Recent content by Midnight_P5

I'd powdercoat the frame clear. That way, you can see these beautiful welds and neat discoloration.

That's more along the lines of what I meant. I'm taking it for inspection next week. Emissions will be soon after that. I just need to pass emissions. If it fails once, I can fix it and try again. But if it fails twice, they could pull the registration of the vehicle. They more than likely won't...

I bought a new O2 sensor in my RockAuto order, that will definitely be one of the things I change this weekend. I have the coils/wires/plugs ordered as well. I'll change those and check the EGR valve while I'm in there. If the EGR valve is bad, I'll order one. I have to have this car run...

I'm definitely going to replace the O2 sensor ($28, RockAuto), and the coils/wires/plugs. That's just general maintenance that should be done. Especially since I have no accurate timeline for when they were last replaced. I also bought a new intake tube from RockAuto. I just think that's $25...

First things first: I'm fairly new to this forum, and so far it has been very welcoming, and I've learned a bunch about Pro5's and Mazdas in general. I bought my 2003 Protege5 (I think it's a 2003.5, as it has the spare tire subwoofer) almost 2 weeks ago. It's in pretty decent shape for my...

Are the headlights the real Canadian ones? Or have they been opened and painted? EDIT: Just realized your location, I'm going to assume these are the real Canadian ones.