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I've had no problems with mine, but I admit I don't put a lot of miles on this car. I have a roughly 25/day commute, and split driving between this and my Miata, choosing the Miata probably 7/10 days.

Twintrbo: I know you asked MONTHS ago, but if you really want to know what's involved, here's the thread where I got the idea, and where I added my own pictures and clarifications to Loosenut's original post. I've still got them in the 5 BTW, still love them. Still happy with the mod. :-)...

Oh, I installed some of that LED strip lighting for interior lighting a few weeks ago, too! It's great, but I really can't turn on the interior lights while driving or it glares off of the inside of the glass so much that I can't see!

New trunk lighting. Seems like a small thing, but as we get into the always-dark-after-work season, it'll be nice to be able to see the stuff I've put back there. These pictures were taken in a dark garage with no flash. That is just the trunk lights! Oh, and if you're curious about all...

Installed snow tires last night. Firestone Winterforce in 205/60R16 on the stock wheels from my wife's (lamented) 2003.5 Protege5 I'm ready: The tires turned out to be a bit bigger than expected, but there's no rubbing, and I may have gained as much as 3/4" in ground clearance! I'm...

I was more afraid that my wife riding shotgun for long periods of time, would be uncomfortable without it, but she wasn't bothered! :D

Nope, never had the deletes. Preferred having fog lights!

The seats were from a 1st Generation ('07-'09) MazdaSpeed3. It is my understanding that 2nd gen Speed3 seats are the same as other 2nd gen Mazda3 seats. 2010 was the last year of the 1st Gen Mazda5. You can most easily identify 1st from 2nd gen by the big swooshes carved into the sides (2nd...

...Gave away almost all the rest of my P5 parts this weekend. Slightly sad to see them go, but glad to see them going to people who plan to use them and REALLY glad to not have to pack and move them in a couple of weeks!

Took it yesterday to have the hail damage assessed. Set up an appointment for PDR and replacement of the roof rails, which took a beating in the hail, but also had previous damage from when I did something stupid, so I'm pretty happy about how this storm worked out! :D

Tuesday, I drove it a pre-construction meeting for my new garage (there will be a house, too, but W/E), and on the way there I got caught in the worst rain/hail storm I've ever been in! To my surprise, all of the glass on the car survived. Unfortunately, the hood did not fair nearly as well, and...

Drove it to work today instead of the Miata. Flash-flood warnings for the entire DC area made it seem like a good idea to leave the tiny, low, sometimes-leaky convertible in the garage!

All sold! ...To me! :D

Vacuumed it, cleaned up all the dirt from when I hauled sod with it a while back, and installed my "new to me" head unit and all-season mats! Looks better inside and sounds great! Thanks Secondtyme, for the killer deal on the mats and stereo stuff! :D

For the kind of thing you're planning, the most important thing is to peel your tape immediately after laying down your last coat of dip, while it's still good and wet. Otherwise you'll pull the dip up with the paint. Also, as mentioned before: many coats so it's easier to peel. Rubbing it off...

Shipping would be about $20.00. Less if I can ship to a business address.

I'll bring it to work tomorrow and find out what shipping would run. Thanks!

Glad to hear it made it there OK! Thanks again!

Hey, all: I sold the the suspension and the exhaust. Thanks for the interest. Hatch cover still available.

Sorry all, I heard nothing about these from the 3rd until the 12th, and then haven't been on the forum since! ...so yeah, I kind of forgot about them! On the upside, I found the rest of the suspension! I'll haul all of it in to work tomorrow and weigh everything so I can quote shipping. I've...