Recent content by Rutedown

I can’t remember what fuse and what prong it was exactly in the engine bay, but here are my photos.

Looks great!

Look great. Good job 👍

Along with the DRL’s, I used T Tap wire connector to connect to the blinkers. Love the amber sweeping motion when you click on blinkers. These connectors made it much easier. Ginsco 120 Pcs/60 Pairs Quick Splice Wire Terminals T-Tap Self-stripping with Nylon Fully Insulated Male Quick...

I went through the bottom. Take pics as there quite a few screws holding the protected skid area. Some screws holding the plastic piece you will be removing to replace with the lights won't have the best visibility, but you get some. Might help to have ramps, but I didn't. I will try to post...

Looks great!👍

It seems when the Mazdaspeeds(Speed 3, Speed 6, Miata) went away the tuners slowly stopped R&D. I blame Mazda for this. I really liked Cobb Tuning and their Accessport for my Speed 6. Its a quality product. https://www.cobbtuning.com/products/accessport/mazdaspeed-accessport-v3-ap3-maz-002

I haven’t paid much attention, but what other after market companies have Mazda’s tunes for the 2.5T? Wish companies like Cobb or Corky Bell’s Bell Tuning would invest.

Ha! The side steps I found on Ebay. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F352870354292

Going to get my front and rear bumper guard chromed and then I should be good for a bit. Maybe swap the wheels with 20’s when tires are at 30k

Got the roof rails and side steps installed.

I like the idea and may do that this weekend. I finished the roof rails and side steps last weekend. Weather has sucked so no pics yet.

I took awhile to decide, almost a year. Came down to Acura RDX, Audi Q5, and CX5 turbo. In the end I loved the way the Audi and Mazda performed on the test drives. I decided the used Audi with 14k was not worth the additional $10k over the new CX5 Sig. BTW, the Infinity qx50 was a let down. I...

Any discoloring or rust develop?

I’m interested as well. I’m done with exterior changes. Would like to get more out of my Cx5 turbo. I know how these car companies go conservative on their maps. My Speed6 felt so much stronger with a tune from Cobb