What have you done to your P5 today?

[magnumP5]

k time to go finish my s-techs.. 75% done.. one corner to go, and it's sorta apart already.. one of the main bolts just won't come loose, so time to hit it with the impact

Man, you will love these, both in stance and ride (yippy) .

Well I gave the P5 a good bath yesterday but with all the pollen floating around she needs another one. I need to get her waxed badly... ah the swirls!

 

[bazooka joe]

show tomorrow...benn cleaning and painting the engine bay since 9 this morning...bushed! check it out!
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105924

 

[Kansei]

K I got the last strut/spring combo off the car finally.

uh crap that nut on the top won't come off. for whatever reason I can't grab that big washer thing with the vice grips like I did on the other side?

I squirted some lube into my rear sway bar bushing on that side while I had everything apart though. grease gun is fun

 

[Shasta]

What are you adding Kansei, springs and struts?

 

[Shasta]

show tomorrow...benn cleaning and painting the engine bay since 9 this morning...bushed! check it out!
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105924

Wow that looks great. I washed mine all up last night, but a bit dusty today. Why do people think that dust does not mean your car is dirty? I'll never understand that theory, they think your car has to have clumps off mud falling off it in order to be washed.

 

[Kansei]

What are you adding Kansei, springs and struts?

Well I already had goldline springs and tokico hp shocks.. now I'm going to tein s-tech springs

 

[bazooka joe]

Wow that looks great. I washed mine all up last night, but a bit dusty today. Why do people think that dust does not mean your car is dirty? I'll never understand that theory, they think your car has to have clumps off mud falling off it in order to be washed.

thanks...ya, i hear you!

 

[Shasta]

Obviously a better combination. Do they have about the same drop?

 

[Bala]

Had the tire mounted up on the replacement wheel and laid done a coat of Klasse all-in-one, followed by two coats of Wolfgang deep gloss paint sealant. Makes cleaning all those spokes a nearly hose-off operation. I then sacrificed a live chicken to appease the Curb Gods and said a prayer ...




OK - it was more like I had a couple grilled chicken tacos and a Corona w/lime (stash)

*edit - Oh yeah, I want to pass this along. Regardless of where you buy your PIAA wheels, PIAA USA will replace a damaged wheel at 40% retail (Cost) directly within two years of purchase! (yippy)

 

[Bala]

show tomorrow...benn cleaning and painting the engine bay since 9 this morning...bushed! check it out!

Woot! Nice job! Hey Bazooka, did you paint or powdercoat the GT-spec brackets? I'm giving mine a color change ...

 

[Bala]

Well I already had goldline springs and tokico hp shocks.. now I'm going to tein s-tech springs

Post some pics when you have a chance ... (cool)

 

[meinp5]

Today I washed/clay bar/wash/polish/waxed my car. I also cleaned the engine bay and the wheels very well. It's looking good again. I also got my DaveB's rings and installed them.

 

[bazooka joe]

Woot! Nice job! Hey Bazooka, did you paint or powdercoat the GT-spec brackets? I'm giving mine a color change ...

thanks man! ya i painted them porsche red...gotta do then over, i kinda rushed thru them a couple of yrs back

 

[Kansei]

Post some pics when you have a chance ... (cool)

Maybe when I'm done. The rust/corrosion I'm dealing with is crazy! this is a part that has spent it's life basically on the interior of the car (the top nut on the rear strut).. wtf!

air impact wrench = nope
18" breaker bar/ratchet.. spins it, but the strut shaft spins too
electric impact wrench = ha!

If I have to drop the money on one new tokico hp, a dust boot (like 40 dollars last I checked), and a new strut mount with hardware.. it'll cost more for that than all four springs bah!

edit: can't forget the obligatory heat it with the propane torch until it's glowing and then try all of the above again..

also.. soaked in pb blaster overnight (literally submerged in it), again this afternoon.. tried seafoam deep creep.. I'm at wits end right about now. Luckily the weather might hold out (aside from rain and crap) and I can get to class and work with my Fuji (work is a 90 minute bike ride (at strenuous pace) away ).

Also.. the one on the other side of the car.. no problem whatsoever

 

[silverpro5]

seafoam and DaveB rings!

 

[khaosman]

Kansei,

Get a big pipe wrench to hold that thing from moving. Then use your breaker/ratchet to get the top guy off. The wrench is maybe $20 tops, at Sears or wherever...

 

[whitemp5seattle]

ah you beat me to it.

I was about to say the same thing Chris. At the Spring Cleaning Meet my rear passenger side top nut wouldn't tighten down, so we had one person hold the nut thing in place with a wrench while another person used another wrench on the nut to get some traction. Try it!

 

[Kansei]

yeah the big washers suck.. I'm gonna have to replace both of them (but that's easy, don't have to take the car apart much at all to do it)

never thought I would need pipe wrenches to work on my friggin car

Well they close in two hours and it's out by where I work so I gotta leave now. At least the weather is amazing for a bike ride

 

[Kansei]

1.5" capacity.. seems like that might not be enough:

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/prod...BV_EngineID=ccheaddkjljlihicefecemldffidfmm.0

(that link probably doesn't work.. tis a craftsman 14" pipe wrench.

 

[Bala]

yeah the big washers suck.. I'm gonna have to replace both of them (but that's easy, don't have to take the car apart much at all to do it)

never thought I would need pipe wrenches to work on my friggin car

See the robogrips in this shot? Worked like a charm on those washers ...