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    FS: '02 Protege5

    For sale: 2002 Mazda Protege5. Car is located in Redding, California. (about 2 hours north of Sacramento) 66,400 miles, 5 speed, sunroof, roof rack, Injen cold air intake, OBX muffler, California legal tint (70% front, 5%rear), JVC stereo. This vehicle has been well maintained, never smoked...
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    Tuning for the hills

    I'm looking for the best suspension setup for carving up some choice mountain roads. So far from researching and shopping I've come up with this solution: Racing beat springs Tokico blue struts I'm planning on keeping the rims 16's or 17's, nothing bigger. I can't decide on sway bars or...
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    proper intro

    Well I finally got around to taking some pics of my 02 p5. thought I'd post some pics and see what everyone thinks. It's a 5 speed with about 65k miles on it. Current mods include: Injen CAI Cali legal tint (5% rear, 70% front - yech!) JVC CD/MP3/SD deck 2 pioneer 10" subs powered by...
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    Stereo Suggestions

    So I go looking for a new head unit, and the guy at this shop starts treating me like I don't know anything about stereos all because I told him I wanted a deck that lit up all red to replace the factory unit so that it would blend in with the rest of the dash at night. Then he starts trying to...
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    Long Lost Blue P5

    Has anyone out there bought or seen my old P5? It's a 2003 Midnight Blue P5, if it's still in Cali the plate # was 5BNK919. VIN is JM1BJ245431122186. I traded it into Lithia, so it could be anywhere by now. Just curious where it ended up. And I have some reciepts the new owner might like to...
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    Moody gas guage

    Anyone else experience this? It happens occasionally: I'll go to start the p5 and the gas guage will stay on empty - low fuel light on and everything - when I know that I've still got a half tank. I can turn it off and come back later & most the time that fixes it (like rebooting a computer)...
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    Strange Noises

    So I'm cruizing along in our P5 today, windows down, enjoying the ride. But suddenly I start to notice a clicking noise coming from the drivers side front when I take off, and when I shift from first to second. It almost sounds like a contactor energizing, or two small pieces of metal hitting...
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    Shifting Question

    I'm ba-ack! And then there was one... Had to sacrifice my P5 due to reliability issues. The kid who had it before me ripped it up. Had to rebuild the tranny @ 25,000 miles. I kept breaking brackets on the intake and exhaust, etc... Too many headaches. We kept my wife's P5, and now she...
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    Show me your hood!

    Upon closer inspection, the previous owner of my P5 tweaked the hood by trying to close it with the hood prop still up (stupid!). I was gonna change it out anyway, but I wanna see some different styles, not just read part numbers before I lay down the dough. Post a pic of your hood - I'm...
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    North Cali Blues

    Any meets going on north of Sacramento? The closest thing to a meet I've seen lately is when I parked my wife's P5 next to mine in the driveway... Anyone out there live near Redding?
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    Mazda Meet

    I'm new to the P5 scene and am wondering if there are any annual or semi-annual Mazda meets going on anywhere near Northern Cali - if so when & where?
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    P5 Exhaust Q&A

    Please help. My wife and I are constantly trying to outdo each other. Now she wants to put a performance muffler on her '02 P5, but she doesn't want it to be loud like the one on my '03 P5. (She'd rather be seen than heard). Any suggestions?
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