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You're welcome, glad I could help. BTW, the stock spoiler on the Protege5 does have a function. By disrupting (spoiling) the laminar airflow over the rear window, it greatly reduces the lift and drag that the window would normally produce. That's why you see similar spoilers an almost every...

Bump. :) The Protege5 and the 3 are completely different bodies with different curves and dimensions, so the chances that everything will line up and look like anything other than a botch job without major modifications to the spoiler are going to be slim to none. You'd be better off...

D+ for effort! Source: http://www.reddit.com/r/Shitty_Car_Mods/comments/2s3xgi/dodge_protege_5/

From your description, it sounds like it might be a CV joint. When you inspect the car, check the rubber boots on the drive shafts. If any of them are torn, the CV joint inside is probably toast.

Hello, do you still have the amber side markers from the front bumper skin? I need the side markers + a few inches of the wiring harness that plugs into them. If the side markers are gone, I could still use the ends of the wiring harness, as long as the black plugs are still attached...

Hmm, I haven't thought of trying it with my heel off the floor. I'll give that a shot, thanks. Yes, that's the way I've been doing it. Because of my height I'm a little short on legroom, so I find that I'm driving with my heel under the brake pedal, even when I'm stepping on the gas. I...

I've had my 2002 Protege5 5-speed for about 6 months. The last time I drove a stick was in the mid 1980s, in a 1971 Toyota Corolla wagon without power brakes. I taught myself to heel-and-toe in that car and became quite proficient at it, but the brakes in my P5 are so sensitive that I feel...

This is a very bad idea, is illegal, and also unsafe for you and other road users. The subject has been discussed at length on the Candlepower forums, and should be required reading for anyone considering this kind of mod...

Option 3: Take the car to a reputable transmission shop for a proper diagnosis. The tranny might be toast, or it could be something relatively cheap and simple like a bad solenoid or electrical connection. Does the O/D OFF indicator flash when this happens? EDIT: Also, $1200 to rebuild a...

You should not have tried to adjust the parking brake by tightening the nut under the console! Put it back to where it was, so the brake light goes off. The parking brake adjustment is done on the rear calipers themselves, using the allen bolt on the back of each caliper. You can download a...

theSpeedline.com sells OEM-style power folding mirrors with the LED turn signals for $188/pair: http://www.thespeedline.us/servlet/the-351/Mazda-323-Protege-Protege5/Detail Add $10 for heated mirrors. (Connects to the rear window defroster circuit.) Add $50 to have the mirrors painted to...

According to the owner's manual, the Gross Vehicle Weight Rating of a Protege5 with a manual transmission is 3,644 lbs. Subtracting the car's 2,716 Curb Weight leaves a maximum payload capacity of 928 lbs. Under normal conditions, (i.e., not pulling a trailer) the car's engine, transmission...

Does this happen only when the car is facing uphill? Only when it's facing downhill? Does it happen no matter which direction the car is facing? When you put your car in park, a pawl engages a gear inside the transmission to prevent the car from moving. If this happens only when the car is...

I'll take two. How much is shipping?

Shift knob and speaker received in good condition, thanks Neaspeed!

I'm also a new P5 owner, picked mine up in January with 144k miles, also with a squeal, though mine was intermittent. Since my car had no service history I decided to have the timing belt replaced right away, along with the idler & tensioner pulleys, and the water pump too just to be safe...

Tweety2300 I was agreeing with your statement, and reminding the OP that the oil pump would be running backwards, and would therefore not be pumping oil to the parts of the engine that required lubrication, but would instead be blowing bubbles back into the oil pan. Sorry for the misunderstanding.

^ What he said. Remember, the engine would be spinning backwards, so the oil pump would be useless. The axles should be fine.

Try removing the spark plugs, so you can move the car without the engine's compression working against you. Then either get a friend or two to help you do a 3-point u-turn where the car sits, or tow it to a wider road so you can get the tow truck in front of the car. (BTW, since the...

I once had an old Volvo that was sucking brake fluid into the brake vacuum booster through a bad o-ring seal in the master cylinder. This could account for the burning oil smell as the brake fluid is consumed by the engine, and also for the lack of puddles.