What have you done to your Mazda5 today?
- Thread starter Rockin03mp5
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@maykelcj Looks great! How much does something like this cost?
Any idea how much drop that is? Also what wheel size + offset is that?
Just installed my LED lights in the low beam. Waiting for the night to see if I have to get a better set. The ones I bought were the ignite brand from Canadian tire. Had a good week of bonuses at work so i took some and bought the bulbs. Night pics in a few hours.
Those lights I bought were not good. The reviews were mixed some said super bright some said NOPE. I say NOPE. they were a little brighter than the old original halogens in the car, but no where near what I was looking for.
Next up is to order a set off amazon and give them a go. The cut off and pattern were great, just no punch to them. If the next set does not do it, I will be getting 4300k 35w HID and be done, I know they work in the headlights right.
dlarkin_dc
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Ah yeah, tis the season for studs! I've always been impressed with how well the 5 does on packed snow and ice.
Yes, we were impressed with our previous 5 as well. We had Toyo Ice radials on that one and they were the best snow tires we have ever owned on any vehicle. This time however we could not wait to get them in so we bought cheaper tires and will order Toyos next year.
Hey what rear spoiler are you rocking there? I'm trying to find one for my second gen 5. I'm looking for that type of look over OEM.
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Had an interesting issue with the Mazda5 the other day - intermittently while driving, I couldn't push the shifter over into 1st or 2nd at a stoplight or two, then at the next one it worked fine. Occasionally I couldn't get into reverse as well until the car had moved, but only about 1 in 4 or 5 times. Double-clutching didn't make a difference, pushing down the shifter (like going into reverse) didn't help when trying to get into 1st or 2nd, but on some occasions the shifter could be forced over enough to slide up into gear (others not). This happened for about a week before I could take a look at it - thinking it was a problem with the reverse lock-out I started at the shifter inside the car, but in the end the problem was...
A squirrel left a walnut on top of the transmission, which occasionally would roll in the way of one of the shifter arms and get wedged between it and part of the casing, preventing the shifter arm from moving over far enough. Sometimes it would get wedged just right, sometimes not, maybe dependent on previous braking, pointing uphill or down etc? Either way, that was an odd and frustrating one that turned out to be a pretty simple fix once the battery box and airbox were out of the way.
A squirrel left a walnut on top of the transmission, which occasionally would roll in the way of one of the shifter arms and get wedged between it and part of the casing, preventing the shifter arm from moving over far enough. Sometimes it would get wedged just right, sometimes not, maybe dependent on previous braking, pointing uphill or down etc? Either way, that was an odd and frustrating one that turned out to be a pretty simple fix once the battery box and airbox were out of the way.
I had a 2001 subaru Legacy GT that I had a twin turbo system installed on. Went out one morning and it would not fire. I am like oh great, something major is done now. Turns out, a rat ate my spark plug wires. I installed a set of nice blue NGK 9.5mm wires and away we went again.
dlarkin_dc
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As much "mess" amd noise our local foxes make, they keep squirrels away from the cars!
