What have you done to your P5 today?

bazooka joe said:
ya, hard to believe an 02 is worth over 10k???

Almost makes me want to sell mine, knowing my low miles 03 could probably sell for $12-13k. Think about that after 4 years of ownership its only depreciated by $3000 thats pretty incredible.
 
josh_silvernale said:
Tonight I gave her a good wash andwax. Also rain-x the windows. I finished off my evening by doing the foglight bypass. God she looks sexy

does rain-x actually do anything or is it just a gimmick? i've never actually seen anyone use it before.
 
I <3 rain-x. I don't use it as often as I used to, but when I lived in Seattle I used every time I washed my car. Makes the rain slide right off your windshield. On the freeway you don't even have to use your windshield wipers. (I still do, but you can leave it on the lowest setting even in a heavy rain)
 
Woody54 said:
does rain-x actually do anything or is it just a gimmick? i've never actually seen anyone use it before.

i dont have rain-x...i got something better :) i forget the name, it's in my car and its raining so i will get it later. it's a spray that you spray on the windshield (and other windows) and you simply wipe off. it's like waxing ur windshield. best thing ever
 
been browsing clutches. stuck btwn exedy oem replacement or spec stage 1. how much does a clutch install run typically? price range?
 
I washed it today for the first time in... months. Well, I did a cheater wash since it might rain the next day or two.
 
Got a free grille last night so I saved some money for the repairs (thanks haze20) - extra money is going towards touching up some other parts of the car as well as some slight custom work...
 
amsgator said:
been browsing clutches. stuck btwn exedy oem replacement or spec stage 1. how much does a clutch install run typically? price range?

I have herd a lot of good things about the ACT clutchs. If your going to be putting in a purformance clutch it would be a really smart idea to save up for a light weight flywheel like Fidanza. A Fidanza flywheel would work better with the performance clutch than the stock flywheel would. Plus later on down the road you wouldn't have to go through the whole grulling process again if you wanted to put a lightweight flywheel in. As far as installing it I would do it yourself. Its a lot of work but it would save you a lot of money. I would say it would be at least $200-300 in labor for a mechanic to do it, if not more. That money could buy you alot more upgrades for the P5.
 
mazdaspeed777 said:
I have herd a lot of good things about the ACT clutchs. If your going to be putting in a purformance clutch it would be a really smart idea to save up for a light weight flywheel like Fidanza. A Fidanza flywheel would work better with the performance clutch than the stock flywheel would. Plus later on down the road you wouldn't have to go through the whole grulling process again if you wanted to put a lightweight flywheel in. As far as installing it I would do it yourself. Its a lot of work but it would save you a lot of money. I would say it would be at least $200-300 in labor for a mechanic to do it, if not more. That money could buy you alot more upgrades for the P5.

and how exactly would i do this installation? lol. i'm in college and dont exactly have anything to drop the tranny with etc.
 
You can rent engine housts(cherry picker), and I am sure you at least have a jack right? The rest is just finding time to do it? If you have a garage just park it in there and work on it when you can. Then just ride a bike, or carpool with a friend to school unless your a long distance from your school or work then you have a bit more of a problem. If you took it to a mechanic you would have to deal with the same waiting problem, it just might take them a little less time.
 
mazdaspeed777 said:
You can rent engine housts(cherry picker), and I am sure you at least have a jack right? The rest is just finding time to do it? If you have a garage just park it in there and work on it when you can. Then just ride a bike, or carpool with a friend to school unless your a long distance from your school or work then you have a bit more of a problem. If you took it to a mechanic you would have to deal with the same waiting problem, it just might take them a little less time.

i dont have a garage. i live on campus :( i dont really have much of a choice...i dont think it's a good idea to do it in a parking lot. do they come w/ instructions or nething?
 
Drove the P5 for the first time in a week. Went to get brake pads & rotors for a friends PT cruiser.
I realized I'm at about 64k on the stock brake pads and 2 fluid changes (the next fluid flush is past due).
 
Not my P5, but one of the dodge work trucks. I was driving to town today, and about 5km from camp I noticed that the temp gauge was way higher than it should be. It never gets above 95 C, but it was closer to 120C. Cranked the heat to cool her, no heat coming out. Pull over and check the coolant, there was none in the recovery tank, and it was really low in the Rad. Got a co worker to go back to camp and get me some coolant, put in 3 gallons. Seemed to run fine and not loose too much on the way back to town. The temp stayed steady at just under 95C the whole way. I think we caught it quick enough to not do any damage to the engine.
 
bazooka joe said:
ya, hard to believe an 02 is worth over 10k???
thats what i said! i was almost positive that my car was gonna be totaled out. but hey its w/e just means that i can make a lil more money off my car when i sell it in about a year
 
I also ordered a new shift boot, my original one has a couple of cracks in it. I went with black with red thread.
 
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