What have you done to your P5 today?

my parts pile is getting larger.. sadly the extremely key components still haven't arrived yet.. the brake lines from protegegarage, clutch line from *************, the s-techs and all the rubber bushings and such from onlinemazdaparts.com.

I have so far:
- ATE super blue brake fluid
- brembo blank rotors, all four corners.
- Hawk HPS brake pads
- can of silver brake caliper paint (though I think I'll just do black again, but who knows the ricer in me might come out again and do silver hehe)
- can of seafoam
- a few cans of brake cleaner
- a can of aircraft remover (way too make coats of paint on the calipers so I gotta clean them up)
- a grease gun to grease my AXR clunk fix bracket rear bushings (yay grease fitting on bushing bracket)
- some MAF cleaner (I'm assuming it's just a general electronics parts cleaner just with a higher price haha)
- my SLS side motor mount

I'm saddened that the rotors don't have the rotor hub and vented edge painted black like pictures I've seen (and my current brembo rotors) suggested they would. Now I have to paint the rotor hubs and the edges black, which means I have to tape off a circular piece ughhh. plus the fact that it's in the 20s outside so I can't paint in the garage or outside, and if I paint in the basement the ventilation system quickly fills the house with toxic paint fumes.. I could turn off the heat but then we'd freeze to death again.

As of right now the only thing I can install on the car is the side motor mount, and I think I will even though it's so darn cold outside. I have the day off from work, so might as well :P
 
Shasta said:
Whats seafoam?
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seafoam is your god.

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you suck it into your intake manifold via a vacuum line (one of the lines from the PCV works even on boosted cars) and it kinda steam cleans the head, removes carbon deposits, etc.

You can also use it in the gas tank, in your oil (!!), etc. If you use it in your oil, I'd definitely add it like the day before you're going to do an oil change anyway.
 
well yeah. I was thinkin like the night before.. drive it like 5-10 miles with it in just so you know it has flowed around a little?

it's not like it's some harsh cleaning chemical though, it's petroleum-based at least :)
 
No, it's good to run the car a few miles to get the stuff through the motor, but not TOO long, as it dilutes the oil.
 
thanks for reminding me about yet another thing I need to deal with.

oh and is the weather just so darn peachy in socal that you can drive a car with no wipers? :P

my windshield leaks badly on the a-pillar when it rains. It did it right after it had been installed, but I was 6 hours from the shop who did the install so I couldn't deal with it right away. It stopped for a while, but now post-accident it does it a lot worse than before :'(

hopefully insurance covers it including fixing the rust damage that'll obviously be hidden underneath. Oh and hey, the body shop that ruined my life is an approved local glass shop through my insurance company.. do I dare give them another chance? now that they know I don't accept s*** work from them I think they'd do a decent job haha. Sadly they're still the most trustworthy body shop in the area :(
 
Any other shop here is much shadier, trust me I've checked. At least in terms of body shops.. maybe there's some uber-nice glass shop somewhere, I'm doubting it though. I'll ask on the local car enthusiast forum.
 
Seafoam - Interesting. I"m doing an oil change tomorrow but I'm not sure if the local stores carry that in Canada. I'm curious though if you use it to break down deposits in your oil and to sort of clean the inside of the motor, would it not break down the new oil since it would be impossible to get all of it out of the motor when drained.
 
I received my Protege Garage intake manifold today. Now if the damn head gasket and bolts would get here, I could start putting this beast back together.
 
Kansei said:
?? I can read all mine during the day? Do you have it lighting up red, white, or amber? the reason red is undocumented by prosport is because well.. you can't read it during the day :P The red LEDs are really just there to light up the prosport logo and the needle, so the numbers are way too dim during the day.

edit: photo link:

http://picasaweb.google.com/clauretano/ShiftBootGaugesCenterConsole/photo#5009961804968576242
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mines mounted on my stering column(sp) so the glare kills it. I really don't like it all that much anyway. It is white though.
 
Kansei said:
Just so I'm sure I have everything .. this lube is the caliper slide lube, right? http://www.partsamerica.com/ProductDetail.aspx?MfrCode=PTX&MfrPartNumber=09177&CategoryCode=3223

I don't remember what I used last year.

Also.. anyone know offhand the blake bleeder wrench size for our car? I don't have any bleeder wrenchs so I'll have to pick some up.
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Might be. I just get the brake and caliper grease from my local local Autozone. Comes in a can with a brush attached to the cap.

As for a brake bleeder wrench? I just use my normal 8 pr 10mm wrench with the closed end. Never heard of a Brake bleeder wrench?
 
yeah I dunno why it's special either I just saw them on there. I'll just use my normal wrenches :P just gotta make sure I have an 8.. I know I have 9 and up through like 23
 
JoshP5 said:
Looks nice. HP or Illumina? Driving impressions?
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HPs and driving seems awesome so far, just the usual bumpier ride...def happy so far though cant wait to put the rims back on and the lip.
 
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