What have you done to your Mazda5 today?

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Mopho

• Oct 4, 2014

• #2,141

hibern8r said:

Megan coils give a lower drop than H&R but you can get lower with a coilover setup

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But the H&R give the CORRECT amount of drop



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Silentnoise713

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2008 Mazda5 GT

• Oct 5, 2014

• #2,142

sac02 said:

Maybe someday I'll get some side skirts, they make a big difference visually. (IMO)

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they really do and I think you should. I really like the stock kit bc it is very subtle.

loosenut said:

I prefer functionally low personally. Please let us know what you think of the yellowspeeds after some use. I've been looking at them recently. Looks good.

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will give some feedback after a few hundred miles. Honestly i'm kinda worried it may not be my liking. I may play around with it. I'm not a slam it kinda guy but temped to do so -just bc... the fronts have 1.5" more inches to drop (see perch spacing in 1st pic, I gapped 1.5 as starting test point. Will bring it up .5" and go from there. Great thing about CO is that height setting has no impact on ride quality, ground clearance will be my enemy.

 

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Silentnoise713

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2008 Mazda5 GT

• Oct 5, 2014

• #2,143

tuanies said:

And they're installed

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You need to hook up with mopho for some better pics

I'm guessing it is lighting but not a fan of that color combo as it appears but this pic does the car/rim no justice...

 

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tuanies

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2014 Mazda 5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 5, 2014

• #2,144

It was a quick camera phone shot. Car is still too dirty to do a proper shoot

 

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tuanies

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2014 Mazda 5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 5, 2014

• #2,145

Another quick phone shot next to the press car of the week

I might get the taillights tinted a smoke color or something, but leave the backup parts untinted....

 

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sac02

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2013 Mazda5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 6, 2014

• #2,146

I started working on the sound deadening that has been on my to-do list since about a year ago...

 

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757Premacy

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08 Mazda5 Touring

• Oct 6, 2014

• #2,147

sac02 said:

I started working on the sound deadening that has been on my to-do list since about a year ago...

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What material are you using for the sound deadening..

 

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sac02

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2013 Mazda5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 6, 2014

• #2,148

Mostly RAAM audio stuff. I sourced the MLV elsewhere (semi-local theater company) due to shipping costs.

 

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hibern8r

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2010 Mazda5 Touring

• Oct 7, 2014

• #2,149

Front brake pads, rotors, and slider pins.

 

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tuanies

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2014 Mazda 5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 9, 2014

• #2,150

Got the taillights tinted

 

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loosenut

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08 Mazda5 Sport, 10 CX9 Touring

• Oct 9, 2014

• #2,151

tuanies said:

Got the taillights tinted

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Dang, tuanies that thing is looking mean. I like it.

 

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tuanies

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2014 Mazda 5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 9, 2014

• #2,152

Thanks. I need to paint the headlight housings black. Anyone in WA ever do it before and want to give me a hand?

 

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Davicho

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ZoomZoom

• Oct 10, 2014

• #2,153

Hey Tuanies did you do the tinting yourself or did you have it done by a shop? Either way, what is the process or what does it entail? Do they all come out even meaning the same shade of darkness? TIA

 

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torquelover

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2015 Soul Red 6 Sport Auto 2016 Accord EX Auto

• Oct 10, 2014

• #2,154

tuanies said:

Got the taillights tinted

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I see a sensor on the side of the bumper cover but none on the rear. Cross traffic detection?

 

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Foolish

...of Awesometon

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'94 Miata! '10 Mazda5 Sport 5MT, '16 Mazda3 S GT

• Oct 10, 2014

• #2,155

Tomorrow, I'll drive mine to work for only the second time since I got my Miata in early September! I'm bringing the 5 tomorrow because after work I'm picking up a replacement fender, rear bumper cover and trunklid for the Miata, and a spare Miata passenger seat to build a sim cockpit for my basement!

While I really do like the 5, and love what it's capable of, when I have the choice every day between driving it and driving my Miata, Miata is always the answer! ;-)

 

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tuanies

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2014 Mazda 5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 10, 2014

• #2,156

I paid a shop to do it. Was $80.

The sensor is for the Gosher's Blind Spot Monitor system.

I miss having a Miata

 

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sac02

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2013 Mazda5 Sport 6MT

• Oct 10, 2014

• #2,157

Miata
Is
Always
The
Answer

 

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Tushawn

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2006 Mazda 5 Sport

• Oct 11, 2014

• #2,158

Replaced the rear shocks with KYBs, the mounts, and also replaced the bump stops. What a difference! Next up will be the front struts. I plan to replace the springs with H &Rs while I have the assembly apart.

 

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hibern8r

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2010 Mazda5 Touring

• Oct 11, 2014

• #2,159

Tushawn said:

Next up will be the front struts. I plan to replace the springs with H &Rs while I have the assembly apart.

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So much easier if you're replacing the struts and springs together. You don't have to compress the old set for disassembly and you don't have to compress the new H&R for the new struts either.

 

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Tushawn

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2006 Mazda 5 Sport

• Oct 12, 2014

• #2,160

So I don't have to rent a spring compressor? Hmmmm I was thinking about that last night while I was falling asleep.