If you take the fog light out you will see three screws and once you remove those you can remove the bulb
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If you take the fog light out you will see three screws and once you remove those you can remove the bulb
black_venom122
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Yeah I know a little about turbo maintenance but I'm still reading up on turbo care and what not. It's a big step to take so I want to make sure I'm well educated in turbochargers because that's a lot of money to spend on something and then have it go to s*** because I was an idiot haha. And I was planning on doing it all the at the same time, just start building a motor on the side and build it with the turbo so that way I can just drop it all in.
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Oh and thanks for the info about the fog lights! Now I just have to get some haha. On a side note I was thinking about debadging the rear of my car except for the "Protege5" badge (which I want to paint black and repaint the "5" red), what do you guys think?
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If you take the Badged off there are holes Behind them.
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Oh really? I thought those things were just held on with special adhesive. Out with that idea haha
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So now you know if you see a badge less Protege, it is a bigger deal than it looks... It was Welded Filled and Painted..
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Maybe one day I'll do that =)
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Alright, taking small steps here but I just ordered the Corksport urethane exhaust hangars to fix my rattling exhaust problem (hopefully). Next paycheck I think I'm going to get some new fog lights. =) Also I'm thinking about painting that little bottom section of my rear bumper where it dips in flat black, I've seen a few P5's on here that have that painted black and I think it looks good. Input?
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On a darker car it is less dramatic, but I have seen it on Midnight Blue and it looks great.
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Yeah I know it wouldn't stand out as much as on a lighter color but I think it would still look good. I think I'll give that a try now that the Mazdaspeed sticker is off the rear. And if I don't like the way it looks, oh well. Gives me an excuse to repaint my rear bumper haha
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Here are 4 pics of my car as of 11/25/11. We had some nice weather today for a change so I decided to wash her and get her cleaned up. Also, it shows my car with the black housing headlights better than the other 2 bad pics of them, and updated pic of the rear without the "MAZDASPEED" sticker. Enjoy! =)
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Car looks good man, keep up the good work... I like the bkack housing headlights with the midnight blue, makes me wanna do that to mines
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ooo i like those wheels !
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visiongt9506: Thanks, its nice to receive positive comments about my car, I really appreciate them. And I recommend going with the black housing, it cost me $6 or so for a rattle can of hi-temp flat black and about 2 hours of my time. Completely worth it in my opinion, I think the black looks so much better than the chrome with the midnight blue.
walkingchaos: Thanks! That's actually my favorite part of the car is the wheels, I think they compliment the car perfectly =)
walkingchaos: Thanks! That's actually my favorite part of the car is the wheels, I think they compliment the car perfectly =)
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Rolled 160k today.....sad day =\ But she is still running strong! Never leaked a drop of anything in the 30k I've put on it =)
If you do decide to paint the rear bumper, I'd recommend using PlastiDip. It's about $6 and is super easy to do. Just cover up everything you don't want sprayed. It comes out as a soft plastic, and looks sharp. Best of all, if you don't like it, simply peal it off!
This is mine. I did 5 coats, once every half hour, then let it sit overnight.
How I wish the previous owner hadn't used the rear bumper as a battering ram (doughpoke
This is mine. I did 5 coats, once every half hour, then let it sit overnight.
How I wish the previous owner hadn't used the rear bumper as a battering ram (doughpoke
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Thank you much for the input! So where can I buy that stuff? Because that would be great to just be able to peel it off if I don't like it. Also, what kind of prep work did you have to do, did you do any sanding? I really like the way it looks on your P5.
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That is excellent news! I will have to look into that. How long ago did you do it and how is it standing against the test of weather and time?
I did it at the beginning of the summer. So far it has held up very well, I haven't noticed any deterioration or peeling. You can wash it along with the rest of the car. I am interested to see how it handles the winter, but I don't foresee any issues. Worst comes to worse, I still have about 75% of the can left 
