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Thank you! NOw the next question: Are these easy enough for a mere mortal to get out (since they've been basted in salt for 4 years) or am I gonna have to take it in?

I'm glad I found this thread... I live in MN/WI so it's salt bath 6+ months a year... If I can change out the broken shock mount myself this weekend, that would be great, unless everything is rusted into one chunk.... My shocks were replaced in '12 so they aren't original, but that's still 4...

I hit one of our 10,000 potholes 0n the freeway during my commute home tonite (8pm) I'm usually good about trying to avoid them, but... (insert excuse here) I had expensive lightweight wheels on my Miata and was used to playing "Pot Hole Dodge'em", but apparently I'm off my game now. Anyway the...

I've had my 5 since 07, the remote starter was installed by the d ealer in 09, and has worked perfectly since. This summer, the remote starter stopped working. I hit the fob button, and it does everything it's supposed to, other than actually crank the car over... It tries it 3 times, and...

Part of my commute is on a gravel road. While driving to work Friday, I hit a deeper than I thought pothole, and heard a weird scraping sound. I stopped once I hit pavement and looked underneath, and there was a long metal piece dragging on the ground from under the engine. Crap. Well this...

So I had some time to dig around in there, once you get the under-tray and the 2 side pieces off, there's NOTHING under/behind the fog light panel things on the bumper cover. There is wiring right to the plate thingy, but I don't know if I can just wire my lights to it without burning anything...

I checked out all the ones you guys reccomended, I called Tire Rack (where I get all my tires) and the guy there reccomended these (Dunlop Direzza DZ102) 215-50-16 size. The D-8000's I had before were 205-55's, and looked narrower than the wheels so these new ones look properly sized now...

My 5 is just starting to rust out. I'm bummed, since I really like it and it seemed to be doing so good up until this winter. Has anyone on here had similar rust issues, taken care of and could give me a "ballpark" idea of how much $ they paid? So far it's just the seam on the driver's door (not...

I just turned 175K on my 06. It has the 4-speed auto. I've changed the fluid in it every 40-50K, it is mostly fine but is starting to shift... funny. The other day it drove normally, shifted up to "3" and then just kind of stayed there, until I used the shifter to put it in "4". It only did it...

I have dedicated winter tires for my 06, the previous set of summer tires (Dunlop 8000) are down to the cords, and since it's been, like, four years since I bought those, none of the tires I was familiar with are still around. Well, the crummy ones I can get at my local Walmart are, but I'm not...

I guess this is as good as anyplace to put this... '06 5, the headlights are getting yellow, so they don't seem as bright as they used to. I have a set of fog/driving lights in the garage that I bought for the Miata I used to have (did I really sell that SEVEN years ago now? Jeez...) I want to...

Well this was on the passenger side, front corner, and was a new tire in November, so the tread is 99% across the whole tires... I have summer and winter wheels and they get rotated every time I change them over.

Mine wouldn't start (after sitting outside for 7-8 days in below zero weather) recently. I ended up jump-starting it, it took a LONG time cranking but eventually it fired up. Oh yeah, my battery charger said "Fully charged" but when I took the actual battery to the battery store, it wasn't...

I'm talking about on the driver's side, from behind the headlight to over the battery. I hit a deer with my 5 last year, and lots of the plastic stuff is broken, and rattling like mad. Can I just remove it all (and the engine cover) or is it necessary? How about sourcing new/good used ones? I...

My wife drives our 5 mostly. We live right about 30 miles from St Paul, where she works. Anyway I put a new set of General Altimax Arctic snow tires on it this past November. I've had the same kind of tires on this 5 already, that wore out, plus I have Altimaxes on our 2 other vehicles, so lots...

Really late to the party here, I have an 06. I bought mine when it was just about a year old, with 20K (miles) on it. It was a rental before I had it. So far, it has 170K on it. The only things I've had to work on was the trans fluid burning every 50-60K (Mine has a 4-speed auto, everything...

I picked the hood up this morning. It looks like it's gonna work just fine. I remember being able to get pretty much any part for my Miata I needed (new, at the dealer even) but are underhood plastic stuff for 5's as easy to come by? and the hood was suprisingly light, are they aluminum or steel?

Hitting up car-part right now. I found NEW hoods for $150 online, we'll see if used ones are cheaper. And I live in super-rural Wisconsin, the only junkyard near me has parts if I'm looking for an F150 or a Taurus, I bet they've never had a MAzda in there, let alone a 5... ANd yeah, it's just...

Just saw this... just over 150K on my (ex-rental) 06, other than a door lock actuator nothing's ever broken (knock knock)

It was a little-un, I never even saw it before I heard the bang. I stopped (I live out in the sticks so I was the only car on the road at 5am) but couldn't find it anywhere, so it ran off. Anyway everything still works (well, other than the hood release) so if I'm lucky all I need is another...