Glad you're okay. When I was in my twenties I'd have probably tried to make the turn, 20 years later (now) I'd have gone around the block. It costs too much for too long when you wreck your car on your own. I know, done it too many times!
Mine does this and has for some time now. I took it to the dealer long ago and they said it was normal (of course). I did notice once when rotating my tires that there seems to be some play in the CV joints on both sides. I tested this by quickly yanking outward then pushing inward on the...
Naw, Yahoo changed their policy on public access to photo albums so now all my links to any photos there are dead. But here they are again for anyone interested.
Jeff
I was just looking at a fitment chart I have and noticed '88-'92 626's have a 59.6 mm hub ring. The '93-'02 626 shows as 67.1 mm which matches the Protege 5. You may want to verify the hub ring diameter of the wheels you order before doing so.
I just took all mine off to paint them body color and this is what I found. All 3 have two pins that fit into nylon receivers. None are threaded or have a hidden fastener behind the sheetmetal. The "Mazda" signature was just held in place by the pins and receivers. The center "flying M" has...
I'd do you one but that's got to be a copyrighted image and well you know....
BTW that thing is pretty small and has been compressed so heavily that it may not look too good after jerking the color around.
Jeff M.
I photoshopped these onto all the colors available for the P5. I'm not into them myself but had time to kill at work. For those interested...
Yellow-http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/7ae867e2/bc/My+Photo+Album/Altezza-yellow.jpg?bc4Kr19A2EpeGh9y...