Hello
Virgin 1 knows me from other forums and I hope to contribute some info now and again.
I will tackle just about anything.
I do headlight retrofits for cars that don't come standard with HID projectors. The 3 will get a retrofit as well, when I get sometime. Yes, yes it has projectors but they are halogen not HID and with the HID bulbs put in to halogen projectors throws off the focus a bit. It just give me an excuse to crack open another set of headlights
I traded in a 2006 vibe awd that at one point was turboed. It was and is the only known AWD vibe/matrix that was ever turboed.
It was time to move on and I took my time test driving and researching lots of info about various cars.

I settled on the 2.0 skyactiv. I look forward to modding it a bit. Nothing as drastic as I went with my last car. I'm looking for MPG now not speed.
Well cya around the handcleaner...


Well here is my virgin
2012 Mazda 3, five door, skyactiv, indigo lights paint, dune interior. - YouTube

 

Hi there, Keith. Welcome to the dark side(?)!!

Yes Folks, I have pointed several of you in Keith's direction when asked about retrofits. He does nice work, so if looking to go all the way with your headlights, contact him for further details. He cando the work for you, or point you in the right direction so that you can do the work yourself.

My wife and I bought a used 2006 Vibe over two yrs ago which she drives and so I signed up on GenVibe.com, also a very nice site with a lot of helpful tips and members. That's where I met Keith, almost right off the bat!! Even before the turbo install, his Vibe was hard to miss.
On that site he was awarded MOTM (Member of the month,) and VOTM (Vibe of the month) many times over the years he was there. The crowning achievement was winning VOTY (Vibe of the year) in 2010, and was again consiidered for that award in 2011. I can tell you they were well deserved acolades.

I also followed the build of his prototype low-boost turbo install. A lot of cutom built pieces plus trial and error. After a few missteps they got it ruinning properly, but he never gave up on it. And we all should know how frustrating and expensive it can be when things don't always work out as planned on the first try.

As a side note, and though we've never met in person, Keith is also from my very own home city in NE Pa.

 

Thanks Richard. I'll lend a hand to help anyone in my area that might need it as I hope to find a few new Mazda owner friends at the same time.
Ordered a bunch of things yesterday.... Haven't even had the car for a week and already ordering things to change it LOL
Got pricing to add an amp, sub to the stock system which i thought was a bit out of the price range but I'll poke around crutchfield to see what I can come up with. Might have to make a custom box built in to the side wall.