GUIDE: USDM vs. JDM vs. ESPEC Mx6 w/ Pictures

**Chefsp0t** · 7-6-08, 23:43

I am planning on making this thread a closed sticky eventually but I wanted to open it up to everyone who has input, ideas, or better/different pictures than I do. The whole idea behind this thread is to make a guide with pictures of the different STOCK/FACTORY OPTION parts available for the Mx6 in different countries.

I took some of the ideas from This thread (A-Spec, E-Spec and J-Spec ???), corrected them, and added pictures to suit my needs. I know that this is going to be a LOT of work but I think that it will help the community a lot and make our forums better.

IF YOU HAVE BETTER PICTURES OR IDEAS, PLEASE POST THEM HERE AND I WILL EDIT THE THREAD TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING BEFORE MAKING IT A STICKY AND CLOSING IT. If you add pictures that I feel better illustrate the part(s) in question, I will copy it to my Photobucket and link it from there so that, as long as my Photobucket exists, the images in the thread will work. I REALLY don't want to duplicate pictures in this thread so I will need help.

Let's get started!

ALSO, PLEASE KEEP UNRELATED COMMENTS TO A MINIMUM OR TAKE THEM TO PM'S. I will be deleting unnecessary posts to keep the clutter down.

ASPEC- Models available in North America, LHD

OBD1 from 1993-1995, OBD2 from 1996-1997 (some late model 1995 models may be OBD2), Only driver's side air bag in 1993, Dual air bags from 1994-1997

JSPEC- Models available in Japan and Australia, RHD

OBD1 from 1992-1995, OBD2 from 1996-1997 (some late model 1995 models may be OBD2), 4WS Optional, Only driver's side air bag in 1993, Dual air bags from 1994-1997

ESPEC- Models available in Europe, RHD or LHD (depending on location)

OBD1 from 1992-1995, OBD2 from 1996-1997 (some late model 1995 models may be OBD2), 4WS Optional, Only driver's side air bag in 1993, Dual air bags from 1994-1997

EXTERIOR

Headlights
ASPEC- 2 Piece NON-Projector, plastic lens

JSPEC- 1 Piece Projector, plastic lens

ESPEC- 2 Piece Projector with electric height adjustment, glass lens, and city light

The city light is blue in this picture

Fog lights
ASPEC- Single Bulb Lamp with plastic lens

JSPEC- 2 Bulbs - 1 Fog Lamp and 1 Turn Signal Indicator with plastic lens

ESPEC- Single Bulb GLASS Lamp With Chrome Surround some come with yellow insert

Front Bumpers
ASPEC- Amber Side Markers are installed on bumper

JSPEC- No Side Markers, slightly different shape than ASPEC

ESPEC- No Side Markers, slightly different shape than ASPEC

Fenders
ASPEC- No Side Markers

JSPEC- Amber Side Markers are Stock

ESPEC- Amber Side Markers are Stock (??)

Mud flaps
ASPEC, ESPEC, and JSPEC-
1993-94: bigger style, body color, rear flaps optional

1995-97: front wheels only, smaller style, black plastic

Sideview Mirrors
ASPEC- Non-Folding mirrors, some are heated, some are blue tinted

JSPEC- Power Folding Mirrors, some with blue tint

Folding mirror button in OEM position

ESPEC- Manual Folding Mirrors, some with blue tint

**Chefsp0t** · 7-6-08, 23:43

Tail Lights
ASPEC- Amber turn signal indicator.

M-Edition's Offer All Red Tails with Clear reverse light indicators on both sides

JSPEC- Has slightly larger turn signal indicators with clear reverse light indicators on both sides

ESPEC- Has slightly larger turn signal indicators. On the RHD cars the right taillight have a red fog light in place of the reverse light and on LHD the left taillight have a red fog light in place of the reverse light

Rear Bumpers
ASPEC- Red Side Markers are installed on bumper

JSPEC- No Side Markers

ESPEC- No Side Markers - longer space for license plates

Wheels: ASPEC, ESPEC, and JSPEC(??)

