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Old 12-12-2014, 02:32 PM   #21
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There's an extra N in your Touring Kit sticker on the door
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Old 13-12-2014, 09:47 AM   #22
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Tourning Kit = lol
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Old 14-12-2014, 04:30 PM   #23
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There's an extra N in your Touring Kit sticker on the door
It's a shame for me that I haven't noticed it before Thanks for perceptivity. I will change it.

I added EZ Lip to the Mazdaspeed front lip and thin red reflective rim strips. It looks like that:




















I am considering to put thin red strip at the down section of the EZ Lip. I think it could match wit the body colour.


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Old 22-12-2014, 05:47 PM   #24
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Tourning Kit = lol
I changed it It is proper now.







I put Lantis rear strut brace and parcel shelf:










I noticed that Renault had similar bags


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Old 24-12-2014, 07:18 AM   #25
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Probably time to replace your tyres since they are almost 9 years old.
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Old 24-12-2014, 05:16 PM   #26
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I am going to change 16" rims for 17" so I will need to buy new tyres. Tyre manufacturers advice to use tyres no longer than 10 years from production date.

My 16" rims (OEM Mazda MX-5 NA) are lightweight, the weight is 15lbs due to flow forming productions process. I am seraching for lightweight 17" (don't want to lose performance on my weak Z5 engine by putting heavywieght rims ) to fill out the wheel arches better, then I'll put new tyres.

I dropped my car more on the front. There is a possibilty to lower it more, about 1 inch, but then the car would be disabled The gap beetwen front lip and ground is less than 3" now.


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Old 24-12-2014, 09:13 PM   #27
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Wow, that looks nice and low!
Will you sell me those 16s?
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Old 25-12-2014, 09:54 PM   #28
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HMT - I sent a pm to you.



Mazdaspeed exhaust after refurbishing with heat-resisant paint:











I didn't suppouse that I can gain any more power after installing the Yumex Mazdaspeed muffler, but I could be wrong. The mazda tuning company "corksport" dynoed the MX3 with no muffler and got a 5hp increase over stock, they then put on the Mazdaspeed sports sound muffler and got a 4.2hp increase and its only a little louder then stock but with a deep tone. It sounds great and it is engineered very well.Test car is Mazda MX-3 1.8 V6.







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