What have you done to your Mazda3 today?

Jinxed us all today...Pulled off the stock 17's with all-season rubber, touched up the red brake calipers, and put on the 18" RX-8 rims with summer tires. Much, MUCH better!! (drive2)
 
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Got hit by a deer :( Had to get a new door and fender and mirror.. I guess that counts
 
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Hmmm... I passed an opossum and a rabbit the other day on the way to work. What I didn't know is another rabbit was crossing the road as the others took my attention away from it. Let's just say that rabbit won't be reproducing anytime soon.

A pretty good weekend for Virgin1 actually:

I installed the new heavy weight JB shift knob on Friday. And I had to rotate tires today too... already 500 miles overdue.
Since I had them all off, I gave them, the wheels and caps, my spline lugs (PITA, but I like 'em) and suspension/brake bits a thorough cleaning too.
Now it looks all nice and pretty under there... or would if I could only find time/energy to redo my calipers and decals. *FAIL*
 
Painted fmic black........accidently drained the occ......put everything back together..........started the car up........and the car was running like s***........towed it to the garage...........the mechanic spent 1.5 hrs looking at it.........then screamed at me......... and told me i didnt close the catch can properly........drove home and parked the car in the garage......got screamed at by the wife........handed her the key..........and now taking public transit.........lol
 
I went to change the Cabin Air Filter today. Used the guide here on M24/7 and all went well. Good thing i replaced it.............

BECAUSE THERE WASNT EVEN ONE IN THERE!!!! No telling how long the previous owner drove around without the CAF.

Let me ask this....Who goes through the trouble to take out the CAF and not replace it. It's a lot of work for a small part. Just get it done right.
 
many things..

installed rally armor mudflaps..
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painted brakes..
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yellow fog overlays..
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painted brake light..
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& a nice wash :)
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Windshield wipers?
PIAA makes wipes with a CF shroud... Meant to be aerodynamic. I wonder how well it works... Lol
Also, 50k club.

The PIAAs are expensive and do not last. Wipers burn up quickly in the Texas sun/heat. I had good luck w/my last set of NeoForms... 2 1/2yrs before they started acting up. The top rated Rain-X blades... 8 months.


20% tint. <3

In Pa!!??
It looks good, but you'll be getting ticketed for that sooner or later. IIRC the limit in Pa is/was 35%. (I grew up in Pa.)


installed rally armor mudflaps..

painted brakes..

yellow fog overlays..

painted brake light..

& a nice wash :)

Looks good Nicole!! And purple is certainly more unique than most other choices.
Exactly how did you paint the HMCBL? You mean the lens behind it?
 

In Pa!!??
It looks good, but you'll be getting ticketed for that sooner or later. IIRC the limit in Pa is/was 35%. (I grew up in Pa.)

PA you arent allowed any tint... 70% is the legal limit which is nothing

BUT they cant pull you over for just tint, they have to have pulled you over for something else then can tack the tint on
 
i used to have sticker with the words cut out but it was not the best quality, water bubbles n such, so i removed the brake light and painted the inside n removed the sticker lol
 
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