Stock 2G Mx6 wheels have a 5x114 bolt pattern with an offset of 42 and a hub diameter of 62mm

15" Wheels- 93-94: "flower" design

95-97: 5 spoke design

1996 M-edition Gold wheels (ASPEC only)

OPTIONAL BODY PARTS

Mazdaspeed parts (JSPEC only)

Interesting note: since Mazdaspeed items were a hot copy item in the 90's, if all it has is a sticker, it's likely a taiwanese or chinese copy. There's a small chance MS removed the FG stamping in later years/runs of certain items but this is unconfirmed. Mazdaspeed sides, lip, wing, rims, exhaust, etc. should all have hard stamping. On the body parts, this would be a raised lettering emboss. The wing had a reverse emboss. The rims have it stamped on the inside lip, with a reverse emboss on the hub side of the rim as well. The exhaust has it etched.

Here's a shot of the products available.

Also note: The rear pieces shown in the pictures of the silver car are NOT Mazdaspeed pieces. The kit only offered a front lip, side skirts, and a spoiler.

Mazdaspeed front lip

Mazdaspeed side skirts

Mazdaspeed spoiler

Mazdaspeed reflector

Mazdaspeed wheels

Mazdaspeed muffler (??)
Mazdaspeed airbox (??)
there was a mazdaspeed airbox available... but i've never seen anyone here with it...

it was an inline filter sort of like that, with a slightly different looking inlet up front. It ran full width of the hood, and required cutting of the half rubber section on the hood (to a full length section cut out) - there was also no box, nor resonator. I've seen exactly one picture of this years ago and actually think it's a great design. There were no pics of stampings or anything like that so i can't speak about that.

LSi Appearance Package (JSPEC only)

LSi front lip

LSi side pieces

Trunk Lip Spoiler (ASPEC option only)

**Chefsp0t** · 7-7-08, 0:00

MOTOR/TRANSMISSION OPTIONS

ENGINE V6
ASPEC- 2.5 liter KLDE/03: 164hp from 1993-1995 and 1997 or 160hp in 1996
JSPEC- 2.5 liter KLZE: 198hp or 2.0 liter KFZE 163hp
ESPEC- 2.5 liter KLDE/03: 164hp from 1993-1995 and 1997 or 160hp in 1996

TRANSMISSION V6
ASPEC- G-series 5 speed manual or automatic 4 speed
JSPEC- G-series 5 speed transmission or automatic 4 speed w/ optional limited slip differential (??)
ESPEC- G-series 5 speed manual or automatic 4 speed

ENGINE I4 2.0
ASPEC-FSDE 118hp
JSPEC- Not available
ESPEC-FSDE 118hp

TRANS I4 2.0
ASPEC- (??)
JSPEC- (??)
ESPEC- (??)

SEATS
ASPEC-
Leather (Black or Tan) 2 styles available

Cloth (Grey or Tan)

M-Edition has "M-Edition" stiched into Tan Leather

JSPEC- Available with a cloth version of the ASPEC leather seats.

ESPEC-
Leather (Black or Tan)
Cloth version of ASPEC leather seats

STEERING WHEEL
ASPEC-1993-1997 all had the same style 3-spoke wheel with air bag

JSPEC and ESPEC-
The 1992 year available in Europe and Japan had the old style emblem on a 3 spoke wheel with no air bag.

1993-1997 had a 4-spoke wheel with air bag

DOOR SILLS
ASPEC- Stock Plastic Sills, M-Edition Offer SS Steel Sills
JSPEC- Stock Plastic, SS Sills were a dealer option
ESPEC- Stock Plastic, SS Sills were a dealer option

CUP HOLDER
ASPEC- Cup Holder
JSPEC- Ash Tray
ESPEC-
Blanking Plate with Headlight Height Adj Switch and Dash lights Dimmer Switch.

LHD Espec had a continuous dash with no cup holder slot at all.

