Maintanance and after market

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Feb 21, 2008 | 10:10 PM

ivo

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Maintanance and after market

Let's put it all in one place
Share your opinions on after market parts such as brake pads, spark plugs, windshield wipers, bulbs, etc... Best brands, how often you change it and so on...

Feb 28, 2008 | 12:39 PM

ivo

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How often do you change the spark plugs and what brand do you recommend?
'06 Mazda3 S

Mar 12, 2008 | 07:28 AM

krs2fer

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There probably shouldn't be a 3 owner who had to change their sparkplugs yet.

Mar 20, 2008 | 07:15 AM

Bujwazay

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Everyone on this site seems to recommend NGK plugs however i have not changed mine yet.

Mar 20, 2008 | 05:12 PM

L3VZoomZooom

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How many miles do have on your MZ3?

Mar 21, 2008 | 10:35 PM

ivo

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41,xxx
Manual says replace on 75,000 miles

Mar 31, 2008 | 07:08 PM

04Volocity3

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04Volocity3 is an unknown quantity at this point

65,XXX Miles...

Spark Plugs - NGK Iridium
Brake Pads - EBC Green Stuff
Rotors - Slotted and Cross Drilled
H7 - Nokya Arctic Purple - Not Recommended
H7 - JSPEC - Not Recommended
H7 - Mazda Dealership - Recommended
H7- HID Convertion - No Info Yet
Royal Purple Synthetic oils - Recommended