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Jager12
09-22-2006, 04:46 PM
I got myself a new M5 last weekend and I am new in here. Hope I can learn and love my car more by reading all your tips and tricks in here.

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Kooldino
09-22-2006, 04:55 PM
Hi, and welcome.

Congrats on your new purchase.

Do us all a favor though, and please refer to it as a Mazda 5, as an M5 is a BMW.

Thanks.
zoomzoom mazda5
09-22-2006, 05:18 PM
Welcome and congrats on your mazda5, enjoy your ride zoomzoom(hi)
Zoom5Zoom
09-22-2006, 09:17 PM
Congrats JAG

Hope you enjoy your car and welcome to forum. BTW is it a GT or a GS unit.... ah does it have a moon?
Rocket
09-22-2006, 09:20 PM
You are not allowed to post a new car without a picture! It is in the rules.
jandree22
09-22-2006, 09:49 PM
Call it an M5 if you want, everyone really knows exactly what you're talking about... for reasons I'll never understand, some will go out of their way to raise a fuss over nothing. (Kooldino, you drive a 13 second compressed MPEG audio file? I mean, that's what a MP3 is, right? :p )


Seriously though, I'd appreciate pics too, not too many Phantom Blues around!
dommo_g
09-23-2006, 01:55 AM
Call it an M5 if you want, everyone really knows exactly what you're talking about... for reasons I'll never understand, some will go out of their way to raise a fuss over nothing. (Kooldino, you drive a 13 second compressed MPEG audio file? I mean, that's what a MP3 is, right? :p )


Seriously though, I'd appreciate pics too, not too many Phantom Blues around!
pwned
Scoot
09-23-2006, 05:40 AM
[QUOTE=Jager12]I got myself a new M5 last weekend and I am new in here. Hope I can learn and love my car more by reading all your tips and tricks in here.[/QUOTE

From another Phantom Blue onwer - congrats Jager12 :)
skyhawk
09-23-2006, 06:24 PM
Congrats... from still another phantom blue owner.
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DurhamProPhoto
09-23-2006, 07:40 PM
I totally agree with Rocket! No photo no car!
It is I am sure in the rules and if not it should be.

Congrats you are going to love the Mazda 5, Mz5, M5,
Minivan, MiniMinivan, Microvan, Car...

Who cares what we call it in our own forum. If we were
in a general auto forum it would make a diff. but we all
either own or are talking about Mazda 5's here.

Congrats Jager on your new 5!

Cheers,
Robin
Jager12
09-24-2006, 05:15 AM
Oke, oke, wait for my pic. Today is a sunny day. I will make one.
Jager12
09-27-2006, 06:28 AM
The pictures uploaded, you people
DurhamProPhoto
09-27-2006, 10:02 AM
Very Nice, Where in Europe are you?

Cheers,
Robin
iLisa
09-27-2006, 10:05 AM
Welcome.. so what is going to be your first mod? :)
2cam16
09-27-2006, 09:55 PM
Nice van. Interesting Euro tailights.
Only thing I don't like about the Euro version are the wheel/tire combo. IMO, the bigger wheel/low profile tire combo looks better on the US 5. :)
jandree22
09-27-2006, 09:58 PM
Nice van. Interesting Euro tailights.
Only thing I don't like about the Euro version are the wheel/tire combo. IMO, the bigger wheel/low profile tire combo looks better on the US 5. :)
I agree with this... I like the USDM wheels better, but I do like the Euro roof rails better than no rails here in North America. Jury's still out on which tails are better...
paging_drburgos
09-27-2006, 10:35 PM
Nice van. Interesting Euro tailights.
Only thing I don't like about the Euro version are the wheel/tire combo. IMO, the bigger wheel/low profile tire combo looks better on the US 5. :)

Multi-Activity Vehicle......

Uh oh what have i started???
:P

ps. i like our wheels and tails although the black JDM tails are better
irloyal
09-28-2006, 07:40 AM
Phantom blue is SWEET! Here's mine with tint, graphics and painted calipers:
Zoom5Zoom
09-28-2006, 08:08 AM
irloyal

Sweet pics and congrats. BTW who painted the calipers?

Secondly "LOOSE THE DICE" lol rock on (ughdance)
irloyal
09-28-2006, 01:20 PM
irloyal

Sweet pics and congrats. BTW who painted the calipers?

Secondly "LOOSE THE DICE" lol rock on (ughdance)

Painted them myself. Yellow was hard to find, most caliper paint is black or red. Takes about 4 coats to get the color right.
Jager12
09-28-2006, 02:09 PM
You really painted it yourself. What kind of paint is it. And where you not afraid to touch other parts than the caliper only. I want them too.

It's a Dutch Version Mazda5 by the way.
iLisa
09-28-2006, 02:31 PM
I painted by own calipers.. it really isn't hard.. :)
Jager12
09-28-2006, 02:59 PM
What kind of paint is it. Do I have to go to a local carshop.
Zoom5Zoom
09-28-2006, 10:50 PM
And the DICE
irloyal
09-29-2006, 07:44 AM
What kind of paint is it. Do I have to go to a local carshop.

It's a special high temp paint from Dupli-Color. Most Auto-Parts stores carry the Black and Red, and some have blue. I got my yellow on the net. Just go to your local Autozone or what ever and ask for the caliper paint. It is a self-leveling type paint and goes on with a brush.

It took about 4 hours to paint them. Put the car on stands, remove the wheels, and take the calipers off. I hung mine with some coat-hanger so i could get all around. I suppose you could leave the calipers on, but you'll need to mask a few spots, and you'll have a little harder time painting probably.

Interesting the brakes are all FoMoCo.
jandree22
12-10-2006, 09:05 PM
It took about 4 hours to paint them. Put the car on stands, remove the wheels, and take the calipers off. I hung mine with some coat-hanger so i could get all around. I suppose you could leave the calipers on, but you'll need to mask a few spots, and you'll have a little harder time painting probably.
I've never worked on a car before, what kind of process is it to take your brake calipers off? Is it something a n00b can do or better to leave my hands off?
irloyal
12-19-2006, 02:02 PM
If you are competent enough to operate hand tools, and read a manual you can do it. Go to the library or on the internet and read about doing a disc brake job. If you feel you could do it, then rock on dude!

I suggest reading about the brake job, because you'll have to remove the calipers and put them back on and make sure you have the brake pads properly in place, just like a brake job.
JimboNC
12-20-2006, 11:45 PM
I doubt the Netherlands has Autozone stores. Maybe others similar though, look for shops that sell car wax and automotive accessories.
Arnhem
01-07-2007, 04:16 PM
All autostyle dealers have caliper paint.
Jager12 where are you from?
Koa
01-08-2007, 05:32 PM
I painted my calipers on a Fiat Stilo Abarth a few years ago with Hammerite paint. Cost me just £5 per tin, I mixed two tins to get the correct blue I needed and the job was really easy, I intend to do the same thing for my 5 but I'll use red hammerite.
I done a "how to" on the forum I was a member of at the time, I'll find the link if it helps you.

Here you go.

The 17th post down has a picture guided walkthrough that I done.

http://www.fiatforum.com/stilo-styling/36556-how-paint-calipers-properly.html

Hammerite smooth withstands very high temperatures and is better than a lot of the thin paints you buy purposely for this job and a lot less expensive.
It also covers in just two coats and as long as you follow the guide and don't paint any moving parts of the caliper then you can leave them on the disks ;)