Must be my luck.

midrange · Post by **midrange** » August 4th, 2007, 6:00 am

it seems no matter what vehicle i buy, when i go to search for something, it is always for the other model.

I bought my rs mx6 a couple years ago, and of course any time i did a search for parts, it was always for the v6 model.

So, i buy a V6 mx3, and i did a search for cold air, and what do i get, every kit you can buy for the 4 cylinder but non for the gs v6 model.

Is it just my luck or what? I guess this post is kinda pointless, but i'm relly getting frustrated with aftermarket.

2RotorsNaDream · Post by **2RotorsNaDream** » August 4th, 2007, 9:39 am

Yeah aftermarket sucks for this car but its all good, I still love it. Go buy a 90-93 Integra Cold air intake. Its fits perfect, all you gotta do is cut the pipe where the air sensor goes and you're gravy.

Nd4SpdSe · Post by **Nd4SpdSe** » August 4th, 2007, 12:39 pm

Aftermarket isn't that bad, but ya, some simple stuff we don't have, but something as a CAI is not that bad to make. Very common is to take an CAI from an Integra (and they're cheap too), take a hack saw and cut it to the necessary length. Not really that complicated.

Apparently toucan industries makes a CAI, I looked for it a few days ago and couldn't find it,I'll have to ask some of the TO club guys to talked to a guy who had one.

umcamara · Post by **umcamara** » August 4th, 2007, 2:32 pm

Do a search for mx3 intake on ebay. This one is for the v6, it's $179.95 American.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA-MX ... enameZWD1V

Hope that helps.

Mnemonic · Post by **Mnemonic** » August 5th, 2007, 6:58 pm

yea weapon R and prm make CAI, but to be honest overpriced, i spent 30 on my integra pipes then just spent money on a good K&N filter. Really unless your just buying it for the name they wont give you anymore power than just building one yourself for about 75-100, and like nd4spdse said really easy to make cut it up and installed in about an hour. If you really must have a name brand then just go buy a AEM intake for an integra and cut it up

though there CAI are expensive and not sure your going to want to hack apart something you just spend 150-200 on

and its not that we dont have aftermarket support, we do but your buying a car that only lasted in the states what 4 years? and they are getting to be 11-15 years old, and were never very popular, so you just have to be a bit more creative with these cars to mod them. which is what makes them more unique, where honda guys can just run out and buy a bolt on, we get the joy of really doing custom work on our cars.

midrange · Post by **midrange** » August 6th, 2007, 11:14 am

its not this car i'm complaining about.. its just my general luck period... I have owned 18 cars in 10 years, and no matter what vehicle i get, there is never listings for my vehicle..

And this mx3 that i just got, its the exact same thing... So thats what i'm getting at, not just this car, but pretty much every car i have owned.
Even my hondas... I have owned crx's, and if i went into canadian tire and tried to find something, there would be listings for everything but my crx....

Like my mx6, everything i wanted i couldn't get cause it was only available for the v6 model... and now i have a v6 mx3, everything i want is only available in the 4 cylinder model.. just driving me crazy....

umcamara · Post by **umcamara** » August 6th, 2007, 4:57 pm

I kinda have a similar problem with my mx-3. I've got a '96 RS, and there are no listings basically anywhere for a '96. I just go by the '95 listings because they the same for most things. The only half-a#$ explanation that I got was from a parts guy at my Mazda Stealership. He said because the car was phased out here after '96, it "technically" didn't really exist.

Not sure how much I buy that though.

Hoodzy · Post by **Hoodzy** » August 6th, 2007, 11:54 pm

also there was no gs after 94 in the states so parts for that dont exist either