Hey guys, I have been offering door lock dust shutter rebuild kits to the FD community on the main USA RX7 forum for a while with many satisfied customers and just thought I would post here too since the same issues with crumbling plastic door lock cover plates does not discriminate based on where the FD may be located, it is an equal opportunity problem...
The setup comes with a pair of kits and each kit includes a new black finisher plate, a new clean, white, plastic OEM type shutter plate, and a new spring. This will give you all the parts needed to rebuild the door lock outer dust shutters for an FD door lock set. In case you are wondering, the "dust shutter" is the part that flips in as you insert the key in the door lock. The FD dust shutter is white plastic on both doors, presumably because Mazda included a door lock illumination lamp in the driver side door lock and the white shutter will illuminate when the lamp is on.
Because the shutter itself is plastic, it degrades over time from exposure to the sun, etc. eventually turning yellow/brown and finally crumbling into bits and falling into the door lock mechanism. When this happens, you can pick out the bits but then your door lock will be open to the elements and you then have to deal with the missing shutter. Mazda never sold the dust shutters by themselves however up until a couple of years ago new lock assemblies were available, they were $$ but at least there was that option if the shutter had failed. New locks are NLA now. This kit rectifies that problem. You can rebuild your door locks with a nice white OEM plastic shutter plate, a new spring (if you have lost the original) and a fresh black fascia plate to replace the scratched up original. If your car still has original dust shutters, they are probably pretty beat up by now if they even are still there at all.
FD's came with two styles of door lock finisher plate, chrome and black (I have heard that there is a third style that is grey, that was used for special edition FD but I have not been able to confirm it). My car originally had chrome, most seem to have used black. Unfortunately, the chrome shutter kits are NLA now, only the black style is available. However, if you have a chrome finisher plate and need a new shutter this kit will still work as the shutter and spring are exactly the same, and the finisher plate is also identical except for black versus chrome. The original chrome finisher, even if scratched or rusted, can usually be restored with chrome polish - so it is still possible to rebuild chrome style lock using the original finisher plate. Or, an originally chrome plate-equipped FD can be fitted with black fascia plates - the parts are the same except for finish.
A pair of kits is $24USD/19.5GBP or , one kit per door lock (i.e. two kits per car). Shipping via Post is $18USD for a First Class mail package. Total cost is $42USD/34GBP. Shipping is weight-based and a set of kits does not weigh much, so about 10 kits can be shipped for the same postage cost. More than that, a different package is needed and cost goes up slightly. I'm located in California, USA, so payment in USD is needed for the item and shipping.
Here are some images of the parts included in the kit, and a nice Montego Blue FD with kit installed installed...
Please pm me if interested/questions, or you can just order based on the information here I suppose. I can usually ship the same day payment is received, or the following day at latest. Thanks!
The setup comes with a pair of kits and each kit includes a new black finisher plate, a new clean, white, plastic OEM type shutter plate, and a new spring. This will give you all the parts needed to rebuild the door lock outer dust shutters for an FD door lock set. In case you are wondering, the "dust shutter" is the part that flips in as you insert the key in the door lock. The FD dust shutter is white plastic on both doors, presumably because Mazda included a door lock illumination lamp in the driver side door lock and the white shutter will illuminate when the lamp is on.
Because the shutter itself is plastic, it degrades over time from exposure to the sun, etc. eventually turning yellow/brown and finally crumbling into bits and falling into the door lock mechanism. When this happens, you can pick out the bits but then your door lock will be open to the elements and you then have to deal with the missing shutter. Mazda never sold the dust shutters by themselves however up until a couple of years ago new lock assemblies were available, they were $$ but at least there was that option if the shutter had failed. New locks are NLA now. This kit rectifies that problem. You can rebuild your door locks with a nice white OEM plastic shutter plate, a new spring (if you have lost the original) and a fresh black fascia plate to replace the scratched up original. If your car still has original dust shutters, they are probably pretty beat up by now if they even are still there at all.
FD's came with two styles of door lock finisher plate, chrome and black (I have heard that there is a third style that is grey, that was used for special edition FD but I have not been able to confirm it). My car originally had chrome, most seem to have used black. Unfortunately, the chrome shutter kits are NLA now, only the black style is available. However, if you have a chrome finisher plate and need a new shutter this kit will still work as the shutter and spring are exactly the same, and the finisher plate is also identical except for black versus chrome. The original chrome finisher, even if scratched or rusted, can usually be restored with chrome polish - so it is still possible to rebuild chrome style lock using the original finisher plate. Or, an originally chrome plate-equipped FD can be fitted with black fascia plates - the parts are the same except for finish.
A pair of kits is $24USD/19.5GBP or , one kit per door lock (i.e. two kits per car). Shipping via Post is $18USD for a First Class mail package. Total cost is $42USD/34GBP. Shipping is weight-based and a set of kits does not weigh much, so about 10 kits can be shipped for the same postage cost. More than that, a different package is needed and cost goes up slightly. I'm located in California, USA, so payment in USD is needed for the item and shipping.
Here are some images of the parts included in the kit, and a nice Montego Blue FD with kit installed installed...
Please pm me if interested/questions, or you can just order based on the information here I suppose. I can usually ship the same day payment is received, or the following day at latest. Thanks!