Curious Mazda 3 Lip-Add

[Kenrad]

Hey all,

I'm looking to buy a front lip at the moment. I'd like your opinions as well and your help in identifying the 2nd picture (silver lip add-on). The first one is from Garage Vary. It's pretty much the blue lip add-on vs the silver lip add-on.

Thanks guys :]

 

[SuperProtege5]

The second lip add-on is only for the Speed 3's and is also made by GV, or a replica is made by Nextmod. So in actuality, the first one is your only choice out of these two.

 

[Kenrad]

But don't all 3's have the same bodykit? So in essence shouldn't it fit without problems?

 

[Kenrad]

Does anyone know where I can buy Garage Vary car parts from? Like a site or ebay seller. Except from nextmod, apparently they only sell to USA and Canada :[

 

[SuperProtege5]

But don't all 3's have the same bodykit? So in essence shouldn't it fit without problems?

No all 3's do NOT have the same bodykit. The 04-06 cars had one style of front bumper, and the mid-model refresh (The 07-09 cars) had a different bumper including new foglights and grill work. The Mazdaspeed 3 (pictured with the silver lip on it) had an entirely different bumper from any of the regular 3's. Obviously there was also a difference between sedan front bumpers and hatches, but those differences I'm not an expert on. If you're looking for Garage Vary parts, check out japanparts.com as I believe they ship worldwide and sell the authentic parts. Nextmod only sells replicas of the GV parts.

 

[Kenrad]

Oh I see. Thanks for the info on the 3's.

I've just checked out japanparts.com and they have Garage Vary products but unforunately not the silver lip :[ Anyone else know of another site?

 

[SuperProtege5]

Were you searching under the mazdaspeed 3 or the regular 3?

 

[Kenrad]

I was searching under both because at the time I wasn't aware that MS 3's had a different body compared to the other 3's. Well thanks for the help guys, just gotta go back to square 1 and search for something I like :]