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Says they are only 7" or 4" long? Wonder what that would do to radio reception...

They kinda look ALMOST like the stock wheels on the PT Cruiser *gasp* Not my cup of tea I guess.

big_ben, that sounds about right unfortunately. I had my Miata painted about a year and a half ago and like I said the front is COVERED with rock chips. I took it back to the body shop and what the guy did was take is fingernail and try to chip away at the edges of the rock chips. If he could...

Welllll, since "AEM" and "ram" are both under the minimum search querry length (4 letter min), intake would probably turn up 300 posts, and I am sure he didn't want to sift through all the threads with "short" in the message I'd say a search wouldn't prove super usefull :D

Thicker paint doesn't always mean less chips...it can mean more. My Miata has a custom pearlcoat paintjob which is about as thick as your figernail. I have about 200 chips on the front end in a year :( Luckily the color is silver, as is the basecoat/primer/bumper plastic color so you can't...

Well I dunno if I'd even be able to do it on subsequent changes without a wrench...maybe but I am not betting on it. The problem I was running into was that my forarm was a bit too long, so that I couldn't get it up in the space above the frame member behind the oil pan to get a good angle on...

I'd like to have a few words with them :D Just got done doing my first oil change on my P5. What a PITA. If you plan on doing this MAKE SURE you have an oil filter wrench. Not the strap type, the type which is a little cap which fits over the end and accepts a ratchet handle. You aint...

Ask yourself if you really need the extended warranty though. This is a Mazda Protege, not a Ford Taurus :)

On their web site they list resellers. http://www.stongard.com/sgcontent/where_get.asp :)

Hi Syz, Most of your questions can be answered by going to the Stongard web site and reading the FAQs. I will try to tackle some of the questions I know the answer to. 1) Yep, it is noticable if you know what to look for, but not from more than about 5 feet away...it's your call if the...

Congrats on the new car! Great choice, these cars are alot of fun and you are standing out in the crowd by not jumping on the Honda bandwagon :)

Thanks! I haven't driven at night, but the stuff is supposed to be perfectly clear optically, so I don't think it should affect them. Will definately post back if I notice any drop in performance.

Yeah. have been thinking about that. I've been running without a front plate on my Miata for as long as I've had it (about 4 years) and have gotten pulled over twice, but never ticketed. Will have to remove it and see how unslightly the holes in the bumper are...

But the percentage isn't consistant either. If you have a stock P5 with 130 at the crank, you will have around 20% loss. But if you have a P5 with a turbo and over 200 at the flywheel you won't still have 20% loss, will be more like 10-15%. You won't all of a sudden be loosing 20 more...

Hey guys. Just had the Stongard clear bra product installed on my P5 today. Took some pictures and posted my reactions on my page. See http://www.nramsey.net/ and click either on the link at the top of the main frame or on the "My Protege 5" link on the left. The product is a bit visible if you...

Actually not really. If you add 30 more horsepower, it's not going to take 9 more horsepower to turn the turn the drivetrain. Several folks have done engine and chassis dynos on Miata engines and found a consistant ~26 HP loss whether the engine was putting out 100 or 200 horsepower.

The 105-110 number sounds about right. Typical drivetrain losses for most cars are usually in the 20-30 HP range.

Mine is about a week and a half old. Has ~900 miles on it. I put 600 of that on it, the other 300 came from its' trek from Spokane to Seattle where I bought it. Was the only car I could find in Washington with the options/colors I wanted :)

Well I had the roof rack off all day today, then I put it back on. I just think the car looks a whole lot better with it on :)

That's almost the exact deal I got on my "only moonroof" P5. I opted for the $750 rebate though as I had financing lined up already. I also had to sell my other car, but I ended up buying the new car before the old car sold...had about a week overlap which wasn't bad at all.