What have you done to your P5 today?

[mspeedP5]

Mine's been on the coast since day one. Still pretty solid.

 

[stormkyori]

Installed new ACDelco trailing arms, she's riding super smooth now.

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

installed taglight, dome, cargo and waiting on reverse light LEDs.. such an easy and awesome upgrade!

 

[reut1]

bought a honda element to be the p5 backup over winter in case the p5 brakes again. not nearly as fun to drive

 

[stormkyori]

Installed oem trans mount. Having that 3/8 drive breaker bar really helped. I also noticed I have better clearance and access to the rear, might have to look at doing that soon.

 

[amsgator]

I replaced the stock shifter bushings including the 3rd link bushings with Kia bushings since they are better than the Mazda ones and cheaper than the Corksport bronzeoil ones. The 3rd link bushings weren't even there so my shifter had a very large amount of side-to-side play.

The shifter feels insanely better now. The side-to-side play is so little that I wasn't sure if I went into 3rd gear or if I slipped back into 1st!

I ran into a couple of issues, like the bolt through my TWM short shifter breaking off at the nut, but I was able to find something at Home Depot to make it work. Two of the four heat shield holes stripped out as well. I'm kind of pissed about that but I was able to make it work so it doesn't rattle like an MFer.

 

[grffn]

I ran into a couple of issues, like the bolt through my TWM short shifter breaking off at the nut, but I was able to find something at Home Depot to make it work. Two of the four heat shield holes stripped out as well. I'm kind of pissed about that but I was able to make it work so it doesn't rattle like an MFer.

Same happened to me with the bolt. I also ended up just removing the heat shield after one of them stripped lol.

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Thinkin it's about time to replace 12 yr old tires on the car......due to age more than wear. Has to be personal record for same set of tires on any of my vehicles lol......garage parked so no uv issues. Not my daily driver either, duhhhhh. Guess I can get some lower treadwear tires this time too.

 

[reut1]

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Cats clogged on 200k mile truck. Been driving p5 last few days waiting for truck parts to show. Still diggin the hatch action.

 

[Breeegz]

Wasn't there a "Windshield Spray Nozzle" mod people we doing, what Make/Model works for the protege? I thought it was usually sourced from the Mazda Tribute, but I don't remember for sure.

 

[reut1]

passed emissions testing again via the spark plug non foulers on the open header. 252k miles now and really not sure how it keeps doing it.

 

[Rona_D]

I bought a P5 today! After 3 years with a iTouring Mazda3... **SNORE** Had an Automatic P5 from 2004 - 2017. Can't wait for it to be delivered

 

[mspeedP5]

Added flares. Sorry, Won't allow to rotate pics.

 

[pcb]

It's yellow though.??!

Why is it not red?? Lol

 

[JazzySP20]

Looks great. Are you keeping the guards standard under or going to cut them for more clearance? Would look better too if the standard guard lip was not visible.

Wish I could get these flares and skirts. Are they still available in the US?

 

[mspeedP5]

Those pics were taken with the test fit. Then I took them off and went at it with the cutting wheel.

 

[mspeedP5]

PCB... thanks for fixing the pics.

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

looks good mspeed... what brand are those?

 

[mspeedP5]

looks good mspeed... what brand are those?

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