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    Mazda 6 GT 17 inch wheels!

    Hey guys. I'm about to buy some used Mazda 6 GT wheels http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-tires-rims-mags-mazda-6-GT-17-pouces-pneus-W0QQAdIdZ12242660 from this dude... but tell me, do they fit my 2007 Mazda 3 GT sport? Thanks in advance.
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    WTB roof rack MAZDA 3 GT SPORT

    Hey Guys, Anyone have for sale a roof rack for the mazda 3 sport. I WISH the one from my protege5 fit, but it doesn't (encourage THanks in advance.
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    5 day old car, and already a hit and run!

    CAn you believe that!!! I'm sooo pis# off. Picked up the car friday, tuesday a dent, someone hit my front driver's side panel, on top of the wheel and to the left, almost near the light, slightly scrathed, not even, just a rub (could be buffed out), but the dent is a good size of a hand. No...
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    Buying new 3 GT sport

    hey guys, looks like I'm going for a 3 sport in sunlight silver... (choosing colour was the hardest decision) and now I'm shopping around for tint. What do you guys recommend with this colour for the back? I know 50% for the front windows is the MAX allowed here in Montreal, Canada. But the...
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    VERY Offended!!!!!

    Alright let me vent! I changed my brakes ( brembo ventilated rotors and Hawk HPS pads on all fours ) for my 2003 Protege5 about 3 months ago. Now I've been noticing squeaking/grinding, so I took it in Monday. Only to find that the front calipers were about to seize and that they needed to...
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    Brand new Brembo's

    Hi. I just installed 4 Brembo brakes along with Hawk HPS street pads, and WHYYYY is there rust on half the disc, as if the pad is not sweeping accros the entire disc, just half?? will the pad eventually wear down and touch the pad fully to clean it off?? any ideas?
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    TWM Performance short shifter...

    I just ordered it, lol hope its good. Its coming with the bushings, and the leather boot. Now will I need to get a new shift knob? Which kind fit on it? I wasn't too crazy about the TWM knobs . any ideas?
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    synthetic manual tranny oil...

    Hey guys, any how-to's for a manual transmission swap for oil. i wanna put some red line mt90 75w-90 synthetic. how do i change it. the shifts are crap when its cold, would it fix the problem?
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    A/C radiator fins....

    What the hell. I was flushing out my radiator today, and I took a look at the A/c rad in front of the Radiator... and theres chunks of the fins falling off and/or just peeling out, as if something was hitting it? rocks and such?? I'm pissed ,I never hit anything big, how fragile is this thing...
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    Jack stands...

    HEY everyone. I'm gonna paint my calipers next weekend and I was wondering, since this is my first time jacking up the car on all fours.... Where do I place the axle stand??? I have 4 of them, but only one jack (the one in the trunk) lol. WHERE do I place the stands??? pics would help please...
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    Coolant question...

    Hey, just wondering. When is it necessary to flush the entire coolant/radiator system with fresh coolant? its 3 years now i have the car, 46,000 kms ,needed any time soon??
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    how do i connect the amp?

    Hey just wondering if anyone here has done this before, and how-to do it? Connect my sub amp and subs inside, the house connected to the home theater... what do i need,without using a 12volt battery? need an adapter?
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    oiling air filter?

    put on the aem sri, and forgot to ask about putting the oil on it? does it come pre oiled from them or do i gotta take it out again and oil it. sorry , i did a search, nothing discusses this issue and the instructions dont say to do so.
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    Intake Questions

    i know you guys will get pissed, but i tried posting this in the how-to's, but wouldnt work, so im sure one of the administrators will move it as for my questions, i got the aem sri, and about to intall it, now,i have a few questions do i HAVE to reset the ecu? even if i dont throw a check...
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    killed an audi

    Dont know how this was possible, but i raced an audi A6 i think, it was huge, 4 door. Must of had the 3.0 litre, im not sure, but we both came to a stop, and started going at the same time, i noticed that a truck was ahead of him, so he had to pass me and cut me me off from the right, of course...
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    Handling like...?

    just curious, what cars out there are comparable to our protoge5s in handling charateristics. which cars do we beat right off the bat?
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    how the turbo

    im relatively new to the tuning world, and i was just looking into turbos for my P5, it would help my search for one if i actually knew how the hell the turbo works. dont discuss the obvious, like forces air into the engine, i know that, but details, and all the parts required, like what the...
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    so many features

    I was reading all the info on the new Mazda3 on the Mazda website and the 3 looks to be so much better than previous proteges maybe they're just making it sound really high-tech and glamourous. but it seems to have a shiet load of electronic gadgets and such. like automatic headlights on/off...
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    tire pressure?

    hey, i just bought my 4 winter tires and rims, 15" micheling artic alpines, just wondering what pressure should i keep them at? im gonna be checking it regularly now because the temperature is really fluctuating here in montreal. right now they're at 30 psi, should it be at 32 psi like the all...
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    variable valves

    why doesnt mazda develop a variable valve system like honda's v-tec? or toyota's vvti? i'm sure it would improve efficiency, it would be smoother, and quicker too any ideas?
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