Welcome 3sWhite :D [Archive]

Xenon

10-31-2004, 08:42 PM

Originally posted by majic

there are 4 known/active females.. in alphabetical order..

electra_fire (a little north)
mazdakitten (way west)
saphress (east end)
super_vixen (east end)

and then the rest 298 are males.. :sarc

oh there\'s alos ZoomZoomGirl (waaaaay north)

Although most of those 298, we haven\'t really heard a peep from, so we don\'t know how many of them are female.

billyfo

10-31-2004, 10:17 PM

why not set up a poll??:D

3sWhite

11-01-2004, 12:59 AM

Wow, i just register this afternoon and look what i got here!
thanks for the warm welcome,
I\'ve actually been a long time reader here

FYI, i\'m a guy, although my sis and mom uses the car as well..

as a new guy on board, thought i\'d post some pix...

Newlook

11-01-2004, 01:00 AM

Originally posted by billyfo

why not set up a poll??:D

Only if they respond.

3sWhite

11-01-2004, 01:00 AM

installed couple of things of the white sport.. here we go:

door sills...

Newlook

11-01-2004, 01:01 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

Wow, i just register this afternoon and look what i got here!
thanks for the warm welcome,
I\'ve actually been a long time reader here

FYI, i\'m a guy, although my sis and mom uses the car as well..

as a new guy on board, thought i\'d post some pix...

Welcome! I hope you\'ll be a frequent goer to our meets...

WANTED: white and red 3s! :D

3sWhite

11-01-2004, 01:01 AM

short antenna

3sWhite

11-01-2004, 01:02 AM

here\'s a little bit more interesting (aka expensive) stuffs..

1/2.. DRL to fog

3sWhite

11-01-2004, 01:03 AM

2/2 ... 6000K HID

3sWhite

11-01-2004, 01:05 AM

final shot of the night..

removed door molding and i guess you can see the stock fog vs HID comparison?

BTW.. you guys are FAST... replied my stuffs already =P

RedRaptor

11-01-2004, 01:06 AM

3sWhite,

Where did you get your DRLs rewired and HIDs installed?

majic

11-01-2004, 01:07 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

installed couple of things of the white sport.. here we go:

door sills...

nice.. was it hard to install them? i was considering getting those too.. what kind of duties/charges were you hit at the border if any? what did that total come out to?

EDIT:
just FYI u might want to post the pix/messages in the right sections of teh forum so it\'s easier to find them later..

maybe mods will move them later or something.. dunno.. i guess u could maybe respond to the HID questions in the electrical section as well as the sills in th einterior electrical.. just a thought..

majic

11-01-2004, 01:08 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

2/2 ... 6000K HID

these look really nice in the pic but how is their performance.. b/c they are pretty \"cold\" temp thus blu-er

wtom

11-01-2004, 11:45 AM

Nice we gotta meet up to talk about installing HID and rewiring DRL to fog :)

You live near Hwy 7 and Warden, right? I\'m always around that area with my Blue hatch... if it\'s the building I\'m thinking of. You\'re sometimes parked on the side of that road too, right?

Newlook

11-01-2004, 01:24 PM

^ Oh we got a Mazda 3 spy in our club too :p j/k

3sWhite

11-02-2004, 01:20 AM

Originally posted by majic

Originally posted by 3sWhite

installed couple of things of the white sport.. here we go:

door sills...

nice.. was it hard to install them? i was considering getting those too.. what kind of duties/charges were you hit at the border if any? what did that total come out to?

EDIT:
just FYI u might want to post the pix/messages in the right sections of teh forum so it\'s easier to find them later..

maybe mods will move them later or something.. dunno.. i guess u could maybe respond to the HID questions in the electrical section as well as the sills in th einterior electrical.. just a thought..

majic, well.. it\'s \"somewhat\" hard to install the door sills, everything else is pretty straight forward until tapping into the map lights and the positive terminal at driver\'s side electric bundle, i\'m not exactly an electric dude, so it took me some time, but following the How-To\'s is not too bad ..

