What have you done to your P5 today?

Pulled all the wheels/tires off and repainted the calipers. It's been almost exactly 1 year since I last painted them, and for one light coat, it was holding up pretty well, but it definetly needed another touch-up.
Also went to the store and bought some duplicolor metalcast and thought about applying it to give the calipers a shinier look, but didnt like how it turned out on the tests.

Wanted to wash her and wax her today too, but its amazing how time consuming painting calipers can be. So I guess I'll wait until monday. :-\
 
GordonJ said:
Pulled all the wheels/tires off and repainted the calipers. It's been almost exactly 1 year since I last painted them, and for one light coat, it was holding up pretty well, but it definetly needed another touch-up.
Also went to the store and bought some duplicolor metalcast and thought about applying it to give the calipers a shinier look, but didnt like how it turned out on the tests.

Wanted to wash her and wax her today too, but its amazing how time consuming painting calipers can be. So I guess I'll wait until monday. :-\

The yellow rockblocker looks awesome on your car.
 
rednecks_r_us said:
The yellow rockblocker looks awesome on your car.

Thanks! Believe it or not, you're the main reason I decided to go for it. I found an old thread started by you where you showed off your blue rockblockers and smoked tails, and it looked awesome.
So I tried some of the fogs out first just to see how the yellow on yellow looked, liked it, and went ahead with the headlights.
Now I think I'll go ahead and get some smoked tails and I'll be all set. (thumb)
 
GordonJ said:
Thanks! Believe it or not, you're the main reason I decided to go for it. I found an old thread started by you where you showed off your blue rockblockers and smoked tails, and it looked awesome.
So I tried some of the fogs out first just to see how the yellow on yellow looked, liked it, and went ahead with the headlights.
Now I think I'll go ahead and get some smoked tails and I'll be all set. (thumb)

I'm glad to hear that.

Just for you here is another shot of my rockblocker headlight protection and smoked tail lights

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last night i burned off a pretty big part of my front tires, i slid a pretty far (misjudged my distance to a stop sign like a dumbass) so now my car thumps a lil lol. oh well that can be fixed with a burnout heh.
 
new tsudo exhaust.. cartboy short shifetr and bushings.. comming soon advance compasite hood post pic asoon as it gets painted
 
Today, lets see. Used goo gone and got about 3 balancing's worth of adhesive off of my wheels, and then sanded down my race wheels so I can paint them next weekend, if it's nice out...
 
today -- nothing,
she sat is the garage all day --

I need to change plugs -- my gas milage as taken a sudden dump (butt)
 
what a wal mart shopping cart did to my P5

$%&^$ a big ass ding (2" x 1/2") by the right rear fender close to the taillight... (pissed)

here's the story: went to wal mart b4 going to work to buy some stuff... on my way to my car i saw a shopping cart parked, as in parked next to my car. when i moved the cart, there it was, big ass ******* ding. sorry guyz juz venting...
 
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quicksilvermp5 said:
$%&^$ a big ass ding (2" x 1/2") by the right rear fender close to the taillight... (pissed)

here's the story: went to wal mart b4 going to work to buy some stuff... on my way to my car i saw a shopping cart parked, as in parked next to my car. when i moved the cart, there it was, big ass ******* ding. sorry guyz juz venting...

i hate parking lots!
 
bazooka joe said:
i hate parking lots!
i feel ya man. i parked in the in&out parking lot and left with a dent from the car door that was next to me. i had a feeling that was gonna happen, but what can ya do...
 
im still pissed as of right now... knowing that there is a big dent on the car juz makes me crazy... the thing too is that i parked 3 empty spaces from the next car to avoid being bombarded with unintentional dents and dings but s*** still happened... take note, that was the first dent i ever had ever since i bought the car brand new.
 
quicksilvermp5 said:
$%&^$ a big ass ding (2" x 1/2") by the right rear fender close to the taillight... (pissed)

here's the story: went to wal mart b4 going to work to buy some stuff... on my way to my car i saw a shopping cart parked, as in parked next to my car. when i moved the cart, there it was, big ass ******* ding. sorry guyz juz venting...


Anytime if I see a cart anywhere near my car, I get nervous. No matter what I'm doing, I go out and move it.
It sucks too because I work at a grocery store, so there's no avoiding the damn things.
 
Well, ill post what I've done to my p5 this week


gtspec rear strut brace
gtspect front strut brace
tokico illumina 5 way adjustable struts
eibach pro kit springs
kartboy short throw shifter
kartboy shifter bushings
kartboy weighted knob
corksport 2.5 in stainless exhaust (no cats)
piaa extreme bulbs in lows, highs, and fogs,
waiting on paint for my buddy club two body kit

replaced rear badge with the familia jspec badging
installed new jspec Familia taillight housings
installed 17x7 mazdaspeed racing hart wheels with kyokugen lightweight lugs
installed my JBL GTO 1201.1 mono block amp (1300 watts x 1)
installed my memphis m1 12" sub
and my new kenwood deck is installed tomorrow.

Next week the AWR 21mm rear sway, end links and trailiing arms are being installed, as well as the body kit will be back from paint and fitted with all mazda stock fasteners.


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crap, forgot the engine s***.


redline synthetic oil, tranny fluid, and gear oil
magnecor 8.5 mm wires (these things are outragously expensive at $74)
ngk plugs
crappy intake (not worrying about changing it, youll soon see why)

April's upgrades:

corksport protege5 turbo kit
quiafe LSD
ACT stage 3 clutch kit
 
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