What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

[Maikel]

String method is tried and true, cheap, but a bid of a hassle to setup

You might be interested in this (ease of use on multi cars, compact, and accurate *enough*). Sensor in phones are pretty dram accurate these days.

Gyraline: The DIY Wheel Alignment Solution

Gyraline is an app and tool kit that allows anybody to do an extremely accurate four wheel alignment at home

gyraline.com

Yeah, I have looked couple youtube videos about gyraline and was considering about it.
But the I tought that I'm not going to do that many times aligments, that it't easier to stick with ol'skool.

 

[Silentnoise713]

While shopping in AliX for bulbs, you should have got also headlight vapor kit (if your lenses aren't cracked).

I have polished my headlights many times and they just come back to foggy.
It's not big deal, because swiping them again with a polisher isn't big deal, mostly can be done when washing a car.

But I did do my headlights with vapor kit last summer and they are still crystal clear.
I'm sold with that stuff.

Have to be extra carefully with protection when doing, because chinese haven't listed much of info about the liquid, indegrieds: resin etc.

This is my first time polishing headlights so did not know of a "vapor kit".

In hindsight, I could prob improve the outcome by using lower grit and better quality sand paper and use a better polishing head with a denser foam pad as this affects the pressure you apply, I was uncomfortable applying too much pressure which is also a fault on my part. I used the Sylvania kit for precleaning and UV coating b/c it was well rated for durability. I plan to redo my other car with the remainder of this kit but now with a bit more knowledge.

 

[Mazdasleep5]

Hi - my first post!

I cleaned one of my headlights yesterday with toothpaste, baking soda and a rag. Not bad for a 10 min job! Hopefully, I'll get better results using a brush and repeating the process a few times.

The real question is: what's the easiest way to remove the dead bug I found in the other headlight... Vacuum through bulb opening? Spear it with a stick?!

 

[sm1ke]

I once used a wooden BBQ skewer with a small wad of clear packing tape on the end (sticky side out) to fish a rubber grommet out of a spark plug hole. The same thing would probably work for this bug! Just make sure the tape is securely attached to the skewer

 

[Mazdasleep5]

I once used a wooden BBQ skewer with a small wad of clear packing tape on the end (sticky side out) to fish a rubber grommet out of a spark plug hole. The same thing would probably work for this bug! Just make sure the tape is securely attached to the skewer

Tape would be a great idea! And with surgical-precision too. I'd hate for *SMOOSH* bug guts smeared inside the lens