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The paint I recommend is POR-15 MANIFOLD GRAY with their BLACK VELVET over top. Ithe the metal is properly cleaned and prepped I have yet to have this paint burn or flake. If it does burn or flake there is a 99.5% chance that there was still some sort of surface contamination on the metal. I painted...

solo_ryder wrote:Yoda, I wanna see pics of your car lol, I was driving the other day and I thought about it. weird.

There are a lot of older pictures of it on the net and in Super Street in 2 different issues 2000 the last time I took it to a car show. It was also in the Fast Wheels catalog in 1999.

Two things. OBDII will ONLY be found in a vehicle manufactures on or after Jan 01, 1996. Second ODB is a North America market emissions protocol so unless the car was intended for in Canada or the US it probably won't have a ODBI or II.

read in my previous message - a one-off set of "Multimatic" struts

It depends on the country you are in and the year. All the base 4cyl. (RS) have a 20mm rear bar all the North Amer. GS had a 20mm until 1996 were it became a 22mm like most of the rest of the world until 1998

Yoda What springs are you running??? Off the shelf Hyperco main and tender springs with a one-off set of Multimatic coilover struts made about 7 years ago. Spring separator and seats were made in my shop after hours. Guys like Dave,Sean and Steve cobbled together there own kits using Eibach ERS spr...

As with all FWD Mazda's I would swap the spring around and put the stiffer spring in the rear. You will notice a lot better cornering and straight line performance I run 275lb/in springs in the front and 500lb/in springs in the rear on the street. Ride is not much different that a set of Eibach prog...

I would necessarily call a flat color paint job cheap anymore. Although it is a trend going back to the 40's. and was very popular in the late 50's and early 60's. More and more Flat color paint is increasing in popularity again in the "mega-buck" custom Bike and Street Rod world for sever...

Are you sure you need a RAL is a European color standard for in printing or industrial coatings. Panatone the color standard for the printing industry and no panatone color number will match an automotive paint color. BTW there is a slight variation in the panatone colors standards between north ame...

Looking at the picture is appears to be a -ZE no EGR or connecting pipe to the IM. The problem with JDM KL engines is that officially Mazda Japan considers any KL delivery in a car in Japan a -ZE. The Ford Probe actually out sold the MX-6 in Japan and there are a lot of Ford Telstars (626) also in J...

i just got a kit new and paint on my mx3 and some new subs and i was playing them right on st cathrins and they gave me a 156$ ticket for having my music too loud Unless it was after 11:00 PM or before 7:00 AM there is no law in Quebec or MTL bylaw that the cop could ticket you for. Ever then St. C...

When I had the from washer tank split in the 323 (same P/N and in the MX-3) I replaced it with a smaller $9 universal 1.5L tank and pump assy from Princess Auto. When I installed the S/C on the A/C bracket to test it for the V-6, I needed the hole of the washer tank neck for the I/C plumbing and ins...

Talking to Sean the CEO of Street Imports and long time MX-3 guy in Ottawa area. Japan power is bacisally a store front for one of the bigger name JDM shops in Montreal but the name of the shop escapes me at the moment because I know the shop by the names of the owners and not by company names. I wo...

Over the past 14 years of owning a MX-3 I've just welded in a new flex joint, installed a complete OE Y-pipe, built a mandrel bent Y- pipe and installed a beta test K8 MX-3 bolt-in header kit on my car are several of the other older MX-3'er. A couple things you should Know. The OE bellows style is a...

If your car looks modified and goes missing in Montreal It hasn't been stolen. It has probably been impounded by the MUC police. Yes the police have been taking parked cars off the street because they looked "Modified" eg: lowered, plus size mags, mufflers, wings, tints and impounding them...