Hey my name is mark, im 31 and a mobth away from graduating from automotive service tech program. I have recent purchaused a 2012 mazda 3 2.0 non skyactive fogured id register o the forums and say hello. Pics of the car

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Hey Mark!! Welcome aboard, and to the greater Mazda family.
It'll be interesting to see what you do to your car (and how) since many of us here are backyard mechanics, and/or former pros. In my case I was a pro, but years ago and as you know things have changed radically since then.

 

Catback, sri, tint, factory spoiler and skirts. Thats on the top of the to do list. I own an aging mk4 golf with loads of mods. I try to keep it simple and mostly oem looking

 

I'm cool with that. As you can see, I'm much the same way, save for a few personalized visuals.
You might check out the local bone yards for the OE stuff. Sometimes you can get good deals on wheels too. Center bore on the wheels is 67.1, offset +50mm, bolt circle 5x114.3. I wouldn't stray too far from either. About +42 is about as far a you can go with the offset before causing problems for a DD.
Just my 0.02.