Hunter's Cosmic Blue Build

Ahh here we go. The thread of anything and everything of my car. Going to try and keep it simple.

Car: 2007 Mazdaspeed3 GT, Cosmic Blue Mica, 72k Miles(2/10/16)
Back Story: Bought the car May 8, 2015 with 66k ish miles on the clock. Traded up from my 2004 Mazda3 that I had for almost three years. I was very glad to be in the speed gang. Bought the car bone stock in near perfect condition and took several months to find the car that I wanted, and here i am!

Interior:

• JBR Heavy Shift Knob
• Gay stock Navi system that I hate

Exterior/Paint Work:

• Yakima Roof Rack for fishing season
• Blacked out rear Mazda emblem
• "Mazdaspeed" Emblem delete
• Door molding delete
• Meticulously corrected pain topped with Colinite #845 Wax

Suspension/Brakes/Mounts:

• Damond RMM
• Damond PMM
• Damond TMM
• JBR RSB mounts (Somehow haven't broken yet)
• All else stock (or OE equivalent replacement)

Wheels/Tires:

• Stock Wheels
• Pirelli PZero Nero (225/40) tires proveded fresh and new when bought

Engine/Performance:

• Penz Plat/Wix filter
• Ford Tranny Fluid
• Cobb AP V3 93 oct. + E85 Freektune
• Cobb V2 FMIC
• ATP long catless DP (F the EPA)
• AutoTech HPFP internals
• Corksport SRI/TIP
• Corksport Short Shift Plate and weight
• Damond OCC
• ACT 6 Puck Clutch, Streetlite Flywheel, Heavy duty pressure plate

The Story:

May 2015
Taken after driving the car home from the dealer



First Purchase was an AP. I got a bit artsy with it


Got the much needed window mount


Rolling with all four windows down when the uHaul next to me hit a puddle. That was refreshing..


June 2015
Got the VVT done under autonation 60 day warranty (sighs of relief)

July 2015
PO traded it to the dealer with an intake. I had them put the stock one back on so i could enjoy doing it myself.


First DFW Mazda Meet with the new ride


Looking good at a local meet


September 2015
Some soccer mom backed into me in her GLK. Lost my car for 3 weeks for the repair.


Got my AutoTech internals installed

November 2015
Had some friends over for a nasty DP install


Damond RMM added into the mix. Gold with red bushing

December 2015
Corksport Short Shift Plate/Weight

Got the Cobb FMIC installed. It was used. Seller provided no brackets. Made my own. Long process but in the end, everything fits nice and (very) snug.


January 2016
First good clay bar since buying the car after several weeks of rain


A couple cool frost pictures off the ole iPhone 6s




Boooost leak time glad it was an easy find/fix


June 2016:
Well there goes the PMM.. time to upgrade to Damond Shout out to @Ryan@virtue


Some pictures from DFW All Team Bash in June. DFW Mazdas won Biggest Car Club!




August 2016:
Got hit (again...) at work. Old woman thankfully left a note and had insurance. Process took forever but it didnt cost me anything.


December 2016:
A colllddddd december All Team Bash. Won biggest car club AND team dodgeball this year.
A pic of the homies meeting at my house to roll out

Trying to get all of us in one pic was hard


March 2017:
Been a slow year for the speed so far. Paying off this semester became the priority. I did get some goodies tho.

ACT kit came in. Kool Katz Garage did the instal for me.


TMM was shot.


Upgraded. Now fully mounted with Damond and geeze the chatter is real.

 

Reserving in case i overflow later

 

Damn, you've done a lot. I never realized it until this thread lol.

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yup lol even though you have been there for most of it @camspeed3 haha. New intake coming in tomorrow and hopefully an OCC here soon as well

 

Im working on year number 3 and still dont have a whole lot done to it.

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Another DFW guy! I should be more active in our local meets, but marriage/fatherhood/full-time grad school keeps me busy.

 

What part of DF-Dub?

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Euless, mayne. Doesn't it show under my pic? I'm still learning all the options/settings, LOL.

 

No not for me at least.

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Ahhh, you're on a mobile, aren't ya?

 

Jes

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Sweet! your car seems cool based off of your signature lol. @camspeed3 and I are both in the plano area. check out the dfw mazda facebook page to see when we meet!

 

Thanks! Yep, I'm pretty much at the point that the next level is to forge the motor. There's not much I haven't touched on the car at this point, LOL.

I'm not on FB. You on DFWMazdas?

 

I was for a bit, but the Facebook group was more convenient lol. I don't even remember my Info. I might go over and make one again tho.

 

Did you get her for a good price? I'm curious.

 

Actually I was very pleased with the price. It was listed for 12.5, after TTL it was 13 with some change. The day I came to pick it up they put brand new pirellis on it, free window tint, and a free detail. Now I know most dealers do bad with detailing, but when I got the car home under an inspection light I had VERY minimal swirls. The PO had a detailer as a friend so it was basically in mint condition. Pair that with the VVT repair that I got 2 weeks later under the 60 day AutoNation warranty. So essentially just over 2 grand of "free" items along with the purchase. I was very pleased.

 

I think that was fair, specially with the VVT fix. Damn that is an expensive job.

 

Yup it was 1100. Tint probably worth 150-200, tires: 5-600, detail: 1-150. I was happy

 

Great score. I had that color when I bought it new in 2007. She was a good car till it was totalled in 2011.

 

Yep it took me a good amount of time to find the one I wanted for the right price.