What have you done to your P5 today?
- Thread starter Tg5
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- carbon grey 2005 SP23 sedan
been traveling for work...New Hampshire, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, North Carolina, Georgia, Oregon, Washington, California and finally back to Connecticut this Saturday!
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
Finally got the brake job done. The original set of Brembo/Hawks finally gave up at 75k. Still were working great. Started hearing the faintest scraping. Both inner front pads ended up being paper thin & the ridge around the edge of the rotor had just started touching the pad a little. Other than that every other pad on the car still had a fat 1/8 inch left. Busted 2 lugs on 1 front hub taking s*** apart (1 lug, 1 lock) but I was not to be denied. Fetched 2 new ones, popped them in then went back with new c/s rotors, kevlar metallic pads, goodridge brake lines, caliper slide lube, syn brk fluid flush & a fresh set of black lugs/locks. All good, driving nice to bed them in so they'll last 75k too.
yes!
you drive nice to bed pads in? You're supposed to go very hard on them for brief periods to get them done right, followed by long periods of no braking to let them cool.
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- 2006 Infiniti M
every time i hear a noise, radio goes lowder
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- 2004 Redondo Red Pearl Acura TL
..........I wish we had snow in Georgia......I miss driving in snow.
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
Nice being the stated bed in procedure as listed on the Baer site for zinc coated rotors with metallic pads. Yes I've done the initial drive it like you stole it make sure everything is installed right no weird noise 60 to 15 stopping & going more then letting them cool thang. Just in the 500 mile before the coating wears off phase. Thanks for your concern.
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- 2003 Yellow Beast
Fair enough, if the manufacturer says to do it different, do it different. That way, you can sue them instead of melol
hahahahahaha
rednecks_r_us
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- 2003 Laser Blue Protege5
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- 2003 Yellow Beast
I;d like to come to AZ and do a photoshoot with your P5...that would be badass
Nah, things didnt work out the way I had planned with my insurance and what not. The body shop is slapping on a brand new hood anyway, hahaha. Its just not C/F
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- 2003 Yellow Beast
Thats cool you atleast got a new hood...f*ckin basketball hoops
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- -- 03 P5 / 23 CX-5 --
Uhhhhh, I think we're all in sync here. They said what you said & what I said they said & I did what you both said is what was said & did.Fair enough, if the manufacturer says to do it different, do it different. That way, you can sue them instead of me
and after reading that.... I'm dizzy lol (spin) (crazy)
rednecks_r_us
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- 2003 Laser Blue Protege5
Any time. AZMC would put together a meet for ya.
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- 2003 Yellow Beast
I feel like im the only member here that hasnt been to a meet or an autox and met up with other members on here...I hate being deployed and out of the loop...I'd like to be more active in the mazda community but duty calls lol
Yeah, no kidding. So far its about $1300 in damage.
