recommend me some mods

[vblanche]

Hi,

which mod do you recommend and will you do first?

performance and/or handling mods.

lighter wheels, strut bar, CAI, exhaust,....???

Should a CAI come with exhaust mod to be plenty useful?

thanks

[Skarbro]

Definitely upgrade the rear sway bar first. The stock one is terrible. (I know I will be the minority on this)

[vblanche]

Definitely upgrade the rear sway bar first. The stock one is terrible. (I know I will be the minority on this)any brand? or seller to recommend? thanks

[Skarbro]

For daily driving, the Progress bar works great.

[Skarbro]

BTW - you mentioned strut tower brace. Don't even bother (unless you plan on doing some serious Auto-Xing). They're next to useless - mostly for show.

[vblanche]

BTW - you mentioned strut tower brace. Don't even bother (unless you plan on doing some serious Auto-Xing). They're next to useless - mostly for show.
thank you for the tip...


For daily driving, the Progress bar works great.

something like that (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda-3-Progress-Adj-22mm-Rear-Sway-Bar-RSB-62-1125_W0QQitemZ290168361710QQihZ019QQcategoryZ33592 QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)?

oops...I have this problem (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=20008&highlight=Rear+sway+Bar)then

[yearoftherat]

Get the eibach swaybar kit

[MazdaTree]

get a turbo.

[EvilDeadFan]

HID lighting is an amazing difference if you drive at night.
A short shifter is also good for daily driving. Get a good one. :)

[nicker]

all of mods you do or want to do will depend on your $$$$$ FLOW. It can get expensive.

I also take into considering what I want the car to do. I mean, I am not so much into making it go faster as why bother. Can't use it and I don't plan on racing it. So I do allot for myself and looks eventually to handle better. But thats just me. What I guess I am getting at is mods are pretty much an individual item. You do what YOU want for YOUR car do be the way YOU want.

Have fun with it.

[Tokyo Drift]

if you do lowering you can feel much better handling.
And lowering is also good mod for dress-up

[Kevin@nextmod]

Spend some money on tints first...

[vblanche]

HID lighting is an amazing difference if you drive at night.
A short shifter is also good for daily driving. Get a good one. :)I'm getting a 2007 gt, so xenon is standard. short shifter, why not...

[vblanche]

get a turbo.I'd love to, but don't have 4000 dollars to spend.

[3GFX]

Get a CAI (cold air intake). You have many options running around $250.

Sounds good, looks good (under the hood), slight performance and gas milage increase.

[Gizzmo_jr]

I'm getting a 2007 gt, so xenon is standard.

Only with Luxury package, not the standard GT package.

[vblanche]

Only with Luxury package, not the standard GT package.
I'm in Holland, they don't have the luxury package, and mine is coming with xenon lamps :)

[Gizzmo_jr]

Ya i remembered you being over seas. Nice that it some standard over there.

[stevenlung]

oops...I have this problem (http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=20008&highlight=Rear+sway+Bar)then

It was me. For the sway bar, only Hotchkis is designed for 07-later, I got a set for myself, if you want one, someone is running a GB on M3F till the end of this month I think

http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=89563.0

[vblanche]

It was me. For the sway bar, only Hotchkis is designed for 07-later, I got a set for myself, if you want one, someone is running a GB on M3F till the end of this month I think

http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=89563.0

thanks for your reply...

[Fuman]

vblanche... i think you should go to the track and decide what you need after that.

The sway bars on the regular mazda 3 (2.3L) I find are really good. There are different techniques you can use to force oversteer or under. There is a track school thread in the 'other events' section. The list is almost full, so please don't misunderstand me as someone that is just trying to get people to go to this event. The brakes are amazing (stock) as well. Tires will be something I'd look into if I were you.

[doughboyr6]

this was my order, not necessarily because of which should be first, but which $ allowed.

stubby - because mine was stolen on my driveway
tints
HID
buddyclub condenser
exhaust
sway bar
springs
short shifter
CAI

[EvilDeadFan]

Lowering springs are a very, very nice mod.

[vblanche]

buddyclub condenser

What is it?

[Gizzmo_jr]

What is it?

Electronic Ground stabilization

[rcd001]

1) Rear sway bar
2) rear engine mount
3) Cold air intake
4) Tires upgrade with our without new rims
5) HID
6) Lowering kit
7) advance engine timing
8) Headers
9) struts
10) cat back

$3500.00 can get you most of the above if you skip on the rims.

$1500 on pro kit, Koni Yellow adjustables, Hotchskis sway bar
$1300 on exhaust including headers (Vibrant)
$350 on CAI (Injen)
$400 on HID (proluminen)
$130 on street unit rear engine mount
$0.00 advance engine timing

[doughboyr6]

you can get all that stuff above cheaper if you shop ebay...

Pro Kit $200 shipped
Koni Yellows $650 shipped easy
Rear Sway, depends on brands but will range from $130-$200
Exhaust, depends on what you want again, Borlas can be had for $450, cheaper for other brands like Trubendz and the likes...lots of great deals on Magnaflows and i like the sound of Magnaflows.
Headers Vibrant are expensive...they are like $350-$450.
CAI can be had for $200 pretty much anybrand
HID, should be no more than $250 if you buy off of M3F board.
Motor mount is fixed, not much cheaper anywhere....

I just saved you $1200....my cut is 1/2 of that....lol

[Kevin@nextmod]

For exhaust.......i'd say go for the 5zigen........its expensive but its worth it......its very quiet and i had no problems with police behind me (knock on wood)

[vblanche]

WOW...thanks a lot everybody, lots of info...

[vblanche]

Get a CAI ...and gas milage increase.
Does everyone find a gas mileage increase? that's a pretty good feature...:)

[vblanche]

what about a front sway bar?

[3GFX]

Gas milage does increase, slightly, but ultimately it depends on your foot. I liked the sounds a lot and pressed a little harder on juice so my milage went down a bit, same goes for the exhaust. But over trips where I actually watch my foot, the milage has increased.

[dentinger]

i have almost a full exhaust (minus a highflow cat), and a CAI, and in the city, i can get around 450kms to the tank, and on the highway, 600+ kms easy.

[3GFX]

That's with a 2.0 though no? I get around the same (450 - 550) a tank.

[KenYork]

On my GS i get around 550-610 a tank.. on Highway about 750

[Nextmod]

Get the eibach swaybar kit


+1

the Eibach Swaybar Kit

and Fujita intake lol

Eibach Prokit