What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

[MarkVII88]

That equates to about 36mm of wheel and tire that's inboard of your stock rim, toward your shocks and struts. I bet it'll be a tight fit without wheel spacers.

They are +50.

 

[underconstructi]

Factory rx8 wheels are +50 offset and wears a 225 size tire. THey seem to have a very very slight stretch to them. The evolution8 8/9 uses 235 on a 8" rim... seem to sit square on the rim.

I'd use the 225s

 

[Orangutan]

New estimate done on the damage by a guy backing into me a few weeks ago. First estimate by his insurance company was $400; estimate by my insurance company is $1400 and six days in the shop. Great.

 

[Hank3]

Dealership replaced the FSB bushings with new ones and added the the shield/covers back in November under the TSB. So far so good...no clunking! But found that the rear continued clunking. Dealer didn't replace those as they couldn't hear the clunking from the rear when they went for a test drive. I ordered two new RSB bushings (Part# C24328156D) off ebay for $9 shipped back in November and installed them last week. The old ones seemed to be in good shape but dry. I hit the new ones with Energy Suspension lube and I'm glad to report that the clunking in the rear is gone as well. We'll see how long it lasts.

If the rear clunking comes back, I ordered the RSB that's listed in the Mazda TSB as well off ebay (Part# C2Y62810XA). Hopefully that'll be a long term solution if the RSB bushings fail. The replacement RSB, bushings, and brackets all look different from stock. The bushings and brackets look beefier for sure and has FoMoCo on it. Good ole' Ford parts bin...

 

[bigman40]

Installed a front strut tower brace. took all of 10 minutes. Went for a test drive and I am thoroughly impressed.

 

[Robotazky]

Installed a front strut tower brace. took all of 10 minutes. Went for a test drive and I am thoroughly impressed.

Which one did you buy? Got a pic for us?

 

[Davicho]

Installed a front strut tower brace. took all of 10 minutes. Went for a test drive and I am thoroughly impressed.

Yes please do share. I've been wanting to buy one. Which one did you buy and pics is possible. Thanks.

 

[LocoM5]

Wuts sup everyone...New on here just wanted to throw up a few pics of my M5
lowered on Megan springs rolling on XXR 18x8.5 Front 18X9.5 Rear 225/40/18 Slight stretch for rear setup..

Feel Free to comment

 

[Rally Man]

I don't see anything (dunno)

 

[underconstructi]

had some free time today went from

to

Spare Snap-on pick handle

 

[LocoM5]

Sorry idk why they not up but ill work on it soon

I don't see anything (dunno)

 

[underconstructi]

Then this girl decided she didn't like it and did this...

 

[underconstructi]

But before all that I got tired of all the clunking when going over bumps...

front sway bushings with the dust boots and updated rear sway bar

Drives like new now...

 

[Hank3]

But before all that I got tired of all the clunking when going over bumps...

front sway bushings with the dust boots and updated rear sway bar

Drives like new now...

LOL...same thing I posted about a few posts up (#2284). Although I haven't installed the updated RSB yet since the replacement bushings have been doing the trick for now. We'll see once the lube wears off though. Did you notice that the new RSB bushings weren't lubed? I plan on greasing them up if/when I install mine.

 

[underconstructi]

Yea Hank3, I had extra Energy Suspension prelube left over from my other car. Used that on both the front and rear bushings.

 

[Davicho]

Installed a genuine JDM Mazda PREMACY nameplate. Thanks Ben (ukulele)! If anyone is interested hit him up.

 

[tuanies]

How much?

 

[tuanies]

Dropped the back end an inch and installed the Mazdaspeed rear sway bar

DSCF0829_HDR-Edit by tuanies, on Flickr

 

[Davicho]

How much?

$40

 

[bigman40]

Just installed drls today they look good.