95blkprobe
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- 95 Blk Probe/ 02 Blk Mica P5
theres a bolt that goes into pic #3 from the oher side that keeps your tension from changing
What have you done to your P5 today?
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civickilla03
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brother swapped 3rd brake lights, he had an LED out in the OE assembly
bikingpro5
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- 03 Protege5
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/show...d-out-LEDs-in-the-third-(spoiler)-brake-light.
While I was researching how to replace the spoiler light on my P5, this thread came up pretty often, so I figured I should add my findings & results here.
I found a "smoked" replacement here: http://www.spoilerlights.com/servlet/the-292/17.5%22-Smoked-Mazda-Spoiler/Detail
This is what came in the mail:
Not terribly "smokey" but it had to look better than what it was replacing:
There are a couple of good how-to's on removing the spoiler already in the forums, so I won't go into that. Removing the light itself is very simple, just remove the four screws holding it to the spoiler and it pops right out.
I connected the new wires to the old wiring harness and hit the brakes to make sure the new light was working:
Hey, not bad.
While putting everything back together I notice that the screws on each end of the light were exceptionally snug and I had a hard time lining them up with the holes in the spoiler and figured something was a bit off. Sure enough, each end of the light protruded about 1/16" from the spoiler:
No problem. I took the light back out and drilled some wiggle room into the end tabs:
Don't know if you'd have to do this on every install but this isn't a Mazda factory part, so be prepared to adjust things as needed.
Result:
Perfect!
Before & afters:
Nice. I think I'll keep it.
The new light has been in for a little over month now and is holding up great. Well worth two hours of work and $60 I'd say.
civickilla03
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Yea, thats the how-to he followed. Very straight forward.
He has some extra pics here: http://mazdafitment.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1183&p=20969#post20969
He has some extra pics here: http://mazdafitment.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1183&p=20969#post20969
CheeseHelmet
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Could be an old/failing upstream O2 sensor. I changed mine last summer an noticed that I got better gas mileage over the winter months.
95blkprobe
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pm me rico, i may have those parts in my bin back at the shop.
ordered white plastidip paint.
the clearcoat and paint on the p5 has gotten super terrible and its beyond repair, so i pulled the plug and im gonna paint the car matte white and gloss it afterwards!
hopefully it'll look good for what it is.
seen lots of white dipped cars at events and i am pretty impressed.
the clearcoat and paint on the p5 has gotten super terrible and its beyond repair, so i pulled the plug and im gonna paint the car matte white and gloss it afterwards!
hopefully it'll look good for what it is.
seen lots of white dipped cars at events and i am pretty impressed.
Didn't think of this . Good one wonder which is the best place to order it from .
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