You don't need japan made rims, proper taiwan brand like advanti can be considered :
https://www.mudah.my/New+18+Advanti+Storm+S...HR-69981008.htm

Or proper thailand manufacturer like lenso :
https://www.mudah.my/New+Ori+18+Lenso+Venom...RV-72344613.htm

Or else good condition second hand japan rims ;
https://www.mudah.my/Rim+ORIGINAL+ADVAN+RG2...+3-69754276.htm
https://www.mudah.my/18A+Rays+Gram+Lights+5...ie-71080142.htm
https://www.mudah.my/Rays+gram+lights+18x7+...48-67456114.htm
https://www.mudah.my/Ori+18a+Enkei+PF01+Ori...AN-72379020.htm

A word of caution, the front overhang of this car is a little long, can scratch/bang the bottom easily it easily. If you add further skirting, you can expect a lot of cold sweat moments.

omg, then i better just add spoiler is enuf and the rims.

btw, the car head is consider long for me. Because i been driving 2 SUVs for 5years.

May take sometime to used to it, wondering got ppl install front parking sensor or not

Thanks for the opinion bro.

Yeah. My SA is one of the best I’ve met so far. Quite lucky. Most of the updates given by her were accurate.

may i know which branch u visit?

SUV also had long and big front bonnet, i think you just need to get used to the lowered height and reduced field of vision.

I would say you drive the car for at least a year so you can get a hang of it and the places you frequently go. By then you can better judge whether the skirting is worth a try. But i scratched the bottom part of the front part a few times already due to the overhang.

This mazda3 a little odd for the front partly due to the design (looks best if view from the rear 3 quarter angle) and engineering wise as the exhaust extractor design is longer than the average. The plus side is the added responsiveness and efficiency of the engine.

Sabah branch, Kota Kinabalu. Maxspeed Automart

i see. the kena scratch part is the added skirting?

oh, then cannot d. i am from KL

My car is stock top to bottom, so no skirting. Maybe partly due to my driving not that skilled la

But i remembered i don't have much of such issue with the old skol vios on the same areas....

Wa, u didnt hand itchy itchy to modify it. How about spoiler? i guess at least u got that right?

one thing i am learning is to stop having the mindset that i can ramp my car at any place.

since my SUV can let me make u-turn over the middle road divider or half body on the divider just to make a turn

This post has been edited by clement5949: Jan 24 2019, 02:47 PM

The SA I met was active in Instagram. Every month confirm ada car delivered by her. So I thought can trust one.

Try to get the ones that active or recommended by people

No, the only thing that is not stock are the engine oil and tyres

All else remain the same.

Hahaha....have to adjust your "road flexibility expectations". But this mazda 3 is no slouch when comes to some off roading trip as long as within limits. I managed to wade through a swampy plantation field for 2 hours when other cars around me were 4x4 or trucks.

bro, u damn disciplined

even my current car, when i got it, first thing do is add a SQ subwoofer then changed front component speaker. then charged hella horn as well.

I havent try hows mazda 3 speaker, hope i dun need to spend so much in ICE as well.

I also want to change rims la, they are so damn heavy....but $$$ not sufficient

Once you tasted the high end stuff, OEM stock stuff no oomph.....Further, the NVH for mazda3 is not it's strengths, so i guess you'll likely change the ICE someday in the future soon

Hmmmm, how u search those rims that u posted just now? I kind of kena your poison and i still have to wait till next week for my car delivery

It is at mudah.my website, just type in the search column and you have it. my.carousell.com also have some.

But firstly, you have to know what to search/what you want. I know about certain brands, so i just type in the brand name and sort by price. if you see those they write "ori design" or "design", those are replicas made by unknown manufacturers.

ahhhh, ok bro. Really scare kena those replicas one. Later drive halfway, the rim bengkok.

Since you're into ICE, i guess you should know a bunch of car kakis. You can ask for their help for first hand clarification.

Replica ones won't suddenly bent on normal driving. The risks comes when you hit something hard or a deep pothole. Some replicas undeniably can last throughout the lifetime of the car, but the risk is there for the owner to consider (provided the owner knows that it is a replica, some shops do cheat unknowing people).

Probably SA bullshit. Our petrol quality is considered good and better than many of the petrol grades you can get in U.S. The Skyactix-X engine is definitely going to be launched in U.S.

Any nice rims? I think black rims goes really well with the M3
My car is stock standard too