What have you done to your 3rd Gen today?
August-5th-2007, 09:01 AM
#707
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Plus my car hasn't had a good vacuuming in months and I was living at the beach house for a week so there's all sorts of sand in the car still :P
Trust me, I love keepin my car clean but sometimes I just don't have the time. Since I do this weekend it's getting done finally
You'd understand if you didn't have the Mazdaspeed axleback.
August-5th-2007, 10:11 AM
#708
BJ Slut
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: MD
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what, me? I haven't hand washed my car in.. 6 weeks?? (and I've only gone to one manual wash bay spray crap thing in that time) That's with my trip from Rochester - northern NH - Montreal - NH again - CT - Rochester - Toronto - Rochester (a lot of that was driving in the dark of course so it was bug craziness).
Plus my car hasn't had a good vacuuming in months and I was living at the beach house for a week so there's all sorts of sand in the car still :P
Trust me, I love keepin my car clean but sometimes I just don't have the time. Since I do this weekend it's getting done finally
You'd understand if you didn't have the Mazdaspeed axleback.
Plus my car hasn't had a good vacuuming in months and I was living at the beach house for a week so there's all sorts of sand in the car still :P
Trust me, I love keepin my car clean but sometimes I just don't have the time. Since I do this weekend it's getting done finally
You'd understand if you didn't have the Mazdaspeed axleback.
August-5th-2007, 10:37 AM
#709
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I absolutely love how my car sounds (I'm convinced it's one of the best sounding N/A proteges I've ever heard... and yes, I'm tooting my own horn). That combined with a balanced 'street' suspension makes it hard to go easy on it. I beat up on a crotch rocket on some twisties this evening. We weren't really racing or anything, but I figured on a bike he'd be able to keep up... dude was riding that thing like a grandma lol
That mazdaspeed rear sway (combined with mazdaspeed springs and illuminas that have been on since the middle of last year) seriously transformed the car. It's SERIOUSLY neutral, with a little understeer if you over cook it, and with just enough rotation with a tap on the brakes / throttle lift when you need it. It'll definitely carve some corners. Granted, it's no maita, but that's a whole different beast of a suspension
That mazdaspeed rear sway (combined with mazdaspeed springs and illuminas that have been on since the middle of last year) seriously transformed the car. It's SERIOUSLY neutral, with a little understeer if you over cook it, and with just enough rotation with a tap on the brakes / throttle lift when you need it. It'll definitely carve some corners. Granted, it's no maita, but that's a whole different beast of a suspension
August-5th-2007, 10:38 AM
#710
Scooty Puff Sr.: The Doombringer
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what's wrong w/ the mazdaspeed axle back? I used to have it. It was a bit too droney for me w/ lots of highway driving, but on the twisties it sounded t3h nice
you're even worse...
August-5th-2007, 10:56 AM
#711
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like ever time I read a post from you you're washing it! lol @ least, in the winter...........
what's wrong w/ the mazdaspeed axle back? I used to have it. It was a bit too droney for me w/ lots of highway driving, but on the twisties it sounded t3h nice
you're even worse...
what's wrong w/ the mazdaspeed axle back? I used to have it. It was a bit too droney for me w/ lots of highway driving, but on the twisties it sounded t3h nice
you're even worse...
I actually had visible brake dust on one of my wheels (yes, just one, I have a partially-seized rear caliper) and everything :P
As for the Mazdaspeed axleback.. it's fine if it's the only thing you have, though even then it's way loud at low RPMs, makes you sound like a ricer driving in city traffic ..loud on the highway too lol. I just hate it because it prevents you from doing anything else to the exhaust because then it gets ridiculous.. I only lasted a month or so with my header before I broke down and got the racing beat catback.
Header + high flow cat midpipe + racing beat catback is quieter than just the mazdaspeed axleback but.. it's a nicer sound too. If only the racing beat tip wasn't pulled straight from their miata catback, oval + Protege5 = wtf?
August-5th-2007, 11:18 AM
#712
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Nothing wrong with a little brakedust.
I like the progression of my rims: silver --> titanium --> gunmetal --> flat black, I get the whole spectrum of ricer wheels.
Segue: today I stripped the hatch of interior panels in preparation for tomorrow's install.
I like the progression of my rims: silver --> titanium --> gunmetal --> flat black, I get the whole spectrum of ricer wheels.
Segue: today I stripped the hatch of interior panels in preparation for tomorrow's install.
August-5th-2007, 12:38 PM
#713
Spam Czar!!
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you must drive with the windows up a lot if you can't hear it... there's a TON of noise from the intake side of the engine. Very sexy noises. Valves fluttering around, going from half throttle to full throttle coming out of a corner generally makes a nice 'suck' sound from the pressure changes in the intake, etc etc
mmmmm I just got back, now I want to go drive again lol
mmmmm I just got back, now I want to go drive again lol
And as for the Mazdaspeed axleback, I really don't think it's that bad either. I've had it on for almost two years and I think it sounds great. I have it coupled with a 2.5" Megan catback and it doesn't sound any different than it did when I had the stock pipes. It's just loud enough but not too loud, and I seriously experience absolutely no droning on the highway that most people complain about. It purrs like a kitten ..
August-5th-2007, 12:40 PM
#714
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Seeing as how you're such an obsessive cleaner, I'll go ahead and just ask what the hell you use to clean the brake dust?!? I have a chrome lip on my rims and it's covered in brake dust cuz I don't clean my car near as much as I should .. so is there some magical product out there that gets that **** off easier?
August-5th-2007, 01:29 PM
#717
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Seeing as how you're such an obsessive cleaner, I'll go ahead and just ask what the hell you use to clean the brake dust?!? I have a chrome lip on my rims and it's covered in brake dust cuz I don't clean my car near as much as I should .. so is there some magical product out there that gets that **** off easier?
My wash regimen is really pretty simple:
- wash with meguiars wash stuff
- dry car with 'the absorber'
- polish/wax with Turtle Wax Ice (every time I wash it)
- Clean windows with Stoners Invisible Glass
- clean the tires (Stoners 'More Gloss' (or is it 'More Shine')) and then wipe it off so the tires aren't ridiculous looking.
nothin crazy
August-5th-2007, 01:30 PM
#718
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The regular stuff doesn't work that good on the chrome surface for some reason. I use some RainX car wash soap and it does a good job on the rest, but always leaves little specs of brake dust on the chrome part of the wheels. I was just curious if there was somethin else you used for that specifically .. that's all.
August-5th-2007, 01:42 PM
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