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I owned a 2002 Honda Civic SiR (Canadian Si) previous to the Mazda, and if you are worried about defects, stay the hell out of a Civic! They had to take mine back. In the course of 17,000kms: Visit... 1. Big rattle in dash - replaced screw that was free in dash. 2. Rattle in passenger rear...

Why didn't you like the cross-drilled rotors from before? Try www.kvrperformance.com they have both slotted or drilled...

Personally, I would stick with the same or higher speed rating than stock (unless we are talking snows, than I would go no less than an "H", when the stock tires are "V" or greater). On the Protege5, we are talking about a "V" or better. The choices in tires broaden when you consider a 205/50-16...

I don't plan to buy the Dunlop SP Sport 5000m's when they need replacement either, but not because they are bad, but I want some higher performance. I am thinking of: Dunlop SP Sport 9000 Goodyear Eagle F1 GS That, or sell my rims and get a set of MP3 alloys...

Turning a bigger wheel is only a problem if the wheel weighs more...

To each his own but... I like fun cars. Fun cars like gas a little more than the regular cars. Really fun cars really like the gas. If I made myself drive like others are detailing here(for mileage sake), I don't think I would want to drive anymore... would be too boring. Besides, it is easy to...

Where did you get these numbers: 100lbs = 0.1 sec?? If your car weighed 1000lbs less that would be approx. 1700+lbs... putting your power to weight ratio at better than the first gen. Lotus Elise! I expect that you would improve your 1/4 mile time by more than 1 second. If you want lighter...

Actually, 195/55-15 are SMALLER, by 0.3 inches overall, the 195/60-15 are LARGER, be 0.5 inches. However, in snow I would rather go a little larger. By the way, the MP3 and Mazdaspeed tire setup are larger still so I foresee no problems with going a little larger. (Stock 23.7") (Mazdaspeed 24.5"...

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Holy rip-off Batman! :wtf: $987 / year premium $300 deductable $100 incidental Full replacement coverage for 2 years from purchase date. By the way, I just traded in my SiR, and the insurance for that was $1433 / year, with the same coverage. The P5 is NOT considered a sports car but a family...

Just ordered my winter tires: Goodyear Eagle Ultra Grip GW3 195/60HR-15 I will be picking up the rims at Costco tomorrow and next week Jiffy will mount the tires on the rims and the snows onto the P5. I love buying car stuff!!!

Danke sehr for all the replies and info... I'm going to try to find a local place first that I can deal with. (Ottawa and area)

One of the reasons I really like the MP5 (and own one), is that I don't feel like I need to do anything to the exterior, as it looks great as it is... sorry if it sounds like I am repeating myself. But, as usual I would like to encourage anyone to do whatever they feel they need to to be happy...

Decent pics... I take it the part numbers are from Mazda? How much? I have heard around $195USD...

Thanks LAVA, it helps me alot, but not my wallet. I want the MSP muff now... I don't think you said where you got it though. Was that purchased at a dealer or second hand?

Diddo... in my own humble and very inoffensive Canadian opinion, I think the MP5 and MSP are one of those cars where it just looks rught as it is and the additional cladding just looks a tad... (gasp) Pontiac Grand Prix-ish.

So the MSP exhaust bolts right up and only needs the length of pipe between the muffler and the tip shortened? Great! Actually, I should invite my buddy down with his MSP and take his off and see for myself... I'll take a picture of it unshortened, and if it is only around $195usd ($250cd??)...

Thanks YP5... very helpful, I will look a little harder next time. I noticed in the thread that some dealerships will sell you the parts while others won't. Any reasons why they shouldn't? I think I can do this as my wife talked me into not getting a sunroof ($800 option), so I can probably put...

Servus! My family comes from Arnold-land (Austria)