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What really sucks is that I had just got her through a round of spring freshening, inspection, tires, wash and wax, fresh tint, was getting ready to install all the stereo stuff I had acquired. She was good to go until at least 300K, then BOOM! Gone. made me want to cry, it really did. Check...

SOLD SOLD SOLD ALL GONE COOKIE I am selling the remaining stereo equipment from my 5. First is a Pioneer AVH3100 DVD with dash kit, plug and play wiring harness, and parking brake bypass relay. Works perfectly, and rocks hard with stock 5 speakers. Next is set of Polk db 5251component...

I think its noteworthy that an engine mount failure can TOTAL these cars. Mine wasn't surprising at all given its age and mileage, but the OPs car seems much newer. What was the ACV on your car from the insurance company hchia29? Mine was 3100 and some change....

The thought had occurred to me that the engine mount may have been hanging by a thread BEFORE I hit the deer. It did have many, many miles and 10 years under its belt after all. I consider myself fortunate that the damage didn't cause me to lose control of the car. I do already love the...

Sad but true that almost all the Honda forums are populated by a "younger" crowd. Which is why I will miss this place so much. The manual trans mitigates boredom somewhat with the Accord

I strongly considered getting another 5, there is a silver 07 manual touring for sale CHEAP in Winchester. But when i test drove it the front and rear suspensions BOTH groaned and knocked and clunked like crazy. I looked at my wife and said "no thanks, i think fixing all the gremlins in the...

On my way to work yesterday morning I ran over a deer. Notice I say "ran over" and not "hit" The deer was already on the ground and I ran her over with the right front tire. Somehow the carcass made HARD contact with the engine which sheared the motor mount on that side off the block which...

OOTege, I actually had 5% on all the back windows until very recently and I liked it just fine. It was hard to back into my dark driveway at night with the windows that dark, but I learned to deal with it. I used static cling film from Gila and cut it myself. I make paper templates that I lay...

Re-tinted the van. Went with 5% on the rear window and the little bitty quarter windows, 20% on the the sliders. Worked an early shift this morning and the glare coming through the untinted windows was BRUTAL. Also repaired the loose cai tube on the bottom of my airbox. I have decided to...

The cable that actuates the parking brake will need adjusting after a rear pad replacement. You will probably have to remove the center/armrest console to get at that cable.

Ebay, junkyard, this forum under the Mazda3 for sale section look for whole car part outs. Looks to me like getting the part is the easy part (no pun intended) If the dealer is quoting 1.5 hours that means you DON"T have to remove anything major to get that sucker out. If the whole top of the...

Speaking of tint, I drove mine into work today WITHOUT any tint and it SUCKED! I had to remove my 5% tint to get the van through state inspection, luckily I used "static cling film" so it was a five minute process to remove. I plan to use the old stuff as templates to re-tint with something a...

First thing I would check, is remove the spare tire and make sure that all the rubber plugs are in place at the bottom of the spare tire well. There may only be one, but if it is missing, or loose, that would allow a large amount of additional noise into the cabin. Also check the condition of...

Looks nice! I imagine the dark tint is mandatory in Arizona. Welcome to the forum

Thanks for that^^ im only changing out the speakers myself because i literally couldnt stand to look at the new stuff sitting in the bedroom anymore. I cut the factory connectors off and replaced them with spade connectors. Im going to pay to have the amp installed so im not real worried about...

Makes good sense to me! Post some pictures of the new one once you have it in your possession and have put your "stamp" on it.

The sub is one of those back burner things. Behind the Speed3 brake upgrade, real tinted windows, a new thermostat, and rear wheelwell rust repair. A basslink might be just the ticket, i will have to see just how strong the system i am working on ends up being. I may end up with an 8 inch...

Yes it will

Why give it up? Is is breaking with alarming frequency? 232k is just getting started for one of those isnt it? Maybe im biased my lowest mileage car right now has 135k on it..

You really don't HAVE to remove the rear seat to get the speakers out, it is just easier if you do. The plastic panels come loose pretty easily once you remove all the screws/bolts holding them in. With the rear seat out you can maneuver the plastic out of the way to the point where your...