Mine is the reflex blue mica, also same problem la, aluminum not so obvious but noticeable without trying too hard....seems like only soul red not affected....

How was the mirror sound resolved?
This is the effect of water based paint and clear coat, friendlier to the environment but a little softer than what you get from the continentals.
This one is quite an issue, as i also see such examples for those in singapore.

Different materials should never be the issue, as base coat will be sprayed on the surface before the actual coloured paint. Besides, can you find any car that doesn't use some kind of plastic/fibreglass for the bumpers?

Machine may have some effect, but my haunch is that the batch of paint mix wasn't as accurate as the original factory mix. Most likely due to outsourcing the work to 3rd parties....a serious quality sore point considering much better quality control procedures/techniques/technology against the past.

Complaining locally won't fix the problem as new batch of cars in the showrooms are still showing this issue even when brand new. Most likely need to escalate to the folks in Japan to look into their contractors' process that paint the bumpers...

From, proton to perodua to toyota to hyundai to honda, these were the cars that my family used before for the pass 20+ years, and none had this issue like the current Mazda. 

Definitely some minus marks when selling off the car as will likely undergo another repaint job....

But still, paint aside, i'm pretty satisfied owning this car. Avoided a few accidents due to its handling prowess 

Bro. I sold my car 2 weeks ago. Snowflake white CBU version. Yes, the color on bumper and body and bonnet is not the same but dealer don't see those. They more looking at mileage and engine..

hi guys i just got myself a facelift 2013 ...was wondering why the fuel consumption so bad...anything that i should do ? do i need to tune the ecu?

how bad is bad? 

Next year all Mazda cars will go up in price. The facelift Mazda 3 only adds torque vectoring control to help you corner better and nothing much else. I would get it now before the price increase.

Civic X has poor built quality with lots of issues. You can compare the Civic 10th Gen thread with Mazda 3 thread. One is full of complaints the other is peaceful. You also need to visit SC more with Civic as they have decoupled oil change from 10K service so you may need to go twice.

Jetta should have plenty of discount if you wait but maintenance is a worry. It should be the most powerful of the 3 cars. Second hand value is 'meh' so it's worth considering only if you can buy it much cheaper than a Mazda 3 HS.

Got end year discoubt for m3?

I don't think there is any year end discount as Bermaz is going to increase price by Jan 01, 2017.  Normal discount like RM 1K to 3K is still possible depends on SA. And normally Hi Spec M3 has lesser discount compare to low spec M3...

In 2017.. will the price increase a lot?

For CBU owner with snowflake white pearl vs CKD solid white. Which of these white do you think is better looking?
From my observation, the solid white has more glossy effect vs snowflake white pearl. 

just sharing with you guys, last week 3 m3 owners joined a touge session with other gang, got FD2R, swift sport, FT-86, celica and satria neo

it was a fun drive to Kuala Klawang from Cheras driving through Titi town, curvy road all the way, the road is uneven and at some part of the road the tires cant grip properly causing uneven brake force due to uneven road, even though our m3 stock suspension handled it well but it is still dangerous, at higher speed i worry that i might crash to the hill

despite FD2R being almost 2 gen behind, swift and neo having lower CC and smaller engine, they are way faster than us and quicker through the corner, but that's obvious since their driving skills is way better than me and their car is heavily modded while mine is just stock, but on straight road we can easily pull away on the lower CC NA cars

at some part of the road i enter the turn with the wrong speed (too fast) and the rear tires lose grip, stability control kicks in and surprisingly it doesn't aggressively correct the course of the car, but instead it let the rear slide and gently adjust the car direction according to the direction i want, it happened in split second and the DSC really did a good job there

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So...who won the "race"? lol

It is not racing at all, we all just drove leisurely, of course fd2r and the others will lead first since they know the road well and they organise the outing, slow and bulky car like m3 have to stay at last car

No prize for first place and no punishment for the last, drive at own pace and enjoy the big bowl of noodle in Kuala klawang then drive home safely

I Just manage to unlock the hidden features on our mazda 3 hatchback ckd. Auto door lock option in mzd setting when driving without have to add any aftermarket controller or modify. Can set to lock or unlock when ahift out of p or lock after driving.Let me know if anyone interested i can do it for some fee😁😁😁