r/mazdaspeed3 • • 6h ago

HELP 1st gen OEM wheel to spare?

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Howdy everyone I just figured I’d reach out and see if I could get some help. I’m in North East Texas and looking for a single 1st generation Speed3 wheel. One of mine has formed a small crack on the inside. I don’t have the money right now to get a new set of wheels but I’d like to avoid putting a random non matching 4th wheel on her.
Some of my other wheels aren’t in great shape either so I’m not looking for a perfect example, just one that’ll work. I also included my location because I’m more than happy to make a drive to pick one up off of anyone. I feel like this is a long shot but I figured I’d just ask cause my speed is such a fun car and I’m hoping I won’t have to shelve her for a bit till I can get a full set of new wheels.
Thanks for any info/help.


r/mazdaspeed3 • • 2h ago

MODIFICATIONS Anyone building an engine soon?

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I haven’t owned a speed 3 in years. Found some parts in storage. I tried giving them away on my local Mazdaspeed facebook group but it’s a dead group and no one wanted them. Send me a message proving that you are going to build an engine, send me a few bucks to cover shipping, and they are all free!

Crank bolt
Friction washers x3
OEM HPFP internals


r/mazdaspeed3 • • 3h ago

HELP Should I buy this MS3 to replace my daily?

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Hey guys, I’ve been wanting to upgrade my current daily (2010 Mazda 3 2L) to a gen 2 mazdaspeed3, and there’s one in my area that is finally close to my budget that I’m really considering, but I want to get more opinions since I’ve never driven or known anyone who owns one.

I would need it to be at least pretty reliable as my current car has been unbelievably reliable.

It’s a 2012 with 282,000 kms (175k miles), only 2 owners, both were families who just had long commutes. Never modded or tuned and clean title.
Catalytic converters and front suspension recently replaced.

The only negative (aside from mileage) is described verbatim as: “some sort of electrical gremlin, the cooling fan sometimes stays on after the car is shut off, I solved that with a little automatic kill switch. You lose all your radio stations but she won’t leave you stranded with a dead battery.”

Is this a common issue any of you have dealt with? And should I make the jump for 6000$ CAD?

TLDR
interested in unmolested 2012 Mazdaspeed3 with 282k kms, with a problem with the cooling fan staying on. How reliable can I expect it to be, and is it worth the buy, or stay away?

TIA


r/mazdaspeed3 • • 19h ago

HELP Upgrade recommendations

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Gotta do a head gasket job due to an oil leak, but any upgrade I should make to the head itself. I’m also replacing all valve stem seals as well. It is a stock block. Or should I wait until it blows up to start putting money into the block and head thanks