Recent content by SteveDallas

Love mine...no noise at all. I installed the Progress rear sway bar as well. Worth it in my opinion. You will most likely destroy the stockers when removing them. The car handles so much better now!

Thanks for the info (drive) I was reading the service manual and is it true you have to remove the front crossmember to install the sway bar? I sure hope not(shocked)

Is the MSP sway bar kit that Protege Garage sells a direct bolt in for a 2003 Mazda Protege 5 Hatchback? The reason I ask is that I know that the rear crossmember was different for the MSP and maybe the bracket mounting holes do not line up? Thanks.

Here are some pictures that might help. I purchased new spring seats (rubber), new strut mounts (MazdaSpeed for front) and the MSP bump stop (shorter for the lowered suspension). I was able to get the new springs on the struts without a spring compressor (with a little arm strength(boom01))...

More inspiration I installed an Eclipse CD1200 head unit with Boston Acoustics S55 for the rear speakers and the Polk Audio db5251 component system for the front. All powered by a Polk Audio PA200.4 ampliflier mounted under the passenger seat. The stock spare tire sub woofer is hooked in as...

Thoughts on keeping dust boots with Spring/strut combo, such as the Tokico/Racing Beat set-up-yes or no Thanks.

Thanks for the info! I will post some photos when everything is installed I am going to try to do the install myself (2thumbs) I am located in SoCal, but thanks for the offer Cheers(cheers)

I am getting ready to install Racing Beat springs with the Tokico Blue struts and I have a couple of questions: -Are the AWR rear and front aluminum strut mounts worth it? -Do I need to change the bumpstops? I know the there are Mazda Speed versions. -Should I replace anything else while...