Official 2010+ Mazda3 Rollcall

[10m3]

Nice color! I also bought mine from Delray Mazda back in september 09. What have u done any mods? Do you know of any tuning shops in Palm Beach County?

 

[nondual]

I just picked up a 2010 MazdaSpeed3 in Celestial Blue Mica with tech package. No great pics of it yet (weather's been bad)...

 

[nondual]

2010 Velocity MICA Red

Bought her back in the beginning of Nov before the snow fell. Right now
she is nice and comfy in the garage.

Also I'm new to the forum!!

Be careful with a red MS3. Mine garnered me three tickets in about six months.

Jus' sayin'...

 

[Mzd_Spd_3]

Be careful with a red MS3. Mine garnered me three tickets in about six months.

Jus' sayin'...

wow! Yeah I don't want that. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[nondual]

wow! Yeah I don't want that. Thanks for the heads up!

Cops have a special 'radar' for red cars - it's linked into their radar for breakfast pastries.

 

[Shoota]

I bought a 2010 Mazdaspeed3 in black, last week. Love it so far but it started snowing the day I picked it up and I am having a hell of a time finding out which winter wheels will fit. The place I am ordering from are sending me a single wheel/tire to do a test fit.

Supposedly the third one with the 55mm offset fits the old Mazdaspeed3 just fine. Ordered with ExtremeWinterContact 205/55R16 94T tires. Really hope they fit because I have to leave this car parked until I get some tires.

TireRack, a few Mazda dealers and the internet haven't helped too much.

 

[nastynogales]

205?!?!

stockies are 225

 

[Lord_Zath]

That makes sense for winter tires.

 

[nastynogales]

That makes sense for winter tires.

figures... i'm from cali

we don't know what winter is

 

[Lord_Zath]

yeah usually you go for narrower tires for winter so you get better contact through snow (cuts through rather than compacts it). The additional sidewall you gain from going to 16" wheels gives you good protection from potholes and such, too.

 

[bluedragon10]

comin to u all the way from central cali... ive had the celestial blue speed three for a few months now

 

[Lord_Zath]

I am so tempted to pick that one up. Though giving away my laser blue p5 would be insanely difficult. Love the color too much. Though Celestial Blue does look nice when there's plenty of sunlight. Too bad I'm in the cloudy and cold midwest!

 

[pical941]

I picked up my Mazda Speed 3 on Saturday. Need to get the snow tires on though before I his the roads of Michigan! Anyone know whether 225 45 18s will fit instead of the std 225 40 18? Found a good deal on some new tires!!

 

[Shoota]

Finally got my winter steelies and tires on late last week, but now my car's all dirty from driving in winter. First full tank only lasted 350km, it's been fun.

 

[joeboy]

First full tank only lasted 350km, it's been fun.

NICE!! Considering you should be able to get about 600km's on a tank, sounds like your first one was a hoot! =)

 

[nynhex]

Finally got my winter steelies and tires on late last week, but now my car's all dirty from driving in winter. First full tank only lasted 350km, it's been fun.

Where'd you get the steelies at?

 

[Shoota]

Where'd you get the steelies at?

TireTrends.com

16x6.5 55mm offset fit perfectly over the brakes. With four Continental ExtremeWinterContact tires (205/60R16), mounted, balanced and shipped it was $740 Canadian. The shop down the street charged me $40 for a test fit for the first rim and then to install them all once they verified it was good. Pretty good deal IMO.

Had the car in my driveway for two weeks, couldn't get out of my driveway on the stock rubber. It was painful.

 

[2010axela]

2010 ms3 cel help?

hello everyone,
got a 2010 ms3, black, its bout 3 months old now with 2k on it. I need help, its cel is on, i just installed a cpe dp w/ high flow cat, cobb sri, turbo inlet pipe, and now just this morning i the cel light just came on. havent had a chance to put it on a lift yet, but was wondering if anybody has any ideas. o and i removed a resonator.

 

[nynhex]

hello everyone,
got a 2010 ms3, black, its bout 3 months old now with 2k on it. I need help, its cel is on, i just installed a cpe dp w/ high flow cat, cobb sri, turbo inlet pipe, and now just this morning i the cel light just came on. havent had a chance to put it on a lift yet, but was wondering if anybody has any ideas. o and i removed a resonator.

Wow, thats' a lot to do in one sitting. I would have put one thing on at a time to see what happens. DPs can cause a CEL due to the o2 sensor going wonky. The second cat (highflow/race pipe) should not be an issue because the o2 sensors do not monitor it, but can almost guarantee your problem is the DP.

I have read that intakes can throw a CEL if the MAF is damaged or if it's not reading properly.

Just for fun, reset your ECU (disc the battery, pump the brakes 20x then reconnec). If the CEL comes back connect a Dashhawk/Scanguage or something like that and start getting some codes for us.

 

[Lord_Zath]

hello everyone,
got a 2010 ms3, black, its bout 3 months old now with 2k on it. I need help, its cel is on, i just installed a cpe dp w/ high flow cat, cobb sri, turbo inlet pipe, and now just this morning i the cel light just came on. havent had a chance to put it on a lift yet, but was wondering if anybody has any ideas. o and i removed a resonator.

This is coming from my knowledge of emissions on my P5, which uses two catalytics. You probably did one of the following:

1. Forgot to reinstall 2nd o2 sensor or busted it.

OR

2. You didn't do any modifications to the 2nd o2 sensor. In my p5, the 2nd o2 sensor checks to make sure the emissions system is working properly. When I put my header on (removing the 1st cat), I had to modify the 2nd o2 sensor using two spark plug non-foulers which brought the sensor out of the exhaust stream. The other option was the MIL eliminator fix which involved rewiring.

Check around and see if #2 is required for your car's mod. I'm betting it is.