HAZARD SWITCHES
ASPEC- 1993-1994- Red Switch (??) 1995-1997- Black switch (??)
JSPEC- Red Switch (??)
ESPEC- Red Switch

REARVIEW MIRROR
ASPEC- Attached to the windshield
JSPEC- ??
ESPEC- Attached to the headliner

SOUND SYSTEM
ASPEC- Tape deck standard, CD player optional, optional sub woofer
JSPEC- Optional Bose dynamic sound system w/ CD player
Bose Head unit

Bose dynamic sound system

ESPEC- Tape deck standard, CD player optional, optional sub woofer (??)

CLIMATE CONTROL
ASPEC- AC standard on LS, I4 option?? Climate control unit has manual slider control knobs
JSPEC- AC standard?? Automatic digital climate control unit optional

ESPEC- AC standard on LS, I4 option?? Climate control unit has manual slider control knobs

CENTER CONSOLE
ASPEC-
JSPEC- Optional Larger center console with cup holders
ESPEC-

**PaulG** · 10-2-08, 20:22

Quote:

ENGINE V6
ASPEC- 2.5 liter KLDE/03: 164hp from 1993-1995 or 160hp from 1996-1997

In 1997 the hp went back up to 164.

**ragincanadian4** · 10-6-08, 11:20

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaulG

In 1997 the hp went back up to 164.

When I first got my car, I remember reading that 93-95 were 160, and 96-97 were 164.

**PaulG** · 10-6-08, 12:34

Nope, everything I've read points to only 96 having a hp figure of 160. All other years were 164. 96 and 97 both have 4 O2 sensors, but the difference might come from 96 having pre-cats. I don't know what pre-cats look like, so I don't know if my 97 has them or not. I recently had my exhaust manifold off though, and didn't see anything special in there.

**BShark** · 10-13-08, 15:49

Yes, I can confirm that the 1996 year was the only one with 160HP on the V6 KLDE A-spec engine. 1997 adopted sequential fuel injection and returned to 164HP.

7-6-08, 23:43	#1 (permalink)
Chefsp0t I carry the Ban-Pan. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: near Philly, PA, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (2)	GUIDE: USDM vs. JDM vs. ESPEC Mx6 w/ Pictures I am planning on making this thread a closed sticky eventually but I wanted to open it up to everyone who has input, ideas, or better/different pictures than I do. The whole idea behind this thread is to make a guide with pictures of the different STOCK/FACTORY OPTION parts available for the Mx6 in different countries. I took some of the ideas from This thread (A-Spec, E-Spec and J-Spec ???), corrected them, and added pictures to suit my needs. I know that this is going to be a LOT of work but I think that it will help the community a lot and make our forums better. IF YOU HAVE BETTER PICTURES OR IDEAS, PLEASE POST THEM HERE AND I WILL EDIT THE THREAD TO INCORPORATE EVERYTHING BEFORE MAKING IT A STICKY AND CLOSING IT. If you add pictures that I feel better illustrate the part(s) in question, I will copy it to my Photobucket and link it from there so that, as long as my Photobucket exists, the images in the thread will work. I REALLY don't want to duplicate pictures in this thread so I will need help. Let's get started! ALSO, PLEASE KEEP UNRELATED COMMENTS TO A MINIMUM OR TAKE THEM TO PM'S. I will be deleting unnecessary posts to keep the clutter down. ASPEC- Models available in North America, LHD OBD1 from 1993-1995, OBD2 from 1996-1997 (some late model 1995 models may be OBD2), Only driver's side air bag in 1993, Dual air bags from 1994-1997 JSPEC- Models available in Japan and Australia, RHD OBD1 from 1992-1995, OBD2 from 1996-1997 (some late model 1995 models may be OBD2), 4WS Optional, Only driver's side air bag in 1993, Dual air bags from 1994-1997 ESPEC- Models available in Europe, RHD or LHD (depending on location) OBD1 from 1992-1995, OBD2 from 1996-1997 (some late model 1995 models may be OBD2), 4WS Optional, Only driver's side air bag in 1993, Dual air bags from 1994-1997 EXTERIOR Headlights ASPEC- 2 Piece NON-Projector, plastic lens JSPEC- 1 Piece Projector, plastic lens ESPEC- 2 Piece Projector with electric height adjustment, glass lens, and city light The city light is blue in this picture Fog lights ASPEC- Single Bulb Lamp with plastic lens JSPEC- 2 Bulbs - 1 Fog Lamp and 1 Turn Signal Indicator with plastic lens ESPEC- Single Bulb GLASS Lamp With Chrome Surround some come with yellow insert Front Bumpers ASPEC- Amber Side Markers are installed on bumper JSPEC- No Side Markers, slightly different shape than ASPEC ESPEC- No Side Markers, slightly different shape than ASPEC Fenders ASPEC- No Side Markers JSPEC- Amber Side Markers are Stock ESPEC- Amber Side Markers are Stock (??) Mud flaps ASPEC, ESPEC, and JSPEC- 1993-94: bigger style, body color, rear flaps optional 1995-97: front wheels only, smaller style, black plastic Sideview Mirrors ASPEC- Non-Folding mirrors, some are heated, some are blue tinted JSPEC- Power Folding Mirrors, some with blue tint Folding mirror button in OEM position ESPEC- Manual Folding Mirrors, some with blue tint Last edited by Chefsp0t : 10-1-08 at 22:56.
	My car is going to be the bastard love child of a JDM, ESPEC, and USDM Mx6 threesome. It's getting there. Garage Cardomain

