Yes .. Not going to be the same and I don't want it.. I am asking him to buy over it..

Thanks bro. I'm really a car enthusiast. I overhaul my Datsun engine last time. So i guess it's not too hard for me. It's a matter time & effort. One last request, if you have pictures, can you share some? So curious to take a look at it.
Actually i don't mind to let KK Lau do the doors for me, jt that i'm in penang, lazy to go down KL again.

Regarding, the KL Auto, what is there to piss? we are stating the truth. To share another experience of mine, he charged me RM200 jt to reverse my front left speaker's polarity... and by doing so f**ked up my sound system. He was so freaking secretive about it as it marketed under Voodoo service.
KK Lau immediately knew what went wrong even though i didnt share the info with him at all. Now KK Lau added 2 modules each for front and back speakers and its working like magic. Hearing is believing. Amazing sound (clarity and bass) for ori headunit & speakers.
Again, i totally agree with you, KL Auto can talk really good but delivering is a completely different matter....

Bros, any one can share b4 n after SP? Pic, a picture worth thousand word.

I been eager to view how is our door panel naked and after SP.

Me too plan to install SP but hv 2 carefully consider. Pro n cons after SP.

As our M3 is heavy added SP may b fuel consumption will increase....

Pic pls bros!!!

errr.. u sure SP will consume more juice? i thought its light enough not to affect the overall performance.

Where can get bigger caliper for m3..4 pot caliper also..what brand? And how much..can all bro help me..

So far only VTTR has brake upgrades for Mazda if I'm not mistaken..
Some Mazda3 club members have already upgraded..

i want to change my M3 1.6 halogen to bi-xenon like 2.0

anyone know where can do it?

tq

Sigghhhh...while I was driving my M3 juz now, suddenly I heard a loud sound and follow by some screeching sound while the car is moving. Then, I quickly stop by the side and see that there's a like a metal rod (dunno the length measurements, around the length from our wrist to elbow, diameter roughly the size of our thumb) piercing thru my side skirting (driver side)...i dunno where it came from and it needed some pulling to get the metal rod out..now my side skirting has a hole underneath the car...now i'm just worried is there any possiblities that this metal rod come from my car or juz lying on the road..if lying on the road, i juz cant imagine how can it pierce thru my side skirting underneath the car (it's not 90 deg pierce thru roughly diagonal of about 60 deg)...and im worried that there's more dmg to it then juz a hole underneath..anyone with good experiences with cars can advice on this?

I plan to take my car to Mazda SC to assess the dmg...maybe considering replacing the side skirting..anyone has any idea how much one side of the side skirting cost? Do u guys know anyway that I can claim it under warranty? Really frustrated and sad...my M3 is only 2 months+ old..very unlucky..thanks in advance for any advice...

This post has been edited by eksk86: Aug 29 2012, 09:45 AM

Wow... sakit..
I would advise u to go to d SC to see if there any unseen damages..

None of the bros out there snap the picture when they installed the SP at all???

guys... how do you settle the knock knock sound when going over road bumps. only at road bumps. send to SC? or live with it? i used to live with this kind of nonsense, because my previous car is wira! no cure. hahaha, but what bout mazda 3?

To all sifus,

I've been following this thread for quite sometime d. Really interested with the M3. Unfortunately, after several complaints from the forumer's here about the road noise, its quite hard for me to make a decision. How loud the road noise can be? (expecting a better driving experience when upgrading the car )

To be fair, i've never owned any imported car before (currently only myvi T_T). So i would like to know compared to other national car (Gen2, Waja etc) how loud the noise can be? i think i can tolerate if the noise produced by M3 is same as our national car. Hope that u can gimme some feedback regarding the issue. Cheers ^^V

The knock knock sound happen on 1.6 and 2.0 as well??

the road noise, basically i think is from the tyres. see anyone who has change their tyres to a better ones, then give comments lo.
i drive wira before. and M3 NVH is much better than wira.
the reason i say the tyre is noisy becoz, at some point of the road (i use to go work), it is quiet. but mostly is noisy.. hahaha. must be the sand grain they use on the road is finer on that particular section.

Where this sound comes from? I used to hear mine from bonnet. Self diagnosed that its due to the tool kit clashing

tool kit from the front?? mine, from back ada, from front also ada.

Bro..

Bonnet/hood is front..
Boot/trunk is back

my wife got myvi and i oso drive my dad's waja... noise wise, m3 stock tyre is a bit noisier during high speed, but for low speed, much quieter than myvi/waja...

i oso plan to change my stock tyre to better brand... wait till my stock dunlop tyre wear off laa... other than that, driving pleasure is way better in M3 (i drive 2.0 btw)...

GY A2 is dream rubber, but too expensive i think, how about GY D5?

Also consider other korean made rubber but not sure the ok or not... i.e kumho/hankook/nankang --> korean made is it?

Artic white 1.6 sedan reporting in from the land of baba nyonya Melaka..

Previous ride, Vios..

Now, loving my M3 to bits..great handling..cool cockpit..head turner..

Road/tyre noise, don't really bother me..sports sedan mah..want quiet, no noise? Buy a Mercs or Beemer lah..

Compared with Civics or Altis, no need lah..M3 the best..

No regrets..

Zoom zoom!!

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