As for the price, lucky enough i didn\'t get any duties / chares at all ? (hopefully i won\'t see anything later) I really forgot the total, but i used buy-it-now and standard stuffs, i guess i can verify in my visa bill later

I\'ll keep in mind on where to post to, still a newbie here, thanks

3sWhite

11-02-2004, 01:26 AM

Originally posted by majic

Originally posted by 3sWhite

2/2 ... 6000K HID

these look really nice in the pic but how is their performance.. b/c they are pretty \"cold\" temp thus blu-er

oh.. the HID, no regrets at all, looks great, performs well.. it\'s hard to tell from the pictures, but i have no complains at all :p

3sWhite

11-02-2004, 01:30 AM

Originally posted by wtom

Nice we gotta meet up to talk about installing HID and rewiring DRL to fog :)

You live near Hwy 7 and Warden, right? I\'m always around that area with my Blue hatch... if it\'s the building I\'m thinking of. You\'re sometimes parked on the side of that road too, right?

hi (spy) wtom :D
actually i think i always see your car too, yea.. that\'s me, but i think there are 2 white HBs in the area.. as for the HID and DRL to fog, i actually paid a guy to install for me, he\'s a freelancer and he knows what he\'s doing so i figured i\'d save my brain cell :zzz

RedRaptor

11-02-2004, 01:35 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite
as for the HID and DRL to fog, i actually paid a guy to install for me, he\'s a freelancer and he knows what he\'s doing so i figured i\'d save my brain cell :zzz

What is this Freelancer\'s name? Do you have his contact information? Would it happen to be Sam Peng?

wtom

11-02-2004, 02:38 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

hi (spy) wtom :D
actually i think i always see your car too, yea.. that\'s me, but i think there are 2 white HBs in the area.. as for the HID and DRL to fog, i actually paid a guy to install for me, he\'s a freelancer and he knows what he\'s doing so i figured i\'d save my brain cell :zzz

Oh we have Spy vs Spy now hahaha j/k Yep if the blue hatch is on that small street, it\'ll be parked at the far east end of the street... my gf\'s home is one of those units. Next time I will try to say hi to you. Finally seeing more 3 owners who actually LIKE their car (and not just driving the car) joining this forum... hehehe

Yep I will be paying a freelancer to come install my HID kit as well. I\'m not an electrical person either... don\'t want to destroy the expensive stuff by one touch.

Now that you say there are two white hatches total, I think so too... you often go to FMP?? It\'s full of hatches now... everytime I go I see at least one blue, one white, and one gray...

///M

11-02-2004, 02:57 AM

white hatches are so rare!! I wanted one bad but I didn\'t want to wait

woohoo for titanium grey :sarc at least it gives me motivation to mod it and make it different :)

btw I\'ve seen a white hatch around with HIDs...I wonder if that was you

wtom

11-02-2004, 11:06 AM

Bodykit Bodykit Bodykit!! :)

One of my friends said he saw a blue hatch in the Markham area with a body kit already... DOH!!!!

3sWhite

11-02-2004, 10:37 PM

Originally posted by RedRaptor

Originally posted by 3sWhite
as for the HID and DRL to fog, i actually paid a guy to install for me, he\'s a freelancer and he knows what he\'s doing so i figured i\'d save my brain cell :zzz

What is this Freelancer\'s name? Do you have his contact information? Would it happen to be Sam Peng?

RedRaptor, yeah, it\'s Sam =P

3sWhite

11-02-2004, 10:41 PM

Originally posted by wtom

Oh we have Spy vs Spy now hahaha j/k Yep if the blue hatch is on that small street, it\'ll be parked at the far east end of the street... my gf\'s home is one of those units. Next time I will try to say hi to you. Finally seeing more 3 owners who actually LIKE their car (and not just driving the car) joining this forum... hehehe

Yep I will be paying a freelancer to come install my HID kit as well. I\'m not an electrical person either... don\'t want to destroy the expensive stuff by one touch.

