Recent content by sharpeman47

I'm looking to replace the stock shift knob with something else. I really don't know much about shift knobs but from what I have read it sounds like your shift knob needs to have some mass to it (lighter would not be better), is that correct? I would assume not all shift knobs are "one size...

I just turned over 20,000 miles on my car and its still running great, and that is with my CAI on for the last 4,000 miles. I've only put Mobil 1 in it and have rotated the tires regularly. I am actually still on the stock tires but I'm going to need to buy new ones with in a month or so...

New rims are pretty costly, I can have mine panted for 100 dollars a rim. If I found some new rims that were about $150-180 that caught my eye I may consider just getting new ones. I saw some Kazeras at tire rack that looked pretty good and were within that price range. But I don't know...

Thanks for all the replies, I'm probably going to go with gunmetal or dark gray/graphite. I've been looking at other black cars with wheels that color and I'm really liking it. When I get it done I'll post some pics.

I have a black 08.5 speed 3 and I'm thinking about painting my stock rims. I want to go with ether black or gun metal/graphite color. Thoughts or suggestions?

I was wondering about how many miles would you think I could get out of the stock tires? I've had my car for about 10 months and have driven it mostly conservative but have had the occasional aggressive weekend. I also have about 14,300 miles on it. So how much longer do you all think I have...

I'm interested in adding some aftermarket parts to my MS3 and was wondering how important is it to get all you parts from the same company? I would assume parts from the same company would be made to work with each other. So would it be bad to mix and match parts from different companies...

I'm 23 and I'm a high school science teacher and football coach.

Hey I'm new to the car thing and I'm thinking about betting a Speed 3. I was wondering, if i do get it what are the first modifications I should do to it? I'm not looking to start competitive drag racing or anything, I would just want to give it a little extra boost to make it a bit more fun...