i got my 3 hatch, used...its an 2005 in superios conditionwith 22k miles on it and i payed only 12,000USD...amazing deal, i know! my friend works at a large mazda dealership here in NJ so he found me exactly what i wa slooking for

 

shaved

 

Agreed. Shave them side-moldin'. They don't do much anyway.
If you're worried I can tell you that before I did mine I too worried about dings, but 2 years later.... nothing. I get more stones chips on the from end than door dings. It makes the body look soooo clean.
Now to delete the turn signal repeaters.....

 

you know what. i really like the side mouldings. im not sure why. it just looks really good IMO. as well as those turn signals. those turn signal things really are quite neat. ohh btw 600 POSTS yeea. only 142 more posts and i will be beating mrspike

 

I have the 2.0i touring model and I am very happy with it, except that you can't get power locks and windows without being forced to buy the extra airbags and ABS too. The 2.0 has good power for an economy car, and it has 16inch wheels and the spoiler. It costed around 18,500 overall, when we bought it, then a couple months ago prices went way down so we got screwed I guess.

 

And you had a problem w/that? ^ ^ ^ I'd want the air bags and certainly the ABS (and got them too.) And yeah, 18.5k sounds a bit high for a base i model.

 

Of course you do! You're Canadian!! [sm=icon_rofl.gif] [sm=chairshot.gif]
One of these days soon, and I have to have my grill painted... and get a GV lip too, I'm gonna install LED side mirrors and have the bs fill those stupid holes in the fenders for those stupid turn signal repeaters and I'm gonna have one of the cleanest sided Mazda3 HB's around... turbo or non-turbo.
So there!!!!!

 

i think im gonna cry for that comment lol. its not cuz im canadian.. its because i like the look of them. im sure there are americans that like them too. bahaha take that

 

OK. We'll put it to a vote. Here are two pics of my car. One is original, the othera"chop" of what it might look like w/o molding (the molding has actually been gone for well over a year now) and repeaters.
What do you guys think?

 

My 3 S HB was 19125 on the sticker, only option was the A/T, but I got it for S plan so it was a little less [8D]
Virgin, is the molding taped on? If so I see a lot smoother side in the near future.