I have had my 3 for a little over a year. It is a 2004 Mazda3i in Nordic green, with two tone beige and black interior, fully loaded mt. I have not seen another Nordic Green 3 any where i have traveled, which is Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, New York. I was wondering if anyone else had a 3 in this color. I am thinking about getting new headers, exhaust, intake, pulleys, and a short shifter. Does anyone have any suggestion for these aftermarket parts? Thanks.

Hey! I have the 2004 mazda 3 type i... in nordic green as well!
I think I have only seen ONE other one in the whole state of texas! haha.
But yeah everyone compliments me on the color, im not much for green but when I saw it had the cool metallic and glitter in the paint plus it was dark, almost looked black or dark blue when not in the sunlight, I loved it! And I like it the more I drive it. but yeah I haven;t seen any pix of the nordic green mazda 3's on cardomain at all, and I see everything on there! But I have one if you wanted to know! :)

That's awesome. I love the two tone interior. Apparently I was one of 2 people who got in in the midwest which includes 10 states. The color is awesome it looks like 3 colors depending on the distance and sunlight. Has anyone modified a 3i?

I believe so...Well if you go to www.cardomain.com they have tons of Mazda 3's on there.
i's and s's.... I am not sure if I will modify anything on mine just because I did that with my 94 Integra and it almost seems like it wasn't worth it unless you really are going to go all out. Plus right now there aren't a whole lot of mod's out there yet for the 3.

I got my Nordic Green Mazda3i on August 1st. Funny how it happened. Originally I liked the Strato Blue but when I saw it in person I didn't like it at all. Plus, I had been driving a blue Mustang that was practically the same color. I liked the red but was afraid of that old myth about people who drive red cars gets pulled over more often. Then I saw a green one and was quite surprised by it. Any pictures of the green on Mazda's website make it look like a bright green but in person it's really dark with the metallic paint. I haven't seen any others so far, plenty of Titanium Gray, plenty of Winning Blue, plenty of silver, no green. That makes my car stand out even more. I love that it has the beige interior as well, seeing as how many people complain of the heat and the black interior. I think I made a wise choice!

I soo agree! I am the only one (besides one other car i saw) in texas that i know of!
I love the color and its not a tacky green! And the interior does help alot that its part tan and part black... only problem is that the tan seats stain easily! so be careful! (even water)

I do think we all made a wise decision!! :D

So far no stains! This is the first time I've had a car with light colored interior. It's usually been boring ol' gray. I promised myself that the next car I got would NOT have gray interior. I'd much rather worry about stains than it be hotter than Hades with the black interior during the summer. Sure it LOOKS cool but how cool can a person look with sweat dripping down their face?

Very true! I accidently had my windows cracked (barely!) one day when i was at work and it just started pouring outta no where (happens alot here in texas!) and it was like diagonal rain so i ran outside and closed them. Little did I know, like 2 days later, you could see where the water sank down into the passenger seat... its like a little water stain... hopefully it will go away or something. [:'(]

and you're right about the heat! i should know! my other car (white integra) has grey interior ... but with a white car you cant really tell with the heat compared to a dark car with dark interior... i do like dark interior alittle better than light... i guess because you cant see marks and stains as well. it does fade easier though than a light interior.

but so far i love my car and will just enjoy it more the longer i have it! i love the paint, the green mica alot! see all the sparkles! :)
no other car has the cool comlplexion of the mazda color that i have seen.
i havent even seen another green mica mazda 3 ! :)

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That sucks about your passenger seat. I, too, live in Texas and I know how unpredictable the weather can be. I keep my windows up all the time when it's parked. I know it gets hotter that way but I'm so paranoid about people breaking into my car that I don't ever crack them. I know, I know. If a person wants to get into my car they'll find a way. Guess it's the false sense of security that I can't give up.

I wonder if you can put some sort of ScotchGuard on the seats to keep them from staining because no matter how careful we are something will inevitably happen.

Yes I know... Texas is very very unpredictable...!

Thats one thing I was going to ask.. do you know anything that will take stains out of seats that have been there for awhile?

I have one on the driver's seat, looks gross! Not that big, but since the seats are tan, you can see everything! Haha...let me know your suggestions.. thanks!

By the way-- Where in Texas do you live?
I am in Dallas (Richardson-Plano area)

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Actually, I live in the Mesquite area but I work in Richardson. Small world, huh?

Gosh, I don't know what to use to get out stains. If I were you I'd do some internet research for products to use on cars. I wouldn't just use any plain stain remover because you just never know how it's going to affect the material and the last thing you'd want is to replace the stain with damage to the seat. What a nightmare that would be! Surely there has to be special products only intended for cleaning car seats. I'll check around too to see what I can find.

Here's a helpful article for cleaning your car:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1734321

Thanks soo much! I needed that... hopefully I will find a way... I am pretty busy so we'll see..

I'll remember to keep you posted!

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Actually I just saw one in Baton Rouge and was thinking"dam that looks awesome!" The green looks very dark and has a nice luster. Odd thing is that the usual "2.3L" logo on the front doors was accompanied with red letters which were in Italics and a bit larger that the numbers.( I think SP but I am not sure). Is there a special Mazda 3 the dealership didnt tell me about that I SHOULD know about? Mine doesnt have SP on it although I have a sport with all the trimmings and extras. I thought my Mazda 3 looked dam good but that one was duh bomb! I got kinda jealous. The interior was so sexy with that burgendy leather. And the paint seemed a better quality. I have a Titanium great with black leather. Would you post a pic of your car please? Thanks

I cant post n e pix of my nordic green 3 yet.. i havent had time to take any! :(

But yeah the paint has alot of mica in it, gives it that sparkle color.. and i dont think any other 3's paint has it! the "SP" emblem on the side of the car means "special edition" ... and whats weird is i only thought they made the special edition in that dark grey mica color... hmmm.. maybe they just put the badge on.. who knows...

new to me...

but yea i think i love my car more than any other on the 3's... i like the white paint alot too... i used to have a white car and thats a good color!
I'll try to post pix of my car asap!

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