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So I finally got my Racing Beat Swaybars and endlinks. I also picked up a set of replacement rear endlinks intended for the mazda speed 3 off of a parts website. $30 a piece is much cheaper than the $90 a piece mazda wants for almost identical parts. I won't be putting these on for a week or so...

I had the same noise coming from one of my rear shocks after I had them replaced, it ended up being a loose shock mount. I would, if you are comfy with it, check all of the hardware for the strut to make sure it is all tight. If you are not comfortable doing it yourself, take it to a shop you...

I can attest, the 5 speed auto with the manual shift option is horrible, it will shift for you if you push it where it doesn't like to be. going up a steep hill in 5th gear in manual mode I have had the car shift down to 4th on me when I give it a lot of gas. It also shifts back down to first at...

So I currently have the front set at 3/4 of a turn harder then soft, and the rear set to the softest setting. They feel pretty good in front, and I may turn the back up a quarter of a turn. My question is that when I turn the front a quarter of a turn firmer the steering seems to also get...

Well I took my car back in tonight and got the sound looked at. It ended up being that the right rear shock mount was slightly loose causing the noise. This is strange to me considering that I took it out and made sure it was tight. Oh well the sound is solved and now I have to start adjusting...

NTIMD8R the RX8 wheels look so sexy on a 3, they should have put them on stock. Which tires are cupped? And what caused it? Have you noticed any extra or uneven wear on the tires from the racing beat sways? The car looks great also.

NTIMD8R in regards to the adjustment of the rear shocks, you have to remove the shocks from the car to adjust them. This really isn't that big of a deal, you have to remove the rear wheel, then undo the bolt at the bottom that holds the shock on, then undo the two nuts at the top of the wheel...

Well I removed both rear shocks and made sure that everything was tight and put them back in. One of the top mounts was slightly loose, but that still didn't take care of the noise totally. I had my dad ride in the back while doing a test drive and he said the noise was coming from the body not...

I am gonna check for loose parts, but may also stiffen them up a bit. I really don't know, it felt like I was driving on a cheese grater at some points, that being said, the majority of the feeling was coming from the rear I think. I don't know if it was skipping over the bumps, or if it was...

So I did some driving today and have some questions about the rear koni sports. I have the stock springs yet and when I am driving around town the rear end makes noise. It is sort of a clunk clunk noise when going over bumps. This noise does not happen on the freeway. I called the shop that...

So I just got my Koni Sports installed and new tires (Kumho ecsta lx platinums) yesterday. The koni sports are at the stock settings from the factory yet since I haven't really driven her much. Not sure about the sway bars yet, they are still on back order and I haven't gotten any feedback about...

Looks very nice, did you do any other prep work? My 07 hatch is galaxy grey and it has the swirls all over it. I just picked up the same wax and mequiar's Swirl X, which is supposed to remove the swirls. Since my car is a few years old should I be getting a clay bar to prep the paint with first?

Since my 07 has the auxiliary input in the center council I just put the ground loop isolator in the council and then used rca cables to headphone jacks to plug from my mp3 player to the auxiliary input in the center council. This worked great, it got rid of all of my static/noise. I bundled all...

Can anybody that drives in snow and has racing beat sways please let me know if the racing beat sways have affected handling or traction in snow? How has it affected the grip while cornering in snow? I really need to know this soon before they are shipped.

Thanks for the info, I picked one up and it works great. Now I just have to figure out how to hide the darn thing.

How does this get installed? Does it just go in between the mp3 player and the auxiliary in jack?

I have an 07 Mazda 3 hatch and when I plug my mp3 player into the auxiliary port and try to use a cigarette lighter power adapter with it I get static (noise) that matches the engine rpm's. As the engine accelerates the static increases and as the engine comes to an idle the static decreases. I...

Can I get some other opinions on the Racing Beat swaybars? Will they be too stiff for just regular driving? I have the koni sports sitting in my room as I am typing this, but the racing beat sways are still back ordered and from what NTIMD8R says they may be too stiff for what I am looking for...

Ok, I will try to pay attention to when and what the conditions are when she drives bad and good. Thanks, Josh

Oh ok, I missed the MS3 end links reference. Where did you buy those from and how much did they cost? Can anyone else that has rb sways and stock rear endlinks tell me if they thing you need the beefier endlinks?