So some p5's came with a sport suspension option and aparently mine has it. You would think they would have mentioned that when I bought it new almost seven years ago(bang). Anyways does anyone here with knowledge of this option know what the difference is from the regular p5 suspension, besides having shorter rear endlinks? Thanks.
Sport suspension package?
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Hockey_star104
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- Proteg 5
how did you figure this? vin number or something?...first i've heard of this
crackerkorean
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I have been trying to find racing beat front sway bar bushings and got kept on being asked if my car has sport suspension. I have no clue.
What in the VIN denotes sport suspension?
What in the VIN denotes sport suspension?
MazdaSpeeder
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- Protege5 (5-spd)
Are we sure about this? What makes the "sports package?" From looking at the parts catalogs, there aren't different sets of suspension parts for Sports and nonSports P5s...this doesn't sound right.
crackerkorean
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I was doing some reading here on the board and read mention of stock KYB shocks. I swapped mine out toe Tokico blues today and noticed the stock ones on mine were Tokico also (just black oem ones)? Could this possibly be it?
Yeah I hadnt heard of it either untill I ordered new oem rear endlinks and they were too long. I called the dealership and they ran my vin and sure enough, sport suspension. The guy told me when I ordered the endlinks that they have sold hundreds of these things and they have only had one set returned due to the customer having the sport suspension package. When he told me that, I thought "what is he talking about, Ive never heard of that before". When I went to install them today and they were too long that was the first thing that popped into my mind so I called the dealership and thats when they checked my vin. All this time I always thought they were all the same too. Im going to the dealership sat. morning to get the correct ones and Im going to try to find out exactly what is defferent about it other than the shorter endlinks.
trust me, since i work in a parts dept, there is without a doubt a factory sports suspension.
When you call the dealership, and request a part, they usually ask for the last 8 of your vin number. the combination of the first two digits, and the last 6 digits seperates your car from other car models (in this case p5s) sharing that same combination.
If you dont have the vin handy, the ask generic questions, engine size, transmission and trim level. This helps narrow down the amount of parts given to them by the system.
Endlinks for example.
If the worker just does a generic search for a 03 protege, hes going to get every endlink for every model protege. Not all endlinks are the same, by narrowing it down to your vin, it only gives him one part#, the one that goes with your car.
Ive been asked several times if my car had the sports suspension, and i honestly didnt have a clue the first time. After they looked up my Vin, they said sure enough i had the sports suspension.
When you call the dealership, and request a part, they usually ask for the last 8 of your vin number. the combination of the first two digits, and the last 6 digits seperates your car from other car models (in this case p5s) sharing that same combination.
If you dont have the vin handy, the ask generic questions, engine size, transmission and trim level. This helps narrow down the amount of parts given to them by the system.
Endlinks for example.
If the worker just does a generic search for a 03 protege, hes going to get every endlink for every model protege. Not all endlinks are the same, by narrowing it down to your vin, it only gives him one part#, the one that goes with your car.
Ive been asked several times if my car had the sports suspension, and i honestly didnt have a clue the first time. After they looked up my Vin, they said sure enough i had the sports suspension.
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- 2006 Infiniti M
i had the sports package 
