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  1. CX_MCHNE

    2017~2025 Installing front CX-5 sway bar, what to do with steering?

    Yeah, I've got the rear installed and want more flat. Went ahead and lowered the back of the subframe but I can't for the life of me snake the stock bar out. If I can't figure it out today I'm gonna have to just give up on it.
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    2017~2025 Installing front CX-5 sway bar, what to do with steering?

    I'm putting a hardrace front sway bar on my '19 CX-5 GTR. Lowering the rear of the front subframe looks like a must. I can see that the steering rack is going to come along with the subframe. Is it okay for me to lower the rack a couple/few inches? I assume I shouldn't touch the wheels or...
  3. CX_MCHNE

    Show me your CX-5 wheels

    Ok, installed: 20x8.5et45 FLOW ONE Race Spec F5 wheels + Michelin 255/45R20 pilot sport 4S, Eibach springs Why these wheels? I like Japanese motorsport style, 5/6/7-spoke, 2/3-piece designs. But I wanted to go bigger than 19in, and get something lightweight. To do all that was going to...
  4. CX_MCHNE

    Show me your CX-5 wheels

    Goin' on tomorrow:
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    Largest tire size for the CX-5?

    I thought this site was really handy, too: Rim & Tire Size Calculator. Custom Offsets By my measurements, stock parameters (edit: on the 19" GTR wheels) match those in the link.
  7. CX_MCHNE

    Over-molded steering wheel grips?

    It might make installation a little easier, but you don't have to. I didn't. And this goes on right over the existing cover, so def helps make it thicker. Do it.
  8. CX_MCHNE

    Over-molded steering wheel grips?

    Yeah, they say it's nappa leather. It feels great. Way better IMO than the stock leather wheel, which I thought felt thin and papery. I'm no longer envious of the wheel on the wife's Acura. The perforated leather feels a little less supple than the solid part. You can choose to do all...
  9. CX_MCHNE

    2017~2025 CX-5 Rear Sway & Camber Arm Install

    looks like stock is 18
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  11. CX_MCHNE

    Over-molded steering wheel grips?

    I bet nothing. The extruder gets pretty hot to melt the filament. Much, much hotter than the heated steering wheel.
  12. CX_MCHNE

    2017~2025 CX-5 Rear Sway & Camber Arm Install

    I believe so, yes. And I think you'll be less concerned about dropping the subframe too far. You probably don't need to worry about doing the one-side-at-a-time thing, you can just lower the whole rear subframe at once. So a little easier.
  13. CX_MCHNE

    2017~2025 Good guide for rear sway bar install on AWD CX-5?

    Ok, yeah, AWD didn't make a big difference. It went basically how Chris described for a gen1. My write up: https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/index.php?threads/cx-5-rear-sway-camber-arm-install.123875651/
  14. CX_MCHNE

    Any Rear Sway Bars for AWD CX-5?

    Ok, had a free weekend to try this. Got it to work lowering the subframe a few inches on one side at a time: https://www.mazdas247.com/forum/index.php?threads/cx-5-rear-sway-camber-arm-install.123875651/
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    Images rotated and broken

    Thanks for checking into this! I think the main issue may have been that I didn't downsize the images before adding them to the post :rolleyes: . I probably had 80MB of images in there, which takes a while to download from my host. I resized and compressed them all, then removed them from the...
  16. CX_MCHNE

    Over-molded steering wheel grips?

    $45 https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32843376992.html
  17. CX_MCHNE

    Images rotated and broken

    Trying to troubleshoot issues I'm having with images in my post: https://mazdas247.com/forum/index.php?threads/rear-sway-camber-arm-install.123875651/ Many of the images are appearing in the edit view, but not in the post view. Some of them are appearing in the post view, but they're upside...
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    2017~2025 CX-5 Rear Sway & Camber Arm Install

    This is how far down the studs I lowered mine. I bailing wired the hub to keep it from flopping forward once the UCA is removed. Remove the inboard UCA bolt. This can be tough to break, After removing a plastic guard piece (10mm) attached to the lower rod (lateral link?) I was able to...
  19. CX_MCHNE

    2017~2025 CX-5 Rear Sway & Camber Arm Install

    Installed a 22mm hardrace rear sway bar (7028) and megan racing rear camber arms (MRS-MZ-1689) this weekend. Had trouble finding a good guide for it, so I'm writing up my experience. I was thinking my AWD would complicate things, because: Only hardrace sells (that I found [thanks, Chris]) a...
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    Over-molded steering wheel grips?

    Update: I received my leather steering wheel cover from China. It does have a little stretch to it, so I thought it just might wrap over some custom inserts. To get a basic shape I used some of my kids modeling clay: Once the clay firmed up...I realized it looks pretty ghetto, and it's...
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