Now that you say there are two white hatches total, I think so too... you often go to FMP?? It\'s full of hatches now... everytime I go I see at least one blue, one white, and one gray...

yea, i\'m sure we\'ll see eachother sometime although my family uses the car too =P
i don\'t really enjoy going to FMP or Pacific, parking is just too crazy for me

3sWhite

11-02-2004, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by autoexe

white hatches are so rare!! I wanted one bad but I didn\'t want to wait

woohoo for titanium grey :sarc at least it gives me motivation to mod it and make it different :)

btw I\'ve seen a white hatch around with HIDs...I wonder if that was you

hi autoexe, yea white is my 1st choice and i knew i had to get it even though it\'s the last one in the dealer and it\'s fully loaded (don\'t really need leather / roof) but whatever =P.. t-grey is my 2nd choice too but may be it\'s just me, i see a lot of t-greys on the road now ;)

i \"think\" there\'s another white hatch w/ HID around the area? but i\'m not sure.. could be me

Xenon

11-02-2004, 11:23 PM

Wejidas? Could be him....

///M

11-03-2004, 02:37 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

Originally posted by wtom

Oh we have Spy vs Spy now hahaha j/k Yep if the blue hatch is on that small street, it\'ll be parked at the far east end of the street... my gf\'s home is one of those units. Next time I will try to say hi to you. Finally seeing more 3 owners who actually LIKE their car (and not just driving the car) joining this forum... hehehe

Yep I will be paying a freelancer to come install my HID kit as well. I\'m not an electrical person either... don\'t want to destroy the expensive stuff by one touch.

Now that you say there are two white hatches total, I think so too... you often go to FMP?? It\'s full of hatches now... everytime I go I see at least one blue, one white, and one gray...

yea, i\'m sure we\'ll see eachother sometime although my family uses the car too =P
i don\'t really enjoy going to FMP or Pacific, parking is just too crazy for me

A while back I went to the place near highway7/404 with a bunch of restaurants etc and I saw a total of 5 white hatches in the parking lot...crazy...

RedRaptor

11-03-2004, 11:43 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

Originally posted by RedRaptor

Originally posted by 3sWhite
as for the HID and DRL to fog, i actually paid a guy to install for me, he\'s a freelancer and he knows what he\'s doing so i figured i\'d save my brain cell :zzz

What is this Freelancer\'s name? Do you have his contact information? Would it happen to be Sam Peng?

RedRaptor, yeah, it\'s Sam =P

Hey,

How long ago did you get yours done by Sam? Are you happy with the result and are you having any issues since the HID install?

Tell us more about the procedure and what he had to cut up in terms of wires.

Thanks.

bluntman

11-03-2004, 11:59 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite

i \"think\" there\'s another white hatch w/ HID around the area? but i\'m not sure.. could be me

He goes by the nickname \"Wejidas\". He got is kit locally and had it installed in the spring. It\'s a white hatch with bronze/gold anodized Koenig rims. He came to one of the TM3 meets in the summer.

wtom

11-03-2004, 12:14 PM

Originally posted by bluntman

He goes by the nickname \"Wejidas\". He got is kit locally and had it installed in the spring. It\'s a white hatch with bronze/gold anodized Koenig rims. He came to one of the TM3 meets in the summer.

Spy Update; supposedly he\'s gotten an aftermarket body kit on his car now after damaging his stock bumper by hitting (accidentally) a raccoon... :)

Not 100% tho, I believe he is in Hong Kong right now... did a search in Mazda3Forums... hehe (RedRaptor, that\'s why he hasn\'t replied your inquiry about his HID\'s bouncing around)

RedRaptor

11-03-2004, 12:52 PM

I\'ve seen 3sWhite\'s car a few months back for sure, unless there is a 3rd Mazda3 Arctic white with HIDs?
:hoho

I haven\'t seen any Winning Blue with HIDs yet...although...there could be one very soon. ;)

Bodykit? Whoa. I\'m going to be embarrased to go to any TM3 future meets with my stock car.:sarc

///M

11-03-2004, 02:05 PM

Wejidas has a very nice car...can\'t wait to see his new kit.

majic

11-03-2004, 03:26 PM

Originally posted by RedRaptor

Bodykit? Whoa. I\'m going to be embarrased to go to any TM3 future meets with my stock car.:sarc

don\'t be.. i show up w/o a car :p

wtom

11-03-2004, 05:34 PM

Originally posted by RedRaptor

I haven\'t seen any Winning Blue with HIDs yet...although...there could be one very soon. ;)

Make that two!!! Unless you did mean me all this time?

