Sigh, malang gila. Car is about 4 month old now. Tayar lebam, called Mazda, say this one cannot claim warranty, dunno real or not or they just avoiding responsibility.

Either way, I can't afford to wait for them to take picture, make claim and ask me to continue to use this tyre.

RM560 fly. I changed at outside tyre workshop.

Btw, is it normal for the inside to be this rusty a?




This post has been edited by a13solut3: Oct 24 2018, 02:11 PM

Yeap it is like that.

The tyre is shitz....expensive yet so fragile.....

The good thing is that the brake pads really last, mine approaching 60k, still quite a chunk left.

ori brake pad from TRW?

Did you hit anything? There are marks there which suggest a hit.

This post has been edited by kluseng: Oct 25 2018, 04:07 PM

No a, I didn't even realized until I wash car and was informed by the staff.

Car workshop said this damage maybe from potholes, but so far I didn't go into any deep pothole.

I drove my another car on same route for 3 years also never see my tyre become like that before.

Where do you guys recommend to apply that plastic film body coating? I remember reading that it helps prevent scratches from little rocks

You mean wrapping. Don't waste your money. You will be spending more to protect your paint than it costs to respray the car. The wrapping also deteriorates after a year with bubbles, curling and non-reparable scratches and eventually has to be torn away. That's when you will regret big time. Either the glue stays on the paint or the glue has fused into the paint and tearing off the film also takes off some paint.

Tyre bloated always cannot do anything as it is most probably a case of crashing it through a major pothole or you drove the car up a curb and damaged the casing of the tire.

I think recently only i am not sure if it was Pirelli or Michelin who warrants against this sort of damages but upon inspection and the tire has to be bought through their listed dealers or something like that. I can't remember where but i seemed to have read something like this before.

Cos u drive with no brakes

If you mean paint protection film (PPF) then there is a lot of places now. Even some tint shops do PPF nowadays.

But price is not cheap as it can be into thousands just to wrap a complete front end of a car.

It doesn't prevent all stone chips. Only certain situations and the more minor ones. There are situations that a stone can still be fast or sharp enough that it penetrates the film and still damage your paint layer.

Unfortunately some tires are a little more prone to such things. It could be due to the construction of the casing as the belt is not built as tough to make the tires a little comfier or some other considerations at the expense of durability.

I researched before i decided against the car that the MZD Connect firmware can be reflashed to have some features turned on including Android Auto i think




https://mazda3revolution.com/forums/2014-20...nloads-280.html

Whether you want to risk it yourself is the problem.

Waiting for Mazda, might be long. Unless you see any new release models have it.

Strut mounts / top mounts play a role in the comfort of the car also. It prevents shock from the road being transmitted into the chassis.

Changing dampers are just a way to cover up the problems with the top mounts. With time, rubber hardens and the top mounts settles down under the weight of the car. After some time of owning the car, it will never feel like it does on the first day. That is just the reality with rubber.

I see, cause noticed a lot of fine scratches on the car now
Did you guys use anything to protect the paint? Seeking for solutions now, even wax also got so many types need to learn all

Fine scratches? As in swirl marks?



I think those mostly come from washing the car improperly. Nothing to do with stones, sands or anything as those will cause more damage than slight marring of the paint.

There is always the coating route to provide a little form of protection on the paint from the contaminations of the environment. But it does nothing more than just that.

Wax don't provide as much protection by todays standards as they are more there to provide gloss and shine than a protection factor.

That sounds dirty.

Fine scratches can be polished out if it bothers you but they will come back unless you use special cloth and good technique to wash your car and never let any car wash do it. Usually they can only be seen under certain light and angle if you look closely so I would just leave it. Some wear and tear has to be accepted for a daily use car.

This post has been edited by Ginny88: Oct 29 2018, 03:23 PM

Guys, I'm think to buy used Mazda 3 year 2015/2016. The price is around RM75K-RM80K. My current car is Perodua Myvi SX 2009. Any opinion on this? The particular 15/16 Mazda 3 known for any major issues?

Recently booked a Mazda 3 with high spec (Deep Crystal Blue) last month, any feedback on how long is require to collect the car and heard that Mazda Car is limited stock by end of year 2018.