7-6-08, 23:43	#2 (permalink)
Chefsp0t I carry the Ban-Pan. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: near Philly, PA, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (2)	Tail Lights ASPEC- Amber turn signal indicator. M-Edition's Offer All Red Tails with Clear reverse light indicators on both sides JSPEC- Has slightly larger turn signal indicators with clear reverse light indicators on both sides ESPEC- Has slightly larger turn signal indicators. On the RHD cars the right taillight have a red fog light in place of the reverse light and on LHD the left taillight have a red fog light in place of the reverse light Rear Bumpers ASPEC- Red Side Markers are installed on bumper JSPEC- No Side Markers ESPEC- No Side Markers - longer space for license plates Wheels: ASPEC, ESPEC, and JSPEC(??) Stock 2G Mx6 wheels have a 5x114 bolt pattern with an offset of 42 and a hub diameter of 62mm 15" Wheels- 93-94: "flower" design 95-97: 5 spoke design 1996 M-edition Gold wheels (ASPEC only) OPTIONAL BODY PARTS Mazdaspeed parts (JSPEC only) Interesting note: since Mazdaspeed items were a hot copy item in the 90's, if all it has is a sticker, it's likely a taiwanese or chinese copy. There's a small chance MS removed the FG stamping in later years/runs of certain items but this is unconfirmed. Mazdaspeed sides, lip, wing, rims, exhaust, etc. should all have hard stamping. On the body parts, this would be a raised lettering emboss. The wing had a reverse emboss. The rims have it stamped on the inside lip, with a reverse emboss on the hub side of the rim as well. The exhaust has it etched. Here's a shot of the products available. Also note: The rear pieces shown in the pictures of the silver car are NOT Mazdaspeed pieces. The kit only offered a front lip, side skirts, and a spoiler. Mazdaspeed front lip Mazdaspeed side skirts Mazdaspeed spoiler Mazdaspeed reflector Mazdaspeed wheels Mazdaspeed muffler (??) Mazdaspeed airbox (??) there was a mazdaspeed airbox available... but i've never seen anyone here with it... it was an inline filter sort of like that, with a slightly different looking inlet up front. It ran full width of the hood, and required cutting of the half rubber section on the hood (to a full length section cut out) - there was also no box, nor resonator. I've seen exactly one picture of this years ago and actually think it's a great design. There were no pics of stampings or anything like that so i can't speak about that. LSi Appearance Package (JSPEC only) LSi front lip LSi side pieces Trunk Lip Spoiler (ASPEC option only) Last edited by Chefsp0t : 10-1-08 at 22:54.
	My car is going to be the bastard love child of a JDM, ESPEC, and USDM Mx6 threesome. It's getting there. Garage Cardomain

