I picked up a MSP VC and plastic engine bay cover few months ago but I haven’t had enough time to actually install it till today. The installation was fairly straight forward but the only extra step I took was cleaning and re-sealing the 2 oil catch baffles on the valve cover. Tools/Material needed for […]
I’ve been searching for few specific parts for my protege and I finally picked up some this weekend. 15″ Mazda 3 GX wheels for winter use and JL Audio 8W0-4 Subwoofer. Since the MSP stock kenwood subwoofer is an 8″ sub I was able to find a decent JL direct replacement. Below are some pictures of […]
After hours of labeling and prepping I finally got around to changing my Mazdaspeed engine harness to a N/A non-abs/cruise control harness. It was a real pain to remove it but with the help of my friend we were able to finish the swap in 2-3 hours. The full harness extended from the engine bay […]
Since the manual conversion my brake/ABS/ Check Engine lights have been constantly on. I replaced the dummy speed sensor with a manual sensor, installed a speedo gear in the differential, and used the MSP engine harness. My speedometer isn’t working at the moment but I’m thinking all of these issues can be fixed with the […]
Swapped out my driver side p5 rotor, pads and caliper to 04 mazda6 brakes this morning. Also picked up a new set of BB2’s 215/45/17.. Met up with Frank yesterday and painted all 4 of my calipers black. It was a bit rushed since we started really late in the evening. Here are some […]
My car started making grinding noises from the door panels when ever I try to lock the car. I’m not really sure how this happened since I never slam my doors hard or abuse it. I did some research and I have a big feeling its the white plastic gear that’s broken in the actuator… […]
August 2012 Maintenance/ Mod List: – Change Timing belt/ Water pump – Change Spark plugs – Ext/Int detailing – P5 Fog light DRL MOD – Maybe replace the J-Pipe** On the way back from work my car finally hit 100,000 kms last week. In regards to the fan not blowing air on speed levels 1, […]