I bought this car way back in 2016 as my first car (and my first manual car), since I've been in love with hot hatches since middle school!
It has been incredibly reliable so far at ~57k miles, with the only weird problem being a smoked clutch and a bad transmission bearing at ~56k miles.
Besides that little hiccup, it handles the mountains pretty well, and is generally fun to drive. But now that I have a job (ie money), I want to make my daily driver a bit more fun to drive everywhere! I want to be able to take it down the mountains, to the snow, and use it as my reliable daily.
So that's exactly what I'm going to do. I'll also be documenting my builds part cost, as personally I feel like I haven't seen it documented well before.
Current Setup
Performance: Short Ram intake and Cold Air intake box; $350
Performance: Corksport Short Throw Shifter; $120
Interior: Interior Underseat Lights; $20
Exterior: LED Headlight Bulbs; $50
Exterior: Shark Fin Attena; $20
Exterior: Carbon Fiber Front and Back badges; $20
Wheels: White Koing Oversteer 16x7 ET40; $1000
Tires: Continental Somethings 205/60
Performance: Corksport Axle Back Exhaust; $400
Suspension: Corksport Sway Bar; $250
Suspension: Corksport Front Strut Tower Bar; $150
Wheels: Corksport Rear Motor and Transmission Mouts; $400
Performance: Evil Energy & Mishimoto Custom Oil Cooler - $300-$700
Performance: VT Racing Supercharger; $3200
Performance: GTR Spark Plugs; $100
Suspension: Corksport Rear Motor Mount; $200
Suspension: Corksport Top Transmission Mount; $250
Performance: Super charger tune; $300
Planned Upgrades
Suspension: Either Corksport or BC Racing BR Series Coilovers; $X
Suspension: Corksport Rear Camber and Toe Arms; $X
Wheels: White Fifteen52 Turbomac 18x8.5 ET30; $X; Hoping to get a ET48 if they\'re still made
Tires: Nitto Neo Gen 235/40ZR18; $X; Or a 225/45s, leaving this till later
Exterior: Front bumper from AutoExe Styling Kit BM-05S; $X; Have to get it imported somehow
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Daniel Jacoby
Just a car guy with a non-car guy car!
Modifying my Mazda 3 from 2016 to be a bit more fun on the road
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