What did you do to your Mazda2 today?

[CMP]

Finally got around to lowering the damn thing on the Ksports I've owned for like a year and a half.

 

[eyeballs]

Well that took awhile.

 

[killbox]

Fitted an air leaker vacuum thingamajig. Dropped my fuel consumption by a satisfying amount. Also fitted two of those triangular things ��

 

[murch]

Ordered a few goodies for the 2 due to some Labour Day sales.

From DDMWorks, I ordered the shifter bushings and rear sway (10% off sale).
From XenonHIDs, I ordered an H4 LED headlight conversion kit (50% off sale).

Also working on an order for eyelids and aftermarket fogs from The Speedline pending a few outstanding questions about the fog kit.

 

[murch]

Just ordered the AWR 70d motor mount as well... On a roll!

 

[killbox]

Got myself an AutoExe Front Tower Strut for cheap from Japan. The paint is rather bad, so I decided to paint it black and go full stealth. Have only painted it half and will continue tomorrow instead

 

[datsunfreak]

New shift knob...

Carbon fiber insert for rear badge...

 

[ngd298]

(cool)(rockon)

 

[eyeballs]

Put mine up for sale today. It's planned replacement is an outback xt.

 

[ngd298]

Put mine up for sale today. It's planned replacement is an outback xt.

I saw that on CL. If I hadn't bought mine a few weeks ago I'd be all over it. Super nice car.

 

[deadlydave]

Put mine up for sale today. It's planned replacement is an outback xt.

Bummer, but the OBXT is a good choice. I forbade myself from getting another Subaru as my daily...way too easy to start throwing parts on one from my wrx-and-a-half i have sitting in the garage.

New shift knob...
Carbon fiber insert for rear badge...

Both look good. The shift knob reminds me a little of Jurassic Park.

 

[ngd298]

Got my DDMWorks rear sway bar installed. Very impressed with the quality of the part, can't wait to try it out once the roads dry off.


Also, I'm getting 35% tint installed as we speak. ��

 

[genericmoniker]

Swapped my plugs... last weekend? Also new belt, 136k km on both.

 

[DrWebster]

Swapped my plugs... last weekend? Also new belt, 136k km on both.

That reminds me of a question. The tensioner is the lowest pulley, closest to the firewall right? IIRC there's a brake line between it and the frame rail that makes it tough to get a wrench on the bolt in the middle of that pulley. Any trick to it, or do I just need to get a thin-profile, long wrench?

 

[genericmoniker]

You can nudge the hardline out of the way a bit, and wiggle a ratchet in there. With my propensity of breaking things, I ended up buying a serpentine belt tool (really just needed the long, thing handle, regular socket fit fine).

 

[murch]

Had a spare steering wheel I had kicking around re-trimmed and re-profiled by Royal Steering Wheels in the UK.

 

[mattl]

Looks great!

 

[murch]

Installed Bilstein B14 coilovers.

 

[mattl]

Installed Bilstein B14 coilovers.

How do you like them so far? How was the install and did you replace any other OE suspension pieces like top hats? Thanks!

 

[murch]

Really impressed so far. I have them at the lowest setting, and the ride is only slightly harsher than OEM shocks/struts and Eibach Pro-Kit springs.

If you use a wrench and ratchet, install is a breeze. Highly recommend a good torque wrench, and probably a breaker bar if some of the bolts haven’t moved in a while.

I replaced everything except the rear plastic spring seats. I went with KYB rear bump stops (cut the bottom section off) and Monroe rear mounts, everything in the front I went OEM.

How do you like them so far? How was the install and did you replace any other OE suspension pieces like top hats? Thanks!