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    WTB: Protege5 (Tri-state area)

    Hey jdmb, I have a dark blue 03 P5 manual with everything except leather and it has < 45k miles. Mods are minor - eibach springs, and racing beat exhaust essentially (other stuff is in my signature, I think). I'm gonna get it cleaned up and take some pics to post on here if that's of interest...
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    Slow to start in the cold

    yeah, i'm due for an oil change for sure - and i think i want to try a new battery as well. i'll try and remember to report my findings once i do both of those! i've never changed a battery myself however...i'm a bit nervous tampering with the contacts despite all the times i've jumped my...
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    Slow to start in the cold

    so i went away for the weekend and it got cold here in boston (~30 deg F)...was snowing when i returned. tried to start my car and it just cranked really slow and got slower. not the usual clicking sound that accompanies a totally dead battery. but the only think i could think of was jump...
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    P5 any good in the snow?

    i have a manual 2003 pr5 with hankooks icepicks on my stock rims, and it's really good in the new england winters.
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    Violent Shudder at Takeoff

    man that's nuts, i ALSO thought it was me and my inability to drive manual but you guys are reassuring me. so really, a new flywheel is needed to fix this? that's menarded.
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    Driver's Side power mirror

    no worries, thanks for your help martskin. anyone else know for sure?
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    Driver's Side power mirror

    damns, so it definitely comes unpainted from the factory and the dealer has to match the paint to your car?
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    Driver's Side power mirror

    hey guys - i'm gonna bump this thread to ask a related question; came back from a business trip to find my driver's side mirror bashed apart, painted shell and all. fortunately i had a service appt @ mazda today and was able to get pricing for the mirror - which unfortunately for me, will cost...
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    WTB: 2003 Protege 5 side mirror

    bumping to recycle a thread since i'm in the same boat (some jerk hit my car and ran while it was parked) - but i'm looking for a LH/driver side mirror, preferably in midnight blue for my P5. anyone have one laying around?
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    how do you turn off Auto door lock?

    woah, i would love this feature - there must be more info on this out there!
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    My P5 is making funny sounds...

    yeah all normal, i think. mine still rattles after a start while driving around 3k rpm for a bit...annoying as hell. though, i also have started hearing a kind of whistle sound that happens when i downshift/depress the clutch while driving. i can't get it to be regular though so i'm not sure...
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    50,000 Miles And VALVE CLATTER? Dealer Says ECU Reset???!?

    from my limited research here on the forums, people refer to this as the "cold start rattle" and i've been noticing it on my 2003.5 P5 with only 24,000 miles. i posted in the other thread about it because when i took my car into the dealer and showed them the TSB for the problem, they said my...
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    IS300 Rims on my P5, Pics!

    yeah i'm curious about the centercaps - someone here custom made them right? i'd love to replace my ADR centercaps with some low key mazda ones
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    Falken Ziex Ze 512 vs Hankook Ventus Sport K104

    hey guys, thanks for all the posts about this. i ended up getting the falkens and they've been really great so far, no complaints. much quieter than the kumhos i had on there previously! and so cheap, i love it.
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    Cold Start Rattle and Roof Rack Noise...

    it's more than a second, i hear it under acceleration for a while. i'm not sure what it could be - very few people mentioned that it could be the heat shield clanging against something? does that happen often?
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    Cold Start Rattle and Roof Rack Noise...

    can anyone shed light on this for me? i'm still hearing the rattle, and there's not much info on getting the rattle fixed if your car doesn't fall into the TSB VIN range specified...
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    What Are The Most Cost-Effective Mods To A Protege5?

    woah, this is dating me but that will smith lyric is from the song 'summertime' circa 1991
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    Do we need camber kits after a drop?

    tomass_z - how much did it cost get the camber adjusted and have that strut modification done? i'm concerned now cause i JUST (literally) ordered a set of the pro-kits for my P5.
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    ZXTuner Short Shifter?

    how hard was it to install?
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    Calling all cat-back owners.....

    hey thanks for the posts guys - bazooka joe: it's definitely louder inside than stock, but i *think* i've noticed it's gotten louder in the past couple of days then it was when i first installed the RB catback 2 weekends ago....hence my concern. maybe i'll just come out to the NEPOC event and...
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