G'day,
I'd just like to introduce myself as I've just bought my first Mazda.
My name is Matt, or Matthew if you must. I'm from Tasmania and I've been in the car game for some time now but it has mostly been European cars (specifically Audis). I've had two Audi 80's (1992 and 1994), as well as a '85 Honda City which I had for short term and an '85 Mitsubishi Colt which I initially learned to drive in.
It's a long story, but my old Audi was written off in a car accident (not my fault) and BJ Mazda 323's appealed to me as a cheap runabout and cheap for parts. Especially compared to the Audi 80's I've owned.
I picked her up for $2,200, and it has 185,xxx kilometers on it and nothing wrong with it.
The only thing I've done so far, is that I've changed the oil and oil filter with some Castrol Magnatec 10W-40 that I had leftover from the Audi and a Ryco oil filter.
It's a manual 1.6L, also being my first manual I'm thinking that I'll probably wear the clutch down quite fast. But it's cheap anyway and hopefully not a big job that I can't do myself/with a few mates.
The only two downsides with the car are that the clearcoat is peeling off the rear spoiler.. and that it was involved in a rear accident which has caused some rear damage to the bumper and one of the tail lights.
Anyway enough about me for now, I will probably come back here from time to time for small modifications and/or servicing stuff.
The one thing I am considering swapping is the side indicators for clear ones, as well as the silver/orange bulbs you can get too. I was even considering smoked ones as the tinted windows and the car being black but I'm unsure.
I've also chucked in my Sony headunit, I've got some 6x9's in the rear and I've got some 5x7's for the doors that I ordered this week coming. I have heard nothing but praise from reviews and a mate that has them in his 300ZX.
Kenwood 5x7's