What have you done to your P5 today?

[TX_SilverP5]

This year the big thing was the transmission as I was wrestling with it getting out of first gear when it's been sitting overnight (morning sickness). Then I got some pretty headlights...

07/20/2024 - Transmission Valve Body - LenTech 7A100-4F27-STT valve body $559
08/08/2024 - Rebuilt Transmission $3.6K
11/19/2024 - Angel-Eye Projector HID Headlight Headlamp Black V2 for MAZDA LHD $625

It is so much better now and warrantied for 5 years. Peace of mind.

Edit: @144k now

 

[BenjiHoggi]

This year the big thing was the transmission as I was wrestling with it getting out of first gear when it's been sitting overnight (morning sickness). Then I got some pretty headlights...

07/20/2024 - Transmission Valve Body - LenTech 7A100-4F27-STT valve body $559
08/08/2024 - Rebuilt Transmission $3.6K
11/19/2024 - Angel-Eye Projector HID Headlight Headlamp Black V2 for MAZDA LHD $625

It is so much better now and warrantied for 5 years. Peace of mind.

Edit: @144k now

Those headlights are SPENDY but wow do they look cool. I've definitely got the diy budget friendly version but they've been their own share of headaches. Just today I'm pulling one out to get the lens off and reseal it since it's leaked a bit.

 

[Diamond_Dave]

11/19/2024 - Angel-Eye Projector HID Headlight Headlamp Black V2 for MAZDA LHD $625

Wow. Definitely a lighting upgrade and while that looks expensive, if it's plug and play, it's probably quite the value. These cars need it so much. I did a projector retrofit for both of my Mercedes - removing the headlight, baking to release the butyl, install updated EvoX projector, reseal lens - and will probably go that route on the Protege as well. The DIY HID aren't too bad - $120 for EvoX projectors with lighting cutoff and $50x2 for the HID Ballast.

 

[TX_SilverP5]

Wow. Definitely a lighting upgrade and while that looks expensive, if it's plug and play, it's probably quite the value. These cars need it so much. I did a projector retrofit for both of my Mercedes - removing the headlight, baking to release the butyl, install updated EvoX projector, reseal lens - and will probably go that route on the Protege as well. The DIY HID aren't too bad - $120 for EvoX projectors with lighting cutoff and $50x2 for the HID Ballast.

It was plug and play! They provide everything including any adapters needed depending on the version.

 

[bugboy32337]

Zoom Zoom got a good layer of icy snow, here in Tallahassee, FL!!!!

 

[CTt3P5]

A good layer @bugboy32337, that will shut the city down for days! haha

I moved to Tallahassee the summer before my senior year of high school and that winter we got a 1/2" of snow one night. The next morning when I got up and started getting ready for school, my mom told me to go back to bed, school was closed. I looked out the window and laughed calling her bluff....she wasn't bluffing. After living in Rochester, MN for three years I never expected a snow day for a 1/2". I went back to bed thanking FL for not having the proper snow removal equipment and salt stockpiles at the ready. This was the winter of 1990/1991 so maybe things have changed? Damn, I'm old. haha

 

[bugboy32337]

A good layer @bugboy32337, that will shut the city down for days! haha

I moved to Tallahassee the summer before my senior year of high school and that winter we got a 1/2" of snow one night. The next morning when I got up and started getting ready for school, my mom told me to go back to bed, school was closed. I looked out the window and laughed calling her bluff....she wasn't bluffing. After living in Rochester, MN for three years I never expected a snow day for a 1/2". I went back to bed thanking FL for not having the proper snow removal equipment and salt stockpiles at the ready. This was the winter of 1990/1991 so maybe things have changed? Damn, I'm old. haha

@CTt3P5 ... I graduated high school in '86 ... so I'm older than YOU!

I remember that snow, and the black ice it created.

That experience helped me get to work today ... EASY on the gas ... EASY on the brakes ... EASY on the steering!

 

[CTt3P5]

@bugboy32337 hahahaha So you feel my pain when I ask "where did the years go?"

Yeah, same techniques I use up here in the NE as needed. Stay safe out there and watch out for those other drivers who don't have that experience!