first time owner of a Mazda. Purchased a red 2010 sport Mazda 3

[floodgatez]

i am a first time owner of a mazda vehicle. the car i purchased is the velocity red 2010 sport.

i will have pictures up soon. i am slowly getting things done to it. individuals/companies i have talked to that have helped in my decision making are:
- shinzo
- audio heaven
- karen from agincourt mazda

i highly suggest talking to these people for help. they are amazing in teaching you and advising you with how to take care of your car, and they are honest with the ideas you plan to do to your car.

some quick and simple background info of me. my username is from my bboy (breakdancer) name. i am a student at ryerson university. definitely excited about learning more about my car from different tm3 drivers.

[optiklenz13]

congrats on the purchase..

[Karen Lee-McNair]

Welcome Gabe!!

I look forward to seeing the finished product!

[aris]

Congrates and welcome to TM3

[cwp_sedan]

Congrats and welcome to club! Sounds like you are on the right track and talking to the right people. :)

[Riftler]

grats and welcome!

[BeEvil]

Get those photos up bud.

BeEvil

[floodgatez]

pictures as promised! this will serve as a 'before' picture. more pictures will come tomorrow after my vinyl installation!! black tint was done by andre from audio heaven. window visors installed by me, bought off ebay.

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/floodgatez/gabe2009bday-12.jpg

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http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/floodgatez/gabe2009bday-5.jpg

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[MAZDA Kitten]

Congrats on the new car!! And welconme :) :) Let the modding begin..

[BeEvil]

^ +1

BeEvil

[Cardinal Fang]

Very Nice. Congrats on your purchase.

[M-Blem]

Nice pics FG, I love the color choice. I have to say white and red are classic colors on the 3... I think they make it go faster, too! :chuckle

[rab33]

Hey Gabe, nice meeting you at Agincourt the other day. That colour is awesome!

[YesMazda]

congrats on your ride man. welcome to TM3! :)

[Karen Lee-McNair]

Post pics of the new vinyl job!
Looks good!

[floodgatez]

thanks everyone.

so i installed the vinyl to the roof of my car. it's matte black and was done by shinzo media.

i love the job and will post pictures of it soon.

however, an issue i have are my window visors. the visors are glossy and it totally contradicts the theme of the matte black roof. anyone know how to take down the visors? it was simply taped on by a double side adhesive. i'm just afraid that ripping it off would also rip off a portion of the black plastic i stuck it on to.

i was looking over my car today with karen from agincourt and from looking at the car, i can't help but feel as though it's incomplete ;p

planning to do something to the hood :whoa

[JadeButterfly]

love the colour on your car, kinda making me regret what i chose!

can't wait to see those pics of the vinyl install.

[aris]

just slowly pull the visors off if you don't want them on anymore..and their will be alot of tape left behind....it's a pain in the butt to pull the visors off.

[JonsMazda]

Grats and welcome

[floodgatez]

the long awaited pictures are up everyone! thanks for the help/feedbacks/acknowledgments.

a couple of dilemmas i'm having with the vinyl are:
- should i do the hood too?
- should i take out the glossy window visors (contrasts the matte roof)
- should i leave the matte roof on until after winter and install a glossy vinyl roof then?

karen from agincourt is right when she stated that the type of vinyl roof you put on to your car will change the dynamics of the colour of your car.

enjoy everyone.

http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr50/floodgatez/aftervinyl-2.jpg

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[rab33]

Gabe the roof looks sick! I wouldn't worry about the visors, doesn't take away from the look IMO.

I think doing the hood too would look very sweet but it still looks good as is. I like matte better than glossy.

[Go_Habs_Go]

Looks really nice with the vinyl roof.

Congratulations and welcome to the club!

[aris]

Looks good with the black roof

[YesMazda]

WOW nice! the black roof is looking great! now you gotta tint those side markers :)
then later on you can maybe get your hood to be black too. :)

[ST3ALTH]

yea looks great, love the black roof. You should do your hood but only go with the contour of the hood. Not the whole hood but just the center part. Car looks great!

[marvin24k]

Looking good - Red is a nice colour, looks like you're on your way with the modding ;)

[Nova 3 GT]

Velocity Red FTW!!! :chuckle

[pacmann33]

I really love that velocity red...

[-RJ3-]

Congrats man!!! that was quick LOL!!

Looks really good, did Shiznowerks do it?

Im glad our matte black roofs inspired yours to do it LOL!

[iGOzoom]

looks great!

[blugt]

Vinyl looks great!

[floodgatez]

Congrats man!!! that was quick LOL!!

Looks really good, did Shiznowerks do it?

Im glad our matte black roofs inspired yours to do it LOL!

i just need help right now on where to get the best deal/style on rims.

doing things slow to the car. i'm still a student and don't have much money to spend :bang

[-RJ3-]

i just need help right now on where to get the best deal/style on rims.

doing things slow to the car. i'm still a student and don't have much money to spend :bang

PM me, i gots da hookup.

[McGuyver_3]

Congrats on the ride but that color just doesnt work for me. I like the roof idea and am a little dissapointed that you beat me to it lol I have been taking care of to many little upgrade options on mine and the roof is next on the agenda aswell as the headlights :D

[DumpInfo]

Congrats on your ride. I love the colour but not feeling the roof change.