my3needsaname
06-25-2008, 03:26 AM
Alright so if anybody has been to the new owners section for Mazda3's you should see I am the top person there, newest member, Fresh Meat!, etc. etc...
Anyways, some days I have poor decision making skills and others I don't but this is why I joined our lovely forum (woot woot!!)(breakn)
I have owned my car going on 2 days now (lmfao) and
I am considering each of the following mods (some of which I should post in the marketplace but honestly here is better than splitting it up and using more bandwith and hdd space so please don't ban me for some of this):
1) getting an auto-dimming mirror from mazda or from a forum or some place that it isn't $275 + this stupid california 8.25% tax. anybody with one, doesn't matter if it has homelink or not and is willing to part with it should let me know.
2)wheel locks, which are much needed and I can tell go faster than a $21,000 Speed3. If anybody has a set of 4 with the lock remover thing attachment that they would like to part with, lemme know.
3)window tinting, and I am very aware that it's really based on where you live that you should go but any help is good help...unless it gets you in a worse predicament than before (doh). I am just wondering where this might be and maybe a price and where you all have gotten this done before or if I can do this myself? I would prefer not to but sometimes you gotta do what you don't wanna do.
4)perma plating, clear coating, whatever the other names are for it...I am just wondering if mazda does this since I am the first person in my entire family ever to own a foreign car muc less a Mazda besides the Volvo and if they don't does it really matter where I go? for instince there's a Ford dealer right by the Mazda dealer that does this.
5)a new cat-back exhaust system, I would love to have the Magnaflow system but it's waaaay too much money so maybe anybody who's experimented with this or knows of a system that's (much) cheaper and sounds basically the same (like a MS3) could lemme know what you've got? or if it's just a muffler that can do pretty much the same power boost and make the same orgasmically good noise?
6)i've noticed the one time I drove my 3 at night that the regular Bi-Xenons are brighter than the brights (lolll) but are just pointed too far down. I've noticed the fog lights are also simply over powered by the Xenons. so if somebody out there has found a brighter bulb that works much better and provides a white light (or same color as the Xenons) for the brights and the same or different bulb for the fog's I would love to know the model number and all that fun info for it please.
7)I think that a nice little touch to the car would be some MS3 sill plates, you know, the aluminum ones that say Mazdaspeed3 on them, well I would like to know if anybody is getting rid of 4 that're in mainly good condition (need polishing) for a good price and if they fit on the regular 3 without much modification?
Anybody with any of this information would be greatly appreciated to share.
For any help with finding shops that do any of this, I am located in the San Francisco, Bay Area (East Bay to be more specific)
Thanks,
Jeff
Anyways, some days I have poor decision making skills and others I don't but this is why I joined our lovely forum (woot woot!!)(breakn)
I have owned my car going on 2 days now (lmfao) and
I am considering each of the following mods (some of which I should post in the marketplace but honestly here is better than splitting it up and using more bandwith and hdd space so please don't ban me for some of this):
1) getting an auto-dimming mirror from mazda or from a forum or some place that it isn't $275 + this stupid california 8.25% tax. anybody with one, doesn't matter if it has homelink or not and is willing to part with it should let me know.
2)wheel locks, which are much needed and I can tell go faster than a $21,000 Speed3. If anybody has a set of 4 with the lock remover thing attachment that they would like to part with, lemme know.
3)window tinting, and I am very aware that it's really based on where you live that you should go but any help is good help...unless it gets you in a worse predicament than before (doh). I am just wondering where this might be and maybe a price and where you all have gotten this done before or if I can do this myself? I would prefer not to but sometimes you gotta do what you don't wanna do.
4)perma plating, clear coating, whatever the other names are for it...I am just wondering if mazda does this since I am the first person in my entire family ever to own a foreign car muc less a Mazda besides the Volvo and if they don't does it really matter where I go? for instince there's a Ford dealer right by the Mazda dealer that does this.
5)a new cat-back exhaust system, I would love to have the Magnaflow system but it's waaaay too much money so maybe anybody who's experimented with this or knows of a system that's (much) cheaper and sounds basically the same (like a MS3) could lemme know what you've got? or if it's just a muffler that can do pretty much the same power boost and make the same orgasmically good noise?
6)i've noticed the one time I drove my 3 at night that the regular Bi-Xenons are brighter than the brights (lolll) but are just pointed too far down. I've noticed the fog lights are also simply over powered by the Xenons. so if somebody out there has found a brighter bulb that works much better and provides a white light (or same color as the Xenons) for the brights and the same or different bulb for the fog's I would love to know the model number and all that fun info for it please.
7)I think that a nice little touch to the car would be some MS3 sill plates, you know, the aluminum ones that say Mazdaspeed3 on them, well I would like to know if anybody is getting rid of 4 that're in mainly good condition (need polishing) for a good price and if they fit on the regular 3 without much modification?
Anybody with any of this information would be greatly appreciated to share.
For any help with finding shops that do any of this, I am located in the San Francisco, Bay Area (East Bay to be more specific)
Thanks,
Jeff