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Old May-14th-2007 | 09:11 PM
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^sweet ride, what part of the blue ridge parkway you near?
Old May-14th-2007 | 09:22 PM
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you could save yourself several thousands of dollars by not buying the standalone, injectors, valve springs, intake, etc...

these will be duplicates of what already comes in the Hiboost kit (minus the worthless valve springs)

V.S.'s are only worth the cost if you plan on running the engine above 7k rpms frequently and you don't want to float a valve.
Old May-14th-2007 | 09:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Jackelope
^sweet ride, what part of the blue ridge parkway you near?
the pisga side im not for sure but i know i go through cruso and sometimes through sunburst if your not from here its hard to explain but i can get on the parkway in about 30 different places within 15-20 miles or so im almost as far as you can go in wnc without being in tennessee
Old May-14th-2007 | 09:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Roddimus Prime
you could save yourself several thousands of dollars by not buying the standalone, injectors, valve springs, intake, etc...

these will be duplicates of what already comes in the Hiboost kit (minus the worthless valve springs)

V.S.'s are only worth the cost if you plan on running the engine above 7k rpms frequently and you don't want to float a valve.
good info thanks i havent done any research yet that was just a list of ideas to work off of.....but do you think i can still use that intake with the turbo cause i really like that one better???
Old May-14th-2007 | 10:42 PM
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First order of business should be to ditch the hubcaps and get an actual set of rims

Congrats on the new ride!
Old May-14th-2007 | 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by BOOSTD 7
First order of business should be to ditch the hubcaps and get an actual set of rims

Congrats on the new ride!
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First mod: Rims
Old May-14th-2007 | 11:21 PM
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ok ok i get it ill get some rims first just for you all lol now find me a good set for next to free and we will all be good
Old May-14th-2007 | 11:40 PM
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if you're looking for "next to free: then you're just wishfull thinking on any of those other mods.

I'd suggest making a REASONAbLE list of mods you want to do and start from there.
Old May-15th-2007 | 01:14 AM
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What kind of rims would you be in the market for? You gotta let us know what you like in order for us to help you.

I personally would say black would be perfect with the color of the car, and 17" should be plenty big. As sweet looking as 18" rims are, they're kinda overkill on our little cars, and they just make maintenance a pain in the ***. Your speedometer would be off, rims are expensive, tires are quite expensive, and you could kiss your gas mileage goodbye..
Old May-15th-2007 | 09:44 AM
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I love the color. I bought a Plum-colored Subie back when the Impreza first came out...my wife almost left me over it, lol.
Old May-15th-2007 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by KrayzieFox
What kind of rims would you be in the market for? You gotta let us know what you like in order for us to help you.

I personally would say black would be perfect with the color of the car, and 17" should be plenty big. As sweet looking as 18" rims are, they're kinda overkill on our little cars, and they just make maintenance a pain in the ***. Your speedometer would be off, rims are expensive, tires are quite expensive, and you could kiss your gas mileage goodbye..
yea 18's to big for that car and i love my gas mileage lol but yea i was thinkin black 17's between 5-15 spoke wheels possably chrome lip with black spokes that would be a classy look for the car i think and i can get good deals on tires from discounttiredirect.com i get a discount from them so tires should not be a big deal but im probably looking to spend between $200 for a used set up to say less than $800 for a new set(without tires)
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You like these? They can be yours for $700 + shipping

Old May-15th-2007 | 11:56 PM
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that spoke "style" isnt really what im lookin

what doy you think about these wheels
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di...100&vid=009749
and these tires
http://www.discounttiredirect.com/di....3&rd=17&ar=50

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Old May-16th-2007 | 12:02 AM
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now im irratated on the discounttiredirect website on the place where you can view wheels on your car how can they have the 07 mazda cx7 on there but not any year of the mazda 3 it is way more popular and common im confused
Old May-16th-2007 | 12:15 AM
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fyi. most if not all new mazda's use the same 5x114.3 bolt pattern.
so u can use mazda miata rims, mx5, RX8, mazda6, etc rims....
but i since ur car is purple....stick with some light colour rims...
so...um, geeze purple is a hard colour to work with.....



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