Kittenbitten
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Just recently bought a silver 02 P5. I guess it was quite the shady deal because im full of headaches right now.
It was in an accident at one point but the body is basically flawless.
The guy that sold it to me (2nd owner, bought after the repair) told me that it has a 'sports' suspension package consisting of (presumably) the Eibach springs (sticker on the bumper) and the strut tower bar (red) along with the red painted calipers. I think those were mods though.
Also there is an intake in the car, a K&N, looks like the most jerryrigged job i've ever seen for an air filter, but I guess it works. Theres some random wiring thing that he had inside the air filter too. I'm debating putting that back in or ziptieing it to something else. Any advice on that would be nice.
The wheels are some crappy 15 in no name 5 spokes with the wrong offset and tires that are way too big for the wheels and the car, causing bad looks and rubbing if I have more than 2 people in the car. plus the tires on the front and back are different and different sizes. I may get some Stock Mazda 3 wheels and tires (like new) for 450$... Any thoughts on that deal?
And finally, the car seems like an electrical nightmare as the alarm is disconnected but hanging to the radiator core bar via a wire, every peice of wiring i've seen seems to be wrapped in electrical tape. They didnt use a stock light mount when they repaired it it seems, so the ground (3rd plug?) slipped off, it arced and melted the plug off the light. So i need to find a wiring harness for the drivers side headlight and replace it all. And the wires under the dash are a messy nest of electrical tape, bad connections and switches that dont seem to do anything.
Overall I like driving the car, it pulls to the right a little but its really noticable at freeway speeds. I hope it's the alignment but potentially it could be a frame issue. I guess the price was right though. anyone else have any thoughts on what I should do with the car? I'm kind of thinking about not fixing everything and turning around and selling it for about what I bought it for.... But I do like the car.
It was in an accident at one point but the body is basically flawless.
The guy that sold it to me (2nd owner, bought after the repair) told me that it has a 'sports' suspension package consisting of (presumably) the Eibach springs (sticker on the bumper) and the strut tower bar (red) along with the red painted calipers. I think those were mods though.
Also there is an intake in the car, a K&N, looks like the most jerryrigged job i've ever seen for an air filter, but I guess it works. Theres some random wiring thing that he had inside the air filter too. I'm debating putting that back in or ziptieing it to something else. Any advice on that would be nice.
The wheels are some crappy 15 in no name 5 spokes with the wrong offset and tires that are way too big for the wheels and the car, causing bad looks and rubbing if I have more than 2 people in the car. plus the tires on the front and back are different and different sizes. I may get some Stock Mazda 3 wheels and tires (like new) for 450$... Any thoughts on that deal?
And finally, the car seems like an electrical nightmare as the alarm is disconnected but hanging to the radiator core bar via a wire, every peice of wiring i've seen seems to be wrapped in electrical tape. They didnt use a stock light mount when they repaired it it seems, so the ground (3rd plug?) slipped off, it arced and melted the plug off the light. So i need to find a wiring harness for the drivers side headlight and replace it all. And the wires under the dash are a messy nest of electrical tape, bad connections and switches that dont seem to do anything.
Overall I like driving the car, it pulls to the right a little but its really noticable at freeway speeds. I hope it's the alignment but potentially it could be a frame issue. I guess the price was right though. anyone else have any thoughts on what I should do with the car? I'm kind of thinking about not fixing everything and turning around and selling it for about what I bought it for.... But I do like the car.