New to the 3 but not to the flying M!!
 

Hello,
I didn't see a new members section or a welcome thread so I'm posting my intro here. Let me know if I missed it somehow. Just took delivery of a brand new Mazda 3s hatch 6-spd in velocity red a couple of hours ago (:smiley309). I own a pretty heavily modded 2003 6i that I love to death. I have a nasty motor knock and need a new motor for that one now. I got tired of messing with it and bought the new mazda 3. The dealer is tinting the windows 20% next week and I plan to throw my cosmic grey powdercoated RX8's from my 6 on it ASAP.

I am a member of 6crew.com and 6club too. I will post some pics of the 2 cars very soon!

Below are some pics of the new 3 and my "old" 6. You can see the wheels that will be finding a new home on the new 3.

The new 3

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My mod list for the 6:
Engine/Tranny:
Schaffer 7000 synthetic oil
Throttle body bypass mod
Injen CAI
HAD--NEO 75W90HD synthetic tranny fluid
HAD--Royal Purple tranny fluid (NEO was better, long story)
Schaffer tranny fluid (best yet)
Exedy replacement clutch
Fidanza 8.5lb flywheel
TWM short shifter w/ Abrams engraved knob
Magnaflow catback exhaust
Cordova optimized throttle body
Suspension
R1 slotted and cross drilled rotors w/performance pads
18x8 RX8 wheels (powder coated grey)
Nexen N3000 tires 225/40/18's
H&R sport springs (1.4 front & 1.3 rear)
Mazdaspeed 6 struts
G2 red caliper paint kit
RacingBeat rear sway and endlinks
Interior
Black leather interior from a speed6
Black micro fiber headliner
Bright white 6 LED bulbs through out
Carbon fiber shift and e-brake boots
Exterior and Lighting
Head lights with black housings
FX35 projectors
TSX lenses
color modded
high beam mod
chrome door handles
35% tint
Badgeless 3 bar grill and plastic ebay mesh look grill
Sanded and tinted rear reflectors 20%
chrome dipped indicator bulbs front and rear
Onyx black decklid spoiler with integrated led brake light (azpartsexpress)
CarLED tails
Audio
MTX Thunder 5500 10" sub in an MTX sealed enclosure
Kenwood class D digital mono amp 300x1 @4ohms, 500x1@2ohms
Alpine iDA-X200
Infinity reference 6822cf speakers
Parts purchased and awaiting install
RacingBeat front sway bar
AWR front end links
F4D Halos
Techna fit Stainless Steel brake lines



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The last 1 is a pic of the headlights I have on the car. Infiniti fx35 projectors with Acura tsx lenses and an Osram 35w 4500k hid kit.

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A member of 6club and 6crew, this is from our inaugural meet last year. We held it in my home town, had people from Canada, NYC, Texas, the turn out was amazing. Looking forward to finding a similar place to obtain and share knowledge on my new Mazda 3.

Nice car but not sure if the MZ3 can take a beating like that poor 6 did.