What have you done to your P5 today?

Rickman is the friggn man, he got my order in for this sat. woot(thumb) (cabpatch)
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i dont use cup holders. that's the thing. i use them to store stuff like coins and such. not cups b/c i never have cups, just bottles of water and the passenger seat is good for that :) would it be hard to swap?
 
amsgator said:
i dont use cup holders. that's the thing. i use them to store stuff like coins and such. not cups b/c i never have cups, just bottles of water and the passenger seat is good for that :) would it be hard to swap?
Anybody with a 2002 P5 would trade you in the parking lot in an instant.

5 minutes with a screw driver
 
I just did a little preventative maintenance. It seems like a lot of folks are having problems with their coils and/or plug wires at around 50,000-60,000 miles. Im at 56,000 miles so I thought Id replace mine. the coils were only $18 apiece on autozone's website. No one stocks them, I dont think my local mazda dealer even had them, they had to order them for like $30 each or something, the wires at the dealership were like $60 I think. The prices were even higher at other parts stores. I got both coils and wires shipped for $81....better than being stranded with bad misfiring and having to wait days for coils to be shipped in for big bucks.

I checked my plugs while I was at it and they were unusually clean. They have about 10,000 miles on them and the insulator was still bright white. there were some nice tan deposits on the electrode which is normal, but Id expect the ceramic insulator to be nice and tan too. Theyre the long reach plugs, heat range 6, one step colder than stock. I almost expected them to be a little fouled due to them being colder than stock. Any input? should I go colder? lol
 
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rednecks_r_us said:
Anybody with a 2002 P5 would trade you in the parking lot in an instant.

5 minutes with a screw driver

screwdriver? I pulled out my old one and put the flip top one in, that was it. I like the flip top alot more, though the lack of cup holders is annoying sometimes.
 
amsgator said:
i dont use cup holders. that's the thing. i use them to store stuff like coins and such. not cups b/c i never have cups, just bottles of water and the passenger seat is good for that :) would it be hard to swap?

In my experience the flip top cup holder is not a good coin holder either. Coins I have put in there have magically disappeared. And the only time it holds drinks is when we go get take-out. I like it because the interior looks cleaner with the lid down.
 
RedHotP5 said:
In my experience the flip top cup holder is not a good coin holder either. Coins I have put in there have magically disappeared. And the only time it holds drinks is when we go get take-out. I like it because the interior looks cleaner with the lid down.


the coins go into the crack where the lid flips back to... I had the same problem tell i started using my ashtray.
 
allright so I've searched and looked at a lot of vendor sites but I can't find the rear cupholders.. does anyone know who sells them or where I can buy them?
 
wow, surprised corksport had those rear cupholders - it was an accessory only available in Canada (through the dealerships) to my knowledge. good price too actually.

amsgator, you have pm on the cupholders! :)
 
finally home after being gone nearly three weeks, and she is sooooo dirty. *sigh* i really need to wash and wax her... but came home to two new goodies for her :D hood props (FINALLY!) and my new, custom-made sub box (courtesy of a fellow forum member). it looks SO good, i can't wait to get it in and reclaim my hatch! will post pics up once i get it cleaned off a little, hope to install both in the next few days.
 
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