a five minute job. The suspension still gets me.......

Quenepahead_racing

Im 100% that it has the electronic susp, it has a switch for it, im going to check the 4 pistons, i havent driven the car since is going trought a engine swap, they seats i dont know the difrence... they look like racing bucket seats,

MtnRacer

Well, just because it has the switch, it could be a cluster from another car. Check to see if there are wires going into the front strut towers. If so, then you've got AAS(if it sounds like a disease, it's because it is ) I can't IMAGINE someone taking the time to put in AAS, seats, etc... But who knows!

Steve

Quenepahead_racing

yep, wire are there!!!

Quenepahead_racing

Ok, i just got the history of the car, from some paper work i found, first i got the car for 450 cause it was in a floded, it only had 1 owner a lady, she had crashed it in 93 hit the right side fender and a scrash on the left side, so they painted the whole car since (SHE HAD $$)
so we all know this lady didnt just got all this stuff done, i striped the car and everything was like new plastic raped around stuff no tampering what so ever.
so maybe it is a gxl.. is funny cause in the paper work only says mazda rx7 so let recap.. 100% sure it has the Electronic susp. power everything, spoiler fogs rear wiper. may be the insurance guy messed up by telling me it was a gtu????

ronarndt

Sounds like you have a GXL that someone changed the seats on. From your descrition, they sound like GTUs seats (are they corduroy?) or aftermarket. The stock GXL seats did not have a lot of side bolster support. The one thing you have not included is that the insurance agent is possibly mistaken in identifying the car as a GTU. Keep in mind he probably hasn't a clue about the various RX-7 models and may have either read the model designation wrong- or maybe it is just wrong on his database from someone else being clueless and entering the wrong model. All of the options you mentioned are either dealer installed options or could have been purchased used and installed by the previous owner. But it would be a lot of work to install *all* of them.

Quenepahead_racing

well, see the seats look like they are part of the car, if you know what i mean, would the car say it on the door pannel or something? itll be stupid to add all of them options, come out more than a gxl.... what was more a gxl or a gtu new.

ronarndt

I paid about $21k for my 1990 GTUs, bought new in late 1989. The GTU was about $2k less, the GXL was the most expensive (except for T-II) at about $24K. Numbers may be slightly off, but the GXL was more $ than the GTU.

Your GTU/GXL has *cloth* seats? and they match the door panels? Weird. The GXL had leather seats as standard equipment. I'll look at my 1990 dealer brochure when I get home to see if they show what the two interiors are supposed to look like. I seem to recall that the door panels were different on the GTU/GXL/GTUs.

Quenepahead_racing

Yeah my seats are cloth, they are blue like the inside of the car. yea just like the door panels. ill post some pics tonight

silverrotor

iTrader: (1)

GXL's also have a Rear Wiper.

Angel Guard Racing Team

I bought a 1987 RX-7, now I'm confused it was painted so the emblems are missing. It has automatic sunroof, auto tranny, no rear wiper, manual everything, no cruise control, am-fm cassette deck and eq, a/c, power steering, the original pant code is k6 or k8 cant remember (original paint is dark grey) what the hell kinda model is it gxl, gtu or gtus?

ronarndt

Q racing- I found a dealers option printout for the 1990 RX-7 that I forgot I had. The standard seats on the GXL were cloth, not leather like I mentioned earlier. Leather was optional. Sounds like you have a GXL with just the basic package.

Angel guard- I had a 1987 base model in the dark tornado silver like originally on yours. I also had a 1986 base model and believe the model designations were the same in 1986 and 87. There were base, luxury and sport packages. My 86 promotional brochure shows the "Luxury Package" as having the sunroof standard, auto trans and A/C as options. 14 inch alloy wheels standard, electric exterior mirrors standard, diversity antenna (two antennas), tinted windshield sunshade, cassette deck all standard. Can't find any reference re the power steering. It may have been a dealer installed option, like the A/C.

Rotorific

iTrader: (1)

Angel - I dont know what you mean by auto sunroof but you have a base model or SE is your car a 4 lug?

Evil Aviator

I don't believe that there is any way to determine a GTU or GXL model by the VIN without access to Mazda's master database, wherever that is. Since one of my old insurance agents thought my RX-7 had a 2-cylinder engine, I tend to think that your insurance agent has bad info in his computer. If there is some secret VIN code that the insurance agent knows about, then please have him share it with us. As far as I know, the only model information available from the VIN is Turbo/Non-turbo, and Coupe/Convertible.

The GTU was an 88+ model, the GTUs was an 89+ model, and the GXL had power everything, so that kinda narrows it down. It sounds like you have a base model coupe or SE.

ba22

Why don't you just look at the door sticker, it will say right on there what model it is???

Angel Guard Racing Team

Electric sunroof, it is 4 lug and 4 disc brakes also.