Recent content by DiscoStew

To the OP: Are you still under 36k miles? The dealer replaced my blown shock under warranty. Still the crappy OEM, but free.

Yeah - I was bummed to see the V70R go but it was pretty trashed at 110k miles (wife's car). I did post it on Swedespeed but the "best" offer I got was from JRL for $1500! BTW - I don't miss that guy. I did sell a bunch of parts to a Swedespeed guy before it went to the crusher. I got $4500...

Hello Evl one. I had a 2000 V70r I traded under c4c program for our 2009 Maxda 5. Very rare venitian red. It was fun and fast ( not 350 hp fast). I was on Swedespeed from 2000 when I got it.

Subscribed: Just had the driver rear shock replaced under warranty on my 2009 Touring with 14,500 miles. I was blown with oil all over it. I had been noticing both a clunking noise and strange sideways bouncing behavior on that side for about 4000 miles but didn't confirm the issue until I...

Another Option Had the same problem with my Griffin FlexTune iPod charger cradle. Hummed like crazy. Called Griffin to complain and they explained the ground loop issue. Griffin makes an aux in cable with the ground loop isolator built in - cost me $13 at Amazon and fixed the problem...

Same here Been meaning to post this for a while... Noticed the vibration at 54 mph driving our new 2009 off the dealer lot. Car had 5 miles on it. You could hear and see the second row seats shaking and the child seats vibrating. I brought it to our local dealer (we had to go 200 miles to get...

Had the first oil change (5k) on the M5. The shop didn't have the correct filter # in the computer, as a result they said they used a filter specified for the M6 and it fit perfectly. Should I be worried about this? Do they both have a 2.3 engine? A M3 filter would seem to have been more logical...

Ordered a set Follow Up: After a ridiculous amount of obsessive searching and research, I ended up buying a set of winter tires on rims from Buywheelstoday.com. 17 inch house rims with Nankang SV-1 Snows. Included mounting, balancing, nitrogen fill, with lug nuts and adapter. Part Numbers...

Thanks Turns out the guy was full of cr4p. Tires didn't match in size, some mounted, some not... sigh. Classic Craig's list. Search continues.

I have a line on a set of snows off a "03 eclipse or a 99 prelude" with steel wheels and the correct bolt pattern. How can I determine if these rims will work on my Mazda5 hubs? Do I need to worry about offset if the tire width is OK (205/55/16)? Thanks! - Stew

My Rides Past: 1984 VW Sirocco (Wolfsburg ed 5 speed) 1988 Mazda MX6 1992 Honda Civic Coupe 1995 Isuzu Rodeo 1993 Mazda MX6 1998 VW Passat 1996 BMW 318 convert w/ hard top 2000 Volvo V70R 2001 Saab 9-3 Viggen Convert 1996 Volvo 850 GLT Wagon 2007 BMW 328xi Coupe Current: 2008 Audi A4 Avant Q...

Hello ya'll! First post from the noob. Picked up a 2009 Mazda 5 Touring in black/black during the c4c cattle rush in August. Bone stock and likely to stay that way. Living in snow country, I have been looking to buy a set of mounted snows and have been searching all the usual places such as...