7-7-08, 0:00	#3 (permalink)
Chefsp0t I carry the Ban-Pan. Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: near Philly, PA, USA Age: 24 iTrader: (2)	MOTOR/TRANSMISSION OPTIONS ENGINE V6 ASPEC- 2.5 liter KLDE/03: 164hp from 1993-1995 and 1997 or 160hp in 1996 JSPEC- 2.5 liter KLZE: 198hp or 2.0 liter KFZE 163hp ESPEC- 2.5 liter KLDE/03: 164hp from 1993-1995 and 1997 or 160hp in 1996 TRANSMISSION V6 ASPEC- G-series 5 speed manual or automatic 4 speed JSPEC- G-series 5 speed transmission or automatic 4 speed w/ optional limited slip differential (??) ESPEC- G-series 5 speed manual or automatic 4 speed ENGINE I4 2.0 ASPEC-FSDE 118hp JSPEC- Not available ESPEC-FSDE 118hp TRANS I4 2.0 ASPEC- (??) JSPEC- (??) ESPEC- (??) SEATS ASPEC- Leather (Black or Tan) 2 styles available Cloth (Grey or Tan) M-Edition has "M-Edition" stiched into Tan Leather JSPEC- Available with a cloth version of the ASPEC leather seats. ESPEC- Leather (Black or Tan) Cloth version of ASPEC leather seats STEERING WHEEL ASPEC-1993-1997 all had the same style 3-spoke wheel with air bag JSPEC and ESPEC- The 1992 year available in Europe and Japan had the old style emblem on a 3 spoke wheel with no air bag. 1993-1997 had a 4-spoke wheel with air bag DOOR SILLS ASPEC- Stock Plastic Sills, M-Edition Offer SS Steel Sills JSPEC- Stock Plastic, SS Sills were a dealer option ESPEC- Stock Plastic, SS Sills were a dealer option CUP HOLDER ASPEC- Cup Holder JSPEC- Ash Tray ESPEC- Blanking Plate with Headlight Height Adj Switch and Dash lights Dimmer Switch. LHD Espec had a continuous dash with no cup holder slot at all. HAZARD SWITCHES ASPEC- 1993-1994- Red Switch (??) 1995-1997- Black switch (??) JSPEC- Red Switch (??) ESPEC- Red Switch REARVIEW MIRROR ASPEC- Attached to the windshield JSPEC- ?? ESPEC- Attached to the headliner SOUND SYSTEM ASPEC- Tape deck standard, CD player optional, optional sub woofer JSPEC- Optional Bose dynamic sound system w/ CD player Bose Head unit Bose dynamic sound system ESPEC- Tape deck standard, CD player optional, optional sub woofer (??) CLIMATE CONTROL ASPEC- AC standard on LS, I4 option?? Climate control unit has manual slider control knobs JSPEC- AC standard?? Automatic digital climate control unit optional ESPEC- AC standard on LS, I4 option?? Climate control unit has manual slider control knobs CENTER CONSOLE ASPEC- JSPEC- Optional Larger center console with cup holders ESPEC- Last edited by Chefsp0t : 10-2-08 at 21:10.
	My car is going to be the bastard love child of a JDM, ESPEC, and USDM Mx6 threesome. It's getting there. Garage Cardomain

10-6-08, 12:34	#6 (permalink)
PaulG Join Date: May 2004 Location: Ottawa, Canada Age: 33 iTrader: (1)	Nope, everything I've read points to only 96 having a hp figure of 160. All other years were 164. 96 and 97 both have 4 O2 sensors, but the difference might come from 96 having pre-cats. I don't know what pre-cats look like, so I don't know if my 97 has them or not. I recently had my exhaust manifold off though, and didn't see anything special in there.
	1997 MX-6 LS