Maintanance and after market

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February-21st-2008, 10:10 PM

ivo

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Maintanance and after market

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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...

February-28th-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

March-12th-2008, 07:28 AM

krs2fer

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

March-20th-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.

March-20th-2008, 05:12 PM

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How many miles do have on your MZ3?

March-21st-2008, 10:35 PM

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41,xxx
Manual says replace on 75,000 miles

March-31st-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