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I installed a new caliper on my passenger rear wheel after I found the old one leaking with a new caliper from O'Reillys about a week ago. I just completed a brake fluid flush and bled all four wheels of air, but the parking break isn't engaging on that caliper. When the brake is pulled, the...

Check it out. I have more video of actual driving conditions if anyone would want some of that. Symptoms: - Hesistation when starting from idle and dead stop in first - AFR lean spikes, sometimes as high as 35:1 when starting, mostly 20-25 (I don't boost when it is like this and mostly, I...

I would like to buy a fog light switch (the one next to your left knee above the hood release latch). If anyone has one, I can pay via paypal, or trade some stuff. I have a set of inserts for the passenger side mount for the stock mounts from AWR that I could trade with some cash fromy our side...

A few months ago, I told my sister that I would teach her how to drive a stick. Mistake one. My P5 is boosted, Kartboy short shifter, a few other things and even it is a challenge for other people used to driving sticks to drive my car. We started the night out slow in a parking lot at a local...

i want to debadge my protie but i am not sure if there are holes under the badges. i want to leave the mazda symbol on the center back but want to take the protege 5 and mazda off on the back. ideas? is it just adhesive so i can do it on a hot day and some dental floss or are they pegged on

does anyone have this installed on their car? i have one in mine but lost the instructions and kicked myself when i put in a new batt and my tune went back to its default settings. can anyone help me?

I have a new sound in my car! i have an 02' protege 5 with a t25bb turbo and some other things which arent important. but the sound is what i am posting about... the sound is like a cross between a dying seagull and a creaky door opening. also when the car is cold, i get a ticking sound that...

Now, i have put a turbo on my p5 and taken off the cat but the rest of the exhaust is still stockish. the p0421 code reads as this: P0421: Warm Up Catalyst Efficency Below Threshold Bank 1 My question: is this code caused by the cat not being present before the o2 sensor? Would getting a high...

i have boosted my p5, and i have a friend that has a msp. he just blew his engine (thrown rod, go figure) and he told me that i should get forged internals. i only have 8k mi on the engine with the turbo, but 77k ok the engine itself. do you guys have eny suggestions on when/what i should get...

i was wondering fi anyone has installed this mod yet. i just boosted my p5 and am happy with the performance. but right now, the stock exhaust and lack of good intake is stopping my turbo from spooling up completly. i thought this mod would look sweet and still be useful. so my three questions...

i bought a tsi turbo upgrade kit for my car and have about 90% of it done. all i ahve left to do is the fuel and the intercooler. i want to send my car to someone to do the fuel but dont want to pay 200+ dollars on a tow truck (i have no way to get my car somewhere on a trailer, all my friends...

anyone ever try painting their rims? im thinking of repainting mine to a dull/off white. saw a msp with them and it looked sweet. havent seen a mp5 with white wheels though... i know they will be a b**** to keep clean but i dont care. ideas?

got my oil changed the other day and the dealership said i was in the red with my break pads. any suggestions on what type/brand i should get?

its not so much a problem with the turbo itself, its i cant get the dang thing installed. i have taken off all the necessary stuff, and cant get the exhaust manifold off the of the car because of three bolts. the bolts that hold the exhaust manifold under the car (with the two springs) have been...