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    2003 MazdaSpeed Protege overheating, and dumb questions.

    IM new to all this, and I have a 03 msp with 93,000 miles and it slowly started to overheat one day, I stopped checked everything, and oil, and fluids where good. ive since then changed the oil, and put a thermostat in ( after it continued to randomly fluctuate ) when im at an idle sitting the...
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    fitment help!!! DD:

    hey all, so i'm still fresh into the scene and i was just wondering if anyone could help! i bought a set of 17x8 rims (re-drilled to the correct pcd and cb of course) with a 30et. to my knowledge, i don't think it's compatible due to it's offset. however, i've read that various tire...
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    Headlight Adjusting

    Hey mazdaspeeders hope all is well. I have a p5 but my brother asked me to try and find out some info for his car about adjusting his headlamps up a bit on his 2010 mazdaspeed 3. I know he took it in to the dealer and they said there is no way to adjust these particular headlights. Is there...
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    New slotted rotors

    So I purchased a set of four new slotted and drilled rotors from R1 concepts and a set of 4 new calipers that I plan to paint red this weekend. I have my mechanic friend installing it all next week some time. So my question is which way are the slots in the rotors supposed to face. It seems...
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    How to Adjust 98 Mazda Protege Headlamps

    Any ideas on how to adjust a 1998 Mazda Protege headlamp? All suggestions will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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    Fog light altering

    One of my fog lights broke and I decided to buy two new ones. Was looking at the halo and angel and it just looked a bit to complicated to wire up the switch and it probably wouldnt be a tight fit like the oem. My question is when I looked at the fog light I see that there is a semi-circle...
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    TWM short shifter replacement

    does anyone have any opinions on this product? i really wanna get it cause i hear pretty positive things, but is it worth $500? http://www.twmperformance.com/shortshifters/mazdashortshifters/mazda3shortshiftersfullassembly6speed.htm
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    Wichita gathering

    There are a few of us on MSF that are trying to round up the Mazda lovers (not just MS3 and MS6 folks) in the Wichita and surrounding areas for a get together. Very informal just something so we can meet up get to know who's in the area and help each other out with mods and such. We don't have...
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    High reving when going into neutral

    Alright so i know its probably not an immediate danger but I know it is most likely a sign that something is in the long run going to fail. So I was wondering what you all might have experienced. Anyways my problem is that when my car eventually gets at operating temp, and when i switch gears...
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    MAZDA Tribute Rims

    hi i know this is the wrong area but i did not see anything for mazda tribute... anyways just a quick question. looking for some rims for my 2005 mazda tribute jsut wondering what the biggest size i can go with is. also tire specs etc.
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    Stock 2010 Mazda 3 speaker buzz

    So I have a stock 2010 Mazda 3 and I'm having some speaker buzz problems. At first I thought it was just a blown speaker but sometimes the sound sounds 100% clear and other times it is all garbled. I think it might have something to do with the windows, maybe a short somewhere or something. More...
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    Fog Light replacement

    So I have HID on my actual lights but I think I installed some silverstars on my fog lights and this morning one of my fog lights aren't working anymore. I was just wondering if ya'll remember the standard watts that are used on our fog lights. That way I wont overun them and burn it out...
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    Possible Mazda MD meet in April?

    DATE: SATURDAY APRIL 13TH TIME: 3PM until whenever LOCATION: park and ride at 8211 Old Columbia Rd, Fulton, MD 20759 DIRECTIONS: From Columbia, MD - take Route 29 South - pass under Route 32 - exit at Route 216 West - pass Maple Lawn on right - Park and Ride is on your left at next circle. From...
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    Sway Bar

    I have a rear 22 mm Progress Sway Bar that I am planning to install tomorrow with some new stuts and endlinks. Anyways I was reading somewhere that it is necessary to have some sort of mounting bracket between the sway bar and the end link? Is this true, because when I look under the car it...
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    Brakes Upgrade

    So Im thinking to change out my rotors and wheel bearings some time when my brake pads start to go bad again. I was going to ask you all what kind of rotors would be the best over oem. I mean i think its not really too necessary for slotted vent discs but im thinking just keep them flat plate...
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    Velez3Sport Build Thread

    New to this forum, but not new to forums or my mazda. Ive had it since January of last year (2012) I made an account on this forum a while back but never really posted. So let this be my first post... And one hell of a long first post.! Let me know what you think and anything on your opinion...
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    2014 CX-5 Grand Touring AWD HID Kit

    Hello all, Just got my 2014 CX-5 AWD GT but didn't get the Tech package. I have been reading online about the different HID kits and the projectors. I was thinking of ordering the following kits to make it as close as the stock HIDs. Is this what I would need? Thanks! HID Kit...
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    Struts

    So I got a set of tokico blues come in today and took a look at them. I noticed that there are two shorter ones and two longer ones. None of them were designated to any sides. So im guessing probably the long ones go up front and the short ones go in the back? Or the other way around?
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    2002 Mazda Protege Lx 2.0 from hell

    First let me give a little background into this car and what I have gone through with it... I bought the car about a year ago with high hopes that it would rid me of my falling apart 1996 Toyota Camry. The car had 89k miles, now 96k The day I bought my car, I drove it about 15 miles of city...
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    Painting the Wheels

    I have 4 PR5 OEM wheels, 3 that have the chrome look (not sure if its actual chrome or just polished aluminum) and 1 that is white. I want to paint them so they're all one color; I know I can paint over the white but is it possible to paint over the chrome-finished ones? If so, what's the...
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