What have you done to your P5 today?

[ScratchNSniff]

We live to the far west of SC, drove to the bottom east corner, then back up to about an hour on the other side of Charlotte, NC then back home...

Had a family reunion first stop and there was a meet at the second stop...

 

[imola.zhp]

Two steps forward, one step back...

Noise similar to the noise that came about a few months ago (and was found out to be a loose drivers-side axle-nut) came back with a vengance after replacing the EGR the other day. In no way at all connected, just saying...

So I rotated the tires today and kinda surprised, kinda not, the passenger-side axle-nut had come loose. I impacted those suckers on, but they've both now come loose. So, I impacted it back on and hammered like crazy on that notch (like I did when fixing the other side) so hopefully neither will come loose again.

Removed the side moldings and got most of the adhesive off. Since this is just a "beater," I'm going to let her ride this week and finish removing the adhesive (and any accumulated dirt) next weekend and re-wax. Will take pic's then...

The last time I rotated the tires I removed the rear sway bar because something back there was "clunking" around. I thought I'd re-install it today to see if I could figure it out, well, I took it off at work and after it sat for a few months, I guess someone put it in the dumpster.

Great...

I dunno, I cant seem to tell much handling difference with it on or off, I don't drive this car too aggressively, it can bearly move its own self.

Saw a great idea on some auto-type-show where you could check to see if you have a "miss" by warming the engine and then comparing the temperatures of the exhaust manifold/header. Since we have one of those cool tools here at work, I thought I'd give it a shot. The results? Inconclusive. Looking at the engine, from left to right the temperatures decrease 5-10 degrees per tube. As the car was warming up, the 3rd to the right was substantially (50 degrees) colder than the other 3. So I'm wondering if that one is missing at start-up and then as the car warms up, firing ok...

Dunno, still trying to figure it out, overall though, the car is idling and running much better with the new EGR. Car smokes like a freight train though (at startup), so its only a matter of time before I'll have to pull it off and clean it...

 

[HKPRO5]

Added some yellow bulbs to the fog lights. I was surprised how easy it was to swap out. Also getting all the hardware together to mount my harness. (AutoX only) Other than that im just chillin at work. lol

 

[azmp5]

ordered some brake pads for the front MSP set up . Now I just need rotors and the passenger Caliper.

 

[slideshow240]

Scraped my lip twice going to the store and back. Had to have my cigs though...ha ha

 

[justanothermp5]

scraped my lip yesterday really bad, so bad the screws came out and i had to pull over and fix it lol
and i repainted my bumper, for the 2nd time, im starting to get tired of this dam mazda paint, i cant match it at all
so now i have a blue front bumper and a purple car FML

 

[hornsfan10609]

Scraped my lip twice going to the store and back. Had to have my cigs though...ha ha

That sucks, I would go a different way or to a different store. An expensive lip is a lot more important than a pack of squares. The roads in Houston are so bad though, with your ride height I doubt it will last.

 

[dxaveP5]

might as well just give it to me, since i'll be in htown in a few months

 

[Matt V]

Pic of the new swaybar.

 

[dxaveP5]

^^ Awesome! and ive decided not to sell my AEM SRI, ima keep it cause of the cool sound it makes sorry Matt

 

[slideshow240]

Nah I'm just gonna raise the car.

 

[dxaveP5]

haha thats cool, i have mine being sent out by Bazooka Joe this week and its also painted silver too... -_- so i gota go get it repainted blue and bondo a small crack on it, not bad for 100shipped

 

[slideshow240]

Hell no that's a good deal

 

[dxaveP5]

Hell no that's a good deal

yeps, it was one hell of a deal, and thne i got my DG grille from AOFdan or sumthin for 50 and best of all it was already painted Laser Blue
it has been an awesome parts shopping week!

 

[imola.zhp]

Before...

After...

EDIT: Wow, even iPhone 3gs camera sucks, thought it was supposed to be better than old iPhone...

Here is the side with the dent in the door...

Looks better, IMO, because there was paint missing from the door molding, which is kinda hard to see in this picture, kinda were that dark spot is...

Car was purchased to be parked on college lots, so I'm not too worried about the dents, I do think, however, that a good PDR guy could probably fix or minimize most of them, but fixing other problems is more important...

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Side molding removal FTW!!!

 

[Matt V]

Looks great Zip, I loved the difference of my car when I removed the moldings.

 

[Rockin03mp5]

i washed her and cleaned her out yesterday.

ive been thinking about removing my moldings... but i think they will cause more door vibrations. with my stereo, i want the door to vibrate as little as possible. anybody notice more vibration with removal of the moldings? they are such flimsy doors. i suppose i could put even more raammat on the inside.

 

[Matt V]

I think some more addition of sound deadening will help.

 

[slideshow240]

Man I tried removing my side moldings and realized my car had been re-cleared so it wouldn't work out. ******* carmax...