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Put the cut pieces of the bumpstops back in the rear. Pretty much confirms that it they were not supposed to be cut. I guess I’ll be ordering replacements so that’s proper. Then get it aligned.

Actually many cars may be riding on the bump stops. NASCAR apparently does... “Now we’re using these to control the wheel loads and aero platforms by actually setting the race car on the bump stops and riding on those rather than bouncing off of them. You can consider it a spring—it’s a very...

So it seems like I was NOT supposed to trim the bumpstops. The rear came down way more than 40mm. I’m going to try put back the piece I cut tomorrow and see how that changes things. The spring rate and length were probably calculated with the bumpstop. My previous 5 (think Premacy not CX-5)...

How low are you willing to go? Just got Odulas from Japan. Specs say softer rear spring than stock but approx 40mm down. Didn't install them yet so I can't comment on the ride. Posted the info here... Bilstein B6 will probably make it feel stiffer especially on the compression stroke...

Aloha CX-5 Peeps! I just recently picked up a '24 Turbo Premium and I've been following a lot of your projects and issues. There seems to an only a few spring choices here in the US. However, that is not the case in Japan. I wanted something to get rid of the fender gaps but still...

Check your mounting bracket after a few hundred miles. This is what mine looked like before upgrading to a billet ones...

Sorry no updates yet. Probably going to install this weekend.

Rotor were cut on a bench lathe and came off relatively easy. Couple or taps with a small rubber mallet. When I got them back the first time, initially replaced in the same position and used a on-car dial gauge to measure the runout. Even tried changing positions and each time it was ~0.01"...

Thanks for all the input. The rotors had ~50k on them. Ordered a set of the Centric High Carbons. Hopefully they don't take to long to ship. Meanwhile, the shop said they would recut them but no refunds. This is only after I pointed out that the their original cut was incomplete. There was...

My worst case scenario had come to life. Had a shop bench cut the rotors. Bad bad bad idea. They introduced so much runout that I do not want to drive the car at the moment. At any position, runout is at 0.01", 6.67 times Mazda's maximum spec. The shop is willing to re-do the cut. Looking...

It's that time. Front brakes are down to <20%. Figured I'd just do all four since the wife has mentioned that she'd like more stopping power. I have front and rear EBC Yellow stuff and Motul 600 RBF ready to install. Here is my issue(bang)... I have measured my rotor thickness variation...

Kinda figured that was going to be the case. Just going to re-strap the boots when I have some time. For the time being, I used some big zipties over the existing straps and it seems to have put enough pressure to stop the seeping. I also found some polyurea based grease designed for inboard...