I started doing some minor rust repair on the protege and the p5 black headlight conversion I’ll be grinding and cleaning all the rust then layering the whole front chassis, behind the front fenders, rockers and rear quarters with Por15 Should be more than ready to handle many winters in the future… Rust Spots Por […]
Been a long week but the installation is finally complete. Luckily she turned over after connecting power supply to the haltech ecu. I had to mess around with the intercooler piping to get my front bumper to fit with my fogs but its sitting to spec. Just need to tune it and she’ll be just […]
I purchased CorkSport’s shifter, bronze oil and polyurethane bushings for my 2002 Mazda Protege since my shifter was refusing to go into 1st gear. Started by removing the solid rubber bushing on the shifter linkage on the transmission side. Which requires a 14mm deep socket to remove the nut and push out the metal insert […]
I’ve been contemplating on this project for a while and finally pulled the trigger on a HiBoost Turbo kit for my Mazda Protege LX. Since I purchased the very base model in Jan 2012, I’ve been modifying/upgrading and preforming attentive maintenance to expand the life span of my first car. It’s been a long time […]
Got some new 04 Mazda6 3.0L V6 brake pads and shims to install this weekend. Should be a fairly straight forward job and it’ll give me a chance to use my new jack + stands š Pads part number Shims part number
Weekend projectpro to-do list:Ā Test connections and any soldered wiresTest for short/ fusesĀ Check EGR & Vac leaksCoolant flushInstall amber film on fogsInstall rear msp speakers/door harnessesInstall outer tie rod endsĀ Install fender linersĀ Repair fog harnessFinish custom downstream o2 harnessĀ Started checking off somethings from my to-do list for this weekend. I did a full coolant flush today and […]
I decided to change my front 04 Mazda6 rotors out with new OEM rotors supplied by Avante Mazda in Richmond Hill at 120k KMS on the clock. The old set of rotors made a grinding sound every time I took a turn at low speeds or reversed my car. I made sure to re-lubricate and […]