Recent content by findoe

Nope, bought the car used w/ 20k miles and the wheels were allready on. And the rear bearings were allready shot. I took it to a couple of dealers.. one wouldnt even look at it w/ the wheels, the other said no problem and didnt think that wheels could cause wheel bearings to fail. I guess the...

Guess Im still a little confused here. What is the purpose of hubcentric rings in my application? To eliminite wheel-bearing destroying wheel vibration? anyone else w/ subzeros have these? are they nessicary? Why are 'lugcentric' wheels no good on mazdas? couldnt find much on a google search...

hubcentric? Hmmm, I honestly dont know that much (or anything) :) about wheel specs. What I do know is their 17", rota sub zeros, which seem to be fairly ubiquitious among p5 owners. Ill do some searching and try and find out. So you chaps are saying aftermarket wheels definatly can play a...

Hey P5 faithful Been loving my car lately, admiring how sharp it looks having just being detailed, put new rubber on, etc, Oh so happy with myself, and that this evening Im coming home from work and I noticed what I had feared MIGHT happen, the tell-tale rumblings of a bad wheel bearing in my...

I understand the road's tendancy to make your car veer to the right, This aint that. it does the same thing on roads that are (seemingly) 100% flat and unbiased to any direction. moreover though if this was the only problem I would just get the alignment done, which I did. the other concern is...

Hi guys Im hoping someone can shed some light on this dilemma. SO..a couple of months ago I notice that my car tends to ever so slightly pull to the right, on the freeway, on surface streets, etc, leading the steering wheel (of course) to not be completely straight when traveling in a straight...

ok, I think Im getting closer here..

Yeah I understand the concept of rms. and that the 200w is in reference to peak output. But is the "50x4" on the alpine 50 watts TOTAL split 4 ways OR is it 50x4 - 50 watts to each of the 4 channels?? I guess Im a little confused about the two's inconsistancy in marketeng-oriented power...

Hey Guys and Gurlzzz I have a bit of a dilemma w/ my car's audio config and was hoping one of you auto-audio geeks could shed some light on me. here goes! I have currently in my car (02 p5)... 1. a JVC 200w mp3 player (which came with the car) 2. Infinity Kappas for all 4 doors (no tweets)...

Sean - I recently had to replace both rear wheel bearings on my car. I got the car used with about 22k miles on it, it has 17" rotas which came with it. Noticed some serious roarring/whirring coming from the right rear, then the left soon after, and it was seriously loud. I dont know anything...

Hey peeps when I got my car it was missing a cap on one of the wheels. Trying to find another one has proved fruitless so far. anyone know where I can get more?? preferably in LA or online? many thanx /s

road noise update Just a little update - turned out to be a bad wheel bearing on the right rear. Mazda replaced it for free. car sounds fan-tastic now. thanx for your help! /s

Mike - I know these cars don't have the worlds best sound deadening properties, but this is like, really, really loud. Like it really isnt the sound a modern car of any kind should make. you've got 17 inch rotas on yours, right? what does your car sound like? thanx /s

nope Im taking it to a independant mazda place here in LA tomarrow to see wtf is going on, as the mazda dealership I took it to wouldnt even look at it unless it has stock wheels on there. Dicks! if it *is* wheel bearing(s) am I going to have a debacle on my hands to get them replaced under...

Hi guys, Im really hoping someone can help me out just bought a protege5 two weeks ago and am really liking it, EXCEPT for the massive road noise I am experiencing. The car has 17" rota sub zero wheels, which were put on by the previous owner, with 215 / 40Z R17 83W tires on them, They were...