Recent content by Rotus8

I guess my speed is getting old (I am too, but that's another story). I have been hearing this noise, sort of a rattle or something coming from the right rear of the car for several months now and have not been able to find it, and it has been driving me nuts. I have pulled the rear wheel off...

Sold! Thanks rideyama. Will ship out on Wednesday.

SOLD! I have a set of used AWR adjustable anti-roll bar end links, front and rear. They can be used on speed3 with the bushings for the larger hole in the rear ARB. These are used and work great, except they rattle; the rattling drove me crazy so I went back to stock-like links. The rattling...

both BC and MS, and I presume the KW, can have the ride height set anywhere from stock down. I set mine about 1" below stock. Expect to scrape the front lip anyway, there are lots of driveways, dips, parking lot thingies etc. I think most MS3s get the spoiler scraped up eventually even at stock...

I took out the Mazdaspeed (Kw made) complete kit and replaced with a new kit from BC Racing. When I installed them, I shortened the front AWR links about 1-1/4" by cutting and re-welding. They seem to be fine. As for adjustment of the shocks, I found with the Mazdaspeed ones, as well as the BC...

Here is another update on this setup. After more than 40,000 miles and almost three years, the brackets holding the rear Hotchkiss ARB to the frame have broken. The right one broke into two pieces. I have been hearing a rattling from the back for some time, and it is clear that the welds on...

Yup that's right. In fact, the 4th unit spring, mounts, etc. are fine, just the shock body itself is the problem.

SOLD! This is a feeler to see if anyone might be interested in Mazdaspeed coilovers in less than good condition, perhaps as parts or something. They are for '07 to '09 speed 3, but the parts probably fit the standard 3 as well. The deal is that I had them installed for about 30K miles and...

Digging up this thread from the dead, I have just had a failure of the left front strut on my car. The attachment tab on the shock where the ARB link attaches broke off. I disassembled the strut and found that the body of the shock is also fractured where the tab was welded on. I have to replace...

In my installation, I tapped a wire to the VSS signal wire (not inline), and then installed a switch to ground. When the signal is grounded, the Nav will let you make entries while moving. Yes, the switch box has two composite video inputs, plus the input from the stock NAV box. It has an...

Sure. In my installation, the video box has two inputs, so another video source such as an aftermarket nav could be put into the second input. You could just abandon the factory nav and use the screen for the new one. If you don't install the Magden, again the video box can be used to display...

The VSS signal is the only white wire in the connector at the back of the instrument cluster. If you ground it, it lets you use the nav controls while moving. However, don't ground it permanently as I find it confuses the nav system at times. The VSS signal is used by the nav as a backup for the...

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