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I am looking to buy an MSP rear caliper bracket, I believe for the passenger side. I do not need the whole caliper or any hardware, just the mounting bracket. The one I have has a seized bolt in it that I wasn't able to extract. Also, if anyone has other suggestions on where I could find...

Purely asking for curiosity's sake...is the KL protege still around?

Found a really nice clean Yellow MSP at my local yard. Not wrecked and tags said 2020 so I would guess the engine blew and it sat. The owner definitely took care of it. There was a pile of receipts for Mazda dealership work as well as quite a few modifications. Few parts I saw that looked...

If you can, buy some paint protection film (like the 3M scotchgaurd stuff) to put onto those headlights and foglights after you sand them so they don't immediately fog over. Did that on my headlights and though the PPF wasn't the cheapest and was a little challenging to apply, I think it'll be...

This has not aged well. It hasn't been that long and my front bushings are already torn, same as last time. I do admittedly drive my car hard, but these things just fall apart so quickly. I kept my old LCAs from the last time I did this and I've purchased a set of Whiteline poly bushings, per...

I've had both happen. Ripped intake hose once, just from age. Broken dipstick twice. I think I've found a good one finally because it's lasted a couple years now.

Installed the Harnessed Performance AC Resistor Fix harness https://harnessedperformance.com/mazda/protege/99-03/electrical/ac-resistor-fix-harness/ I've tried to do this fix like 3 times before and it never worked. Finally decided to bite the bullet and buy the harness. I was sure it wasn't...

Good question. I might do an FS-ZE if my engine blows, and if your seemingly diligent research hasn't brought up anything so far, it's probably a good question to have answered. Also, would be interesting to see a comparison between the two. If they're similar and all you need to do is a...

You'd better watch out or I might start spamming these pictures 😂 Definitely not designed to be a rally wagon but hasn't stopped me. I'll excuse my photo spam as an opportunity to demo the fog lights...that makes this on topic still I think...

I hope they're not TOO too similar 😂 They definitely sound like valvetrain noises or maybe a tensioner. They haven't gone away but that was also like 30k miles ago and the car is still running strong at 200k, fingers crossed. Probably will do a valve adjustment and timing belt and maybe see if...

Still digging these lights so much. Especially love them for heavily shaded gravel roads where they're bright even during the day. Really gives off the rally aesthetic too 😛

Aww dang, that's a real bummer. Keep us up to date on the process of sourcing an engine. I don't need one (yet) but I've looked preemptively and wasn't too happy with the options I found. Would be curious to hear how it goes.

I don't think we're talking about the same thing. 2nd gen Mazda 3, for example - you can buy it with or without the Skyactiv engine. The cars can be, as far as I know, otherwise identical other than the engine. Honestly not too important though considering Kl0wnKiller's original question. I...

Why the Skyactiv models specifically? Why not the non-speed non-Skyactiv models? They're not as fuel efficient but otherwise the same cars.

Agreed, why not sell both and get a good condition Speed3? Those are fast and handle well. Or keep the mostly stock Protege and CTS-V...that honestly sounds like a great combo to me as is.

I tried a lot of things to make the stock housings better but eventually found that I was preferential to just replacing them with flood lights as I did. Definitely not the same function as the original fog lights though, so I see why you did that mod.

Yes, I have this mod. Looks nice but I haven't been able to find a blade for it that doesn't hit the top and gets full contact the glass for the whole wipe.