What have you done to your P5 today?
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both hands on the wheel mister (drive)
cleaned my MAF sensor today and wrote this how-to. i hope i covered everything
will a mod please move it to the how-to section. thanks!
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3097578#post3097578
will a mod please move it to the how-to section. thanks!
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3097578#post3097578
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liljae8 said:just put in the blackened headlights..
HOT!!! I loved those headlights
installation went smoothly I take it?what kind of turn signals are those?
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amsgator said:
nice write up! notice any diff before and after?
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amsgator said:
from moi
whitemp5seattle said:
well it all calmed down yesterday after i changed plugs...one of them was pitted and in bad shape. i had the vtcs fall off (recalled on earlier models) and it apparently damaged the plugs when the screw fell in the engine.
it still shakes a lil but a lot less, the engine itself isnt rocking like it was before nemore, just the shifter and floorboard. it's a lot better and i am thinking it's back to normal. the MAF helped a lil i think too, but since i did so many things at once i dont really know which did it but its better at leastwhitemp5seattle said:from moi
gr. i wanna paint mine but i'm afraid to take em apart and all. dont wanna get condensation inside and all. idk. maybe one of these days i'll have time...like after i paint my badges. lol. they are all sanded just gotta prime and paint.
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you just have to be sure to stick 'em back together really well...give yourself a WHOLE day to do it right...and I mean a WHOLE DAY...like, 8 hours. Take your time and you shouldn't have any condensation problems!
mark, bill, chris, patrick, thanks for replying guys... i think i'm leaning towards leaving the headlight as is and once i move (and have oodles of time on my hands for up to 3 months while i can't work - oooo, lookie the stuff that's finally going to get done!) maybe take it out if i continue to have problems and try and fix the seal myself.
it's just so weird that the few times i've washed the car both before and after the incident, i didn't notice a thing - and i would definitely notice something like that. guess i'll make an appointment to get the 3m put on this headlight so it's protected to and she'll be good to go.
oh, btw - i know the hi-beam bulbs have that rubber boot on them to prevent moisture from getting into the housing; do the low beam bulbs have the same thing? my car doesn't that i can ever recall, a buddy's car doesn't, but when i was picking up a couple parts at a different dealership and asked them, they said it should and printed out a diagram showing this (and yes, it was a P5 headlight)... i'm confused.
it's just so weird that the few times i've washed the car both before and after the incident, i didn't notice a thing - and i would definitely notice something like that. guess i'll make an appointment to get the 3m put on this headlight so it's protected to and she'll be good to go.
oh, btw - i know the hi-beam bulbs have that rubber boot on them to prevent moisture from getting into the housing; do the low beam bulbs have the same thing? my car doesn't that i can ever recall, a buddy's car doesn't, but when i was picking up a couple parts at a different dealership and asked them, they said it should and printed out a diagram showing this (and yes, it was a P5 headlight)... i'm confused.
