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[TheJackyl]

Ya PA ain't got nothing but big ass potholes lol. So far I love my car ta death, handles like a dream(I know it oculd be better) but I love it. What suggestions do you have for my car to do to it? Some say to do the MP3 look, others teh MSP look, I was thinking maybe just gettin the buddyclub kit(later on down the road of course) I was just wantin to know to start headin in that direction. My plans right now are CAI, and exhaust, typical first mods.

[Pro3ES]

I've had my ES since Nov and already had to do an alignment.
Pittsburgh roads are just a blast, huh?
Esp. the Parkway West...between potholes, construction and the daily morning accident, it's like a slalom course...

[TheJackyl]

Ya I know what you mean. My brother used to live down in Wilkinsburg and traveling through and round monroeville sucked. I always drove down to the stript district to the now closed Club M for concerts, the roads sucked really bad lol. What did you do to modify your stock intake? And how much was ur exhaust?

[anotherskater]

the weather stripping likes to come apart, and my hand brake broke so i wouldnt be too hard on it if i were you. otherwise proteges are great.

[Pro3ES]

Ha...Jackyl, if you use the same name, I just answered a post on the 'other' forum a few minutes ago. "bout the Racing Beat exhaust.
Anyway, it's just an axle-back and I got it from a Mazda dealer for 220.00 shipped. The only other axle-back I found for the sedan was at Mazdastuff.com.
198.00 plus shipping. As I said in the other post, I think it's Borla. Anyway, I got the Racing Beat 'cuz I liked the angled tip better.
As for the intake, I just cut out the plastic resonator below the stock intake and took out the MAF sensor screen. Between the two mods I can't say there's much of a power gain, but, the car revs smoother and sounds much better, esp. at higher RPM.
I was going to buy an AEM, but this will do for now--I wanted to save the money and spend it on a set of Eibachs, which I will hopefully have in the next month or so...

[TheJackyl]

So I'd be able to get that exhaust from my dealer as well then?

[Pro3ES]

Yeah, should be able to no problem. I love my RB exhaust.
Dealers are funny, though. I bought my car out in Greeensburg, they have a big display of the Mazdaspeed accessories, but I work out near the airport, so I ordered it from a dealer coupla miles from my office. The parts guy had no clue what I was ordering and I practically had to find it in the parts book for him!
Same price, though.

[TheJackyl]

so id just go into the dealer and ask for a mazdaspeed exhaust then

[TheJackyl]

Which dealer? I'm only about 45mins from the airport and what not.

[Pro3ES]

I ordered it from Moon Twp Mazda, and ask for the Mazdaspeed exhaust, even though it's made by Racing Beat. Took 3 days. 412-269-1234

[TheJackyl]

Thank You, I have to go back to my dealer this week to pick up a couple things, I'll ask about the exhaust

[Pro3ES]

Yeah, whacha picking up, anything good?

[TheJackyl]

Nah nothing good, just the service manual....didn't have one when I purchased it and order a center cap, somehow one either got stolen or fell off?