What have you done to your MS3 today?

[Babyface13]

I did the free shifter bushing mod today.

 

[ericrapp]

And did you shave off two tenths in the 1/4 mile as advertised!

 

[ericrapp]

The weight on those pretty little things please Kosh.

 

[ericrapp]

Dropped my car off to the tuner guy to install my Cobb springs and the Hotchkis front bar. Maybe a little attention to the wastegate. I cannot hardly wait till tomorrow. Man am I gonna use a lotta gas Sunday driving with my suspension bits installed and at the ready. These parts have been sitting here for months. I hope to have a post tomorrow also.

 

[john blutarski]

Put on black front and rear emblems and got rid of the Mazdaspeed 3 emblem.

 

[DaleNixon]

Installed some speakers:

Amazing upgrade from the horrible stockers on the sport model.

 

[Kain]

Uninstalled my COBB SRI. The COBB rear sway is coming off next week.

 

[john blutarski]

Installed some speakers:

Amazing upgrade from the horrible stockers on the sport model.

I've been planning on the same thing. Did you disconnect the stock tweets in the door? I was wondering if the impedance of running these in line with aftermarket coaxials would be too low for the stock head unit.

 

[DaleNixon]

I didn't disconnect the tweeters. Haven't had any problems yet. Should I disconnect them?

 

[Babyface13]

I installed red led map lights!

 

[RADAR THIS]

woooohoooo paper cones ftw...

nice upgrade...

 

[john blutarski]

I didn't disconnect the tweeters. Haven't had any problems yet. Should I disconnect them?

I don't know. I've been trying to figure this out. Does the stock speaker you took out have the impedance stamped on the back anywhere? If its 4 ohms like the coax you put in, than it will be fine. If the stock speaker is more than 4 (likely 8 or 16) then the coax is now putting more load on the head units internal amp.

 

[DaleNixon]

I just checked. Stockers say 4Ω! We are golden! (thumb)

 

[john blutarski]

I just checked. Stockers say 4Ω! We are golden! (thumb)

awesome, thanks man

(headbang)

 

[RADAR THIS]

on the stock speak...is that an impression on the surround?...like something on the door panel is pressing against?...

 

[DaleNixon]

Yea man it had that impression on it when I pulled it out. No clue why. Pretty lame.

 

[Super Unique]

There is a ring surrounding the speaker on the door panel itself, this is causing the impression, and likely also killing the sound quality of the aftermarket speaker as well. Do yourself a favor, remove the door panel and use a dremel tool to grind down the offending material so the fit is correct.

 

[Kosh]

The weight on those pretty little things please Kosh.

17lbs I believe.

 

[MikeHTally]

... and waited for the ups truck some more. They deliver up till like 500 oclock right!?

They deliver 'til the truck is empty. Taking stuff back to the terminal is frowned upon. Not uncommon around here to see UPS out after dark.

 

[///M Compact]

I ran my MS3 thru the car wash for its bi-monthly clean up.
Woo Hoo!