The Spaz

I just found a big brake kit for our 3's. Not sure if anyone has posted this or not but they seem pretty nice and also pretty expensive. Thoughts?

http://xxtuning.com/xxstore/product_...oducts_id=1107

spencerhut

First let me say I am brutal on brakes. I used to change the brakes in my '93 Twin Turbo at each oil change. Pads and rotors. The brakes on the 2.3l Mazda3 are pretty damn good right out of the box. Other than the rear pads dusting a little too much I wouldn't change a thing unless I was bolting on a turbo. Even the pad compound seems to be dead on from the factory. For a little econobox daily driver the Mazda3 has few faults in power, stopping or comfort.
The performance of the brakes is great from the factory and would be messed with only for the sake of looks or track use. Hell, even for track use the factory brakes should be okay with a slightly more heat tollerant pad. I'm at 54k miles and have not had to do any work to the brakes yet. At the rate the pads are wearing the fronts will make it to well over ~150k and the rears to at least 100k. My front pads still looked almost new when I checked them last at 50k.

Leave well enough alone in my opinion.

Spencer