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Nice! I always did like the Spicy Orange. Interior looks a little crusty. Hope it cleans up good. Body relatively rust free? Looking forward to see what you do with it.

I started using that stuff on my Mini. Right after application, it looks great. I'm anxious to see how long it lasts. I'm hoping with another application, it will last through the winter.

With minor suspension mods, the little 5 is a great handler! Looks like you had a fun day (y)

The silver "connector" is the HID igniter. To remove it from the bulb, twist firmly to the left and it will pop off. There are two tabs on the bulb that hold it on. The igniter has spring clips that hold it to the bulb. If you try to just pull it off, you'll break something.

It is a great looking car. But, unfortunately, not coming the the USA unless they can build them somewhere outside China.

And yet, it makes a HUGE difference....

https://www.bmwusa.com/vehicles/m-models/m2-coupe/overview.html Yes, inline 6, twin turbo, 473hp. Its a completely different engine from the 2.5 Mazda turbo engine. For one, Mazda's 2.5 turbo is a 4-cylinder... Also, Mazda doesn't go for big horsepower numbers, like BMW's M cars.

Just because they trademark it, doesn't mean they will use it....

I tried to find some pictures of the modifications, but there are some gaps in my photo stream from back then. I also never ran them with halogens. I used a plug-n-play HID kit. I liked the brightness, but the beam pattern stunk. The best headlight output I ever had on that car was with the...

Our 2008 Mazda5 with HID had the level switch. Even with the car loaded down, the headlights never appeared to need adjusting... I always applauded your dedication to using OEM parts on your cars. When I had the Protege5 headlight swap on my sedan, I drilled out the "city light" hole and...

Awesome! Glad to see you're still running around. Makes me wax nostalgic about my old Protege. I too purchased the ES because I couldn't swing the MP3 at the time.

What kind of malarkey insurance company will only provide coverage within 15km of home?!? I would start complaining, or at least reading your policy deeper. Plus, if you were rear-ended, fault would be placed on the other driver...

Something is seriously broken. The timing belt should be turning those gears, which are the camshaft gears. Time for a new engine, or at the very least, a tear down.

Our CX-9 has 214k miles, and hasn't had any water pump or cooling issues. I would be more concerned with the transfer case, if its an AWD model.

Skip the 626 manifold. You'll lose some high end flow, and you'll lose the VICS chamber. Keep the Protege manifold, and remove the VTCS butterflies at the head ports. The MP3 manifold kept the VICS, but deleted the VTCS. By running an MP3 ECU, you want to keep the VICS.

You're going to have a ton of poke with that wheel. What size tires were you thinking? OEM wheels are 215/45-18 on a 18x7+55. Going to a 18x10.5+12 is going to bring the wheel out by over 3 inches...

P0171 is a lean code, and P0106 is a MAP sensor error. Maybe the MAP sensor is bad, or going bad? Or, you have an air leak in the manifold somewhere?

210°F is probably a little bit high for those engines. Sounds like the cap helped. I would maybe plan on replacing the thermostat. It might be starting to fail, and isn't opening like it should. I thought normal engine temperature is ~190-195°F

Did you replace the passenger wheel bearing? Usually you can determine if it is a wheel bearing and what side by driving the car from side to side, loading and unloading the wheels. As you load a bad bearing, it should get louder. Also, are you a member over at miata net?

Still, to be able to run those big brakes with 16" wheels is a nice option