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    White Smoke at start up

    Hello all, Just recently I changed my oil and I noticed the level dropped a little but I wasn't concerned. This morning starting my car, I noticed a puff of white smoke leaving the garage... I was like crap, my car burns oil! The car is a 2007 Mazda 3 GT, manually trany with the 2.3 engine...
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    Windsheild creaking?

    Now that its getting cold out when I am going over bumps my windshield is making like a popping creaking noise like its loose...anyone else have this happen?
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    FS: eye lids

    Asking $70.00 USD plus shipping: Will take best offer If you want a different color I will repaint them to match the factory color for 10 dollars more. If you are interested PM me or reply to this message.
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    Weird feeling...

    Ever since I rotated my tires at 5000 miles, now I have 6100 it feels like my car moves by itself on the highway side to side by itself. Could the alignment be that off just from rotating the tires?
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    My eyelids painted and installed

    Painted and installed myself:
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    Engine Coolant in Mazda 3

    When I bought my car my coolant was a little low and after about 1000 miles on the car it was at the low mark when hot so I bought some prestone 50/50 and toped it off...is that coolant ok to use? I don't think the mazda 3 requires some special kind does it?
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    Scheduled Service question

    Hey all, I have been working on my own cars for as long as I can remeber to save the "dealer" costs of taking it in for regular service, like oil changes and stuff... my question is, I am looking at the maintenance schedule and and I was wondering what they do for the lube locks and hinges
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    What grade of Oil to use

    Hey guys I just read this: http://www.synlube.com/sae5w-20.htm So my question is....I need an oil change in my mazda 3, should I now be using 5w-30 instead of 20....I just wanted everyone else's opinions.
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    Got my new antenna

    Before: After: Eye Lids are getting painted...will post pics when complete.
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    Auto Dimming mirror

    Anyone else have this problem... sometimes it dims when there is a car behind me, sometimes it doesn't and I get blinded. Should I tell the dealership to replace it?
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    Eye Lids

    Hey Guys, Few questions about eye lids: 1.) Do they cut off the light pattern for low and highbeams 2.) Place to get them 3.) Is color matching the best look? Thanks!
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    Detailed my 3

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    Mazda's HID lights

    Is it me or does the mazda HID lights seem to be aimed lower than other cars? I mean I have my level set at 0 and it seems that the cut off line for the lights needs to be higher ... is there a way to raise them? I always have to use my high beams and it just seems the low beams need to be...
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    Stebel Nautilus Air Horn Install

    Hey guys, I just got my stebel air horn and I'm having a problem hooking it up. I didnt mount it yet or anything because I gotta find a spot but I am trying to follow the directions and the mazda 3 horn only has 1 wire going to it and the directions are showing of course 2 wires coming from an...
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    Cooling TSB for 3?

    Cooling TSB for Mazda 3 Anyone know what they do for this? Make : MAZDA Model : MAZDA3 Year : 2007 Manufacturer : MAZDA MOTOR CORP Service Bulletin Num : 0100807 Date of Bulletin: FEB 08, 2007 NHTSA Item Number: 10021214 Component: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE Summary...
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    Mazda Speed Sedan?

    Will mazda come out with a speed sedan ever you think?
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    Overspray

    Hey guys, I'm enjoying my new car so far other than the 2nd gear issue I have which I'm bringing it to mazda on saterday, so I wash my car today and long and behold those assholes got overspray all over my hood. I ran my hand over it and it feels like s***. They fixed a chip in my bumper and...
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    Auto Dimming Mirror Wires

    I'm trying to hard wire my radar into my auto dimming mirror. There are 3 black wires coming from it two with white stripes and the middle is solid black...does anyone know the status of each of these wires? I am trying to use my wire probe and its not working and i cant find the constant, acc...
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    Shifting into 2nd is hard...

    Hey guys, Well my new mazda is being very good to me except this ... when I am shifting from 1st to 2nd, 2nd doesnt seem to want to go in as easy as all the other gears ... just wondering if anyone else had this happen? I am bringing in tomorrow for them to look at it.
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    Hard wiring radar into dimming mirror

    Hey all, I have a valentine 1 radar and in my old car I hard wired it to the cig lighter ... can I splice into one of the wires for the auto dimming mirror and power it that way? Anyone with experience that did this, would be greatly appreciated.
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