I hope 3sWhite replies before 7pm Thursday about the other details of Sams work... i\'m too eager to see the triple brightness hehehe

RedRaptor

11-03-2004, 05:53 PM

Originally posted by wtom
Make that two!!! Unless you did mean me all this time?

wtom,

I was talking about you. :hoho

I\'ll be waiting for a review on Friday morning on TM3.com with your HIDs installed and your DRL fogs.;)

wtom

11-03-2004, 05:57 PM

Hey RedRaptor you\'re still coming by Thur 7pm right? MajesticBlueN is...

anyone else want to come watch Sam install the McCulloch HID kit? hahaha... mini east side meet at my house... DOH :)

RedRaptor

11-03-2004, 06:04 PM

wtom,

Hahaha...so its a house party now with Sam Peng! hahaha, this is too much. He\'s going to get \"blitzed\" by the number of eyes watching him rewire your DRLs. Yeah I\'ll swing by tomorrow night and check it out.:p

3sWhite

11-03-2004, 07:05 PM

Originally posted by RedRaptor

Hey,

How long ago did you get yours done by Sam? Are you happy with the result and are you having any issues since the HID install?

Tell us more about the procedure and what he had to cut up in terms of wires.

Thanks.

Hi RedRaptor (boy, games\'s on tonite, houston is gonna teach raps a lesson though)

Sam did mine way back as in june? i really forgot. Overall I\'m VERY happy with the results it\'s not completely no issues though, my passenger side HID has about 1/50 chance that it wouldn\'t light up, i knew it has to do with the wiring because he had to extend the wires somehow and i\'m pretty sure it\'s just a connector issue and it\'s definitely fixable. It doesn\'t bother me crazy cause as soon as i realize this, i can turn the lights switch off and on again and 10/10 times it\'ll go on again? Am i confusing you guys?

in terms of leveling, although i can move the bulb around and the beams will go up and down, so it\'s not sitting in PERFECTLY so to speak, but then it really didn\'t matter either since it seems to sit in there happily, i never have any issues with it.. as in i never get head on car high beam me saying i\'m too bright or something, i don\'t know, may be you \"spys\" out there know better? :p

As for the procedure, i wish i can help you out on that, but i\'m really not up to level in terms of the work that he did.. i think i maxed out on my knowledge on the door sills.. all i saw was he wired couple things thru the firewall

Sam is a very nice guy, he promised that i can just give him a call anytime if i have any issues.

hope this helps

3sWhite

11-03-2004, 07:08 PM

Originally posted by wtom

Hey RedRaptor you\'re still coming by Thur 7pm right? MajesticBlueN is...

anyone else want to come watch Sam install the McCulloch HID kit? hahaha... mini east side meet at my house... DOH :)

hi wtom, where are you (approx? Markham area?) meeting Sam?
may be i can swing by and ask him to make sure my wiring are 100%
plus i got couple questions for him anyways

let me know what area or PM me if you\'d like, thanks

RedRaptor

11-04-2004, 01:37 AM

3swhite,

Thanks for the information. PM wtom and I\'m sure he\'ll let you hang out at the mini meet at his garbage. It will be a good idea if you stop by since you\'ll have more good questions for Sam.

chaser

11-04-2004, 02:00 AM

i wish i could drop by for wtom\'s HID Showcase directed by Sam ... :sarc

Originally posted by 3sWhite
Hi RedRaptor (boy, games\'s on tonite, houston is gonna teach raps a lesson though)

hehe, rockets learned a lesson instead :p

wtom

11-04-2004, 11:59 AM

I\'ll be editing this information out after tonight;

Address ** ******** ******
Cell ***-***-****

it\'s 15 mins drive from you, 3sWhite :)
chaser, feel free to come by too

EDIT: WOW we went WAY off topic... BUT this is lounge :p BTW, please call me before you go to my home tonight, thx!

