ANY INFO ON THE MX-3 EQUIPE
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Special Offers:
The official 1993 the 'special edition' was only in white, with different wheels and interior.
They made post 1993 Special Editions in Black with leather stitched gearknob and leather look black 3/4 panels in the back. They also say that they are special editions on the sticker near the drivers door latch.
In the UK there was also the 'Equipe' and the 'Gold Label' Editions.
You can spot a gold label as the badge on the back and the center caps on the wheels are gold. ( only ever seen one of these )
The nicest from factory Special Edition I've seen was a black 94 special edition with black full leather seats, leather gearknob, leather look (spongy vynal) 3/4 panels in the rear with all black door cards.
93 SE, post 93 Special Editions, Equipe and Gold Label have a higher insurance group with some insurers, but not with others?
All the special editions are rated with a higher BHP, but I spoke to a friend at mazda about this who thought it would just have been the true power rating compared to the 130 bhp general rating of the MX-3, as they were never really marketed as one of mazdas proper sporty cars it didn't matter and lower insurance etc would have been better for the car sales.
As far as he could find out there was no known power differences.
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I went for a drive in an SE from car sales about 10 months ago that was up for £2495 it was the white but had tan suede and black leather throughout but that drove and felt just like a standard MX
The Equipe I have has a very different engine note and sounds much tighter than the standard car I have.
I did have a 91 model as well as my R plate last year and my father found a couple of differences that mazda had done like thermostat casings were different but the one thing was very noticeable was the engine note but this equipe does not sound like either but I will keep digging
Thanks for the info
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Possibly just well looked after with the differnce in tone also one of the previous owners could have done a number of things to improve the handling.
Yeh keep digging mate, very interesting.
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are those OEM mazda wheels??
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@c1974d3f5b=Mooneggs:
are those OEM mazda wheels??
Yes they are.
I have also found something else that was only available on the "EQUIPE" all the locks have lights fitted in them connected to the ignition key light all the door locks have a light inside them so the key holes glow in the dark.
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My car has those lights in the keyholes too :P
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key whole lights??? is that what the two wires by the door lock on the inside the door shell are for
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@27a19c6f81=jon_young:
key whole lights??? is that what the two wires by the door lock on the inside the door shell are for
I've heard of this as a factory option… don't think it was available in North America...
I also found this picture of the brochure for the Equipe Edition!
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Nice brochure, will try and source one, thats exactly the one I have on the front now that I have started cleaning it. I expect there arent many of these brochures around as they only sold them here for 12 weeks !!!
Have just found another in a car sales - link at bottom !!!
Just had the valeters quote for cleaning the white velvet seats up + the furnisher to do the torn front seat, the engine has had a major service just brakes to do all round where its been sat outside and found that crap piece of metal they use to hold the number plate lights up has rusted away like the first one I had so will be making a couple of black plastic covers to fit in the slots then use a pair of white led windscreen washer jets to light the plate up, its easy to do and looks good when its done
Key hole lights, yes mine seem to come on when you pull the door handle then the slot lights up.
I havent had the door cards off yet so havent seen whats in there yet but never seen one that does that before this one.
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Just to update, I have now found a sales brochure for the equipe. :)
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@d1f845bfa6=djmarcopolo:
Just to update, I have now found a sales brochure for the equipe. :)
ok…so the pics of this brochure?? :D
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Sorry, tried everything to keep the flash reflection off, this is the best of a lot
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just front and back?
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Thats it, usually these are about 6 pages but I suppose it wouldnt make economic sense to make them for a car on a 3 month run
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Hi guys, I'm a newbie here, I've just bought the MX-3 Equipe that djmarcopolo posted a link to! I love it!
I've got a couple of questions that hopefully someone can help me out with:
There's a few things that i need to sort out, firstly, the passenger side front fog light, i need a new lens as the current one is cracked, anyone know where i can get one from?
Also, where can i get a key to unlock/remove the wheel centres? its like a locking wheel stud shaped key, but not actually on the wheel stud. (if that makes sense)
djmarcopolo a question for you - in your post where you put the link to the SMC website, the bit about the valeters quote, the engine having a major service, brakes need doing etc… is that for your car, or the one in the link (my car :D)?
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**I'd wager that this key will probably still be with the car in one of four places:
1. Glove box (too obvious, I know)
2. Centre console (the cubby or the little flip up one below the stereo)
3. Driver's side coin store (above the bonnet release - I didn't even know this existed until I'd had the car 18 months)
4. Spare wheel well.**
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I'll take that wager, i could do with some extra cash…..
Tried all of those, nothing doing.
I have managed to bodge my way around it with a couple of screwdrivers, but does somewhat make me look like i'm nicking the wheels!
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**I didn't say I was wagering cash… :D
If it's not tucked away somewhere in the car or paperwork, you'll probably be looking at a trip to a Mazda dealer with either the car or a wheel (and a V5C and your driving licence) for a replacement part.
Nice variant, the Equipe. Though I'd have to remove the lime green strip from the sides - Noble Green is too nice a colour to sully like that.**
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@2b6bf8e296=tk240z:
Hi There's a few things that i need to sort out, firstly, the passenger side front fog light, i need a new lens as the current one is cracked, anyone know where i can get one from?
I see quite a few on Ebay or maybe you can check your local wreckers… also maybe one of the guys has one on here. I think you can post a WTB (want to buy) to see if anyone has one.
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@f8debc0a68=tk240z:
Hi guys, I'm a newbie here, I've just bought the MX-3 Equipe that djmarcopolo posted a link to! I love it!
I've got a couple of questions that hopefully someone can help me out with:
There's a few things that i need to sort out, firstly, the passenger side front fog light, i need a new lens as the current one is cracked, anyone know where i can get one from?
Also, where can i get a key to unlock/remove the wheel centres? its like a locking wheel stud shaped key, but not actually on the wheel stud. (if that makes sense)
djmarcopolo a question for you - in your post where you put the link to the SMC website, the bit about the valeters quote, the engine having a major service, brakes need doing etc… is that for your car, or the one in the link (my car :D)?
Hiya, hope you bought a good one, there's not many around of the equipes as far as I can find it was less than 100 for the whole of europe and that one had the aircon added as an extra.
The center caps on mine seem to just open with a screwdriver too, I dont know if you wheels are standard as mine are a mess and on the list of things to do, the alloys where painted silver up to the fake studs on the rim, along that band and to the outer rim the wheels were polished alloy and lacquered and that was the main identity with the 323 (green??) paint job.
If you look in the UK ONLY section of the site, you will find there was someone selling a set of fog lights quite cheap, if not ebay have quite a few being broken at the moment.As for the bits being done to my vehicle, I have a local valeters booked to do the seats only for £20 for the lot as mine are quite dirty and the valeter says he has stuff to make them look like new. The tear in the seat I am having done by a guy who does yacht covers, to replace the damaged leather I have bought a pair of leather trousers that match perfectly from a charity shop for £3.20. If I remove the seat cover myself he will repair the whole of one side on the drivers seat for £20 and match in the turquoise stitching that is unique to the equipe.
The major service my dad ended up doing, its a big job changing the cambelt and just the 2 of us spent 14hrs in total doing it and water pump (recommend you do both in one hit soon if you have no history of it being done)
The best way is to get the cambelt and waterpump yourself from a motor factors, then look for a mobile mechanic that does not have the overheads, my dad is a mobile mechanic and he quotes £150 - 200 for the labour to do an mx3 cambelt + waterpump - MAZDA charge near on £700Just PM me if you anymore info Famine
I have posted pics of mine in the mx3 project section, start your own project page off and lets have some pics of it
http://www.uk-mx3.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2327