RedRaptor

11-04-2004, 12:14 PM

wtom,

I will give you a call if I come by, no worries. Does Sam know he is getting a crowd tonight? haha. Should you maybe call him and ask him if its alright? He\'s going to be expecting a routine install when he suddenly sees a bunch of Mazda3s parked in your driveway. Maybe he\'ll be mistaken which car he needs to install the HIDs on and one lucky Winning Blue will get HIDs compliments of wtom. :p

wtom

11-04-2004, 12:34 PM

Hehehe that\'ll be your 6/49 jackpot then, RedRaptor? :)

I called Sam, he is partially okay... he requests for everyone else to come at 8:30pm. So looks like he wants to keep his work private.

So if you\'re wanting to drop by my home, please come around
8:30pm

Thanks! This is by request of Sam, not myself.

RedRaptor

11-04-2004, 02:30 PM

Originally posted by 3sWhite
in terms of leveling, although i can move the bulb around and the beams will go up and down, so it\'s not sitting in PERFECTLY so to speak, but then it really didn\'t matter either since it seems to sit in there happily,

3swhite,

When you checked out your bulbs in your housing, what did Sam use to hold the bulbs in place? A lot of the owners with aftermarket HID kits are suggesting to use rubber gromments to keep the HID bulb TIGHT and SNUG in the socket.

Could you tell us what Sam uses? Or even take a picture? Perphaps if you want your bulbs to be in more tight, you can use the rubber grommets method by getting some at HomeDepot and securing the HID bulb.

3sWhite

11-04-2004, 11:42 PM

Originally posted by wtom

Hehehe that\'ll be your 6/49 jackpot then, RedRaptor? :)

I called Sam, he is partially okay... he requests for everyone else to come at 8:30pm. So looks like he wants to keep his work private.

So if you\'re wanting to drop by my home, please come around
8:30pm

Thanks! This is by request of Sam, not myself.

sorry guys, got stuck at work, couldn\'t come tonight

wtom

11-05-2004, 01:14 AM

No worries, 3sWhite, Sam says for you to give him a call! He does remember where you live and your driving a white 3... and he says he can recognize your face if he sees you again. :)

He is a very nice guy! A+ job on mine!

EDIT: My \"HIDs Installed\" post; http://torontomazda3.com/forum/read.php?TID=891#12312 :D

3sWhite

11-05-2004, 11:13 AM

Originally posted by wtom

No worries, 3sWhite, Sam says for you to give him a call! He does remember where you live and your driving a white 3... and he says he can recognize your face if he sees you again. :)

He is a very nice guy! A+ job on mine!

EDIT: My \"HIDs Installed\" post; http://torontomazda3.com/forum/read.php?TID=891#12312 :D

thanks wtom, surprised that he still remember me (how i look and where i live?? ;) )
i guess i\'ll give him a call some other time, may be i can tell him about the door sills i\'ve installed and talk him into installing it for those who doesn\'t want to do it themselves (for a reasonable fee of course?) ??

RedRaptor

11-05-2004, 11:24 AM

Originally posted by 3sWhite
may be i can tell him about the door sills i\'ve installed and talk him into installing it for those who doesn\'t want to do it themselves (for a reasonable fee of course?) ??

Wow...thats a great idea. Or you can perform the installation and you can be the next mobile door sills installer?;)

Good to have you onboard here and giving us feedback about the whole HID installation by Sam. A lot of us are first car owners and a little vary of having electrical mods done. After hearing your review and seeing the last half of the installation at wtom\'s house last night, I\'m convinced that I\'m getting my HIDs done by Sam.

wtom: Did Sam have to extend your wires also as 3swhite mentioned? I wasn\'t there yet for that part of the installation.

Anyways, its time for me to pretend to be bluntman and say

continue discussion here (http://torontomazda3.com/forum/read.php?TID=891&page=1)

:sarc