What have you done to your CX-5 today?
- Thread starter Kayger12
- Start date
Bob-Loblaw
Member
- :
- 2016 CX-5 GT
Took her on a 1,000 mile road trip up the coast. Took off the CX-5 as well.
Took her on a 1,000 mile road trip up the coast. Took off the CX-5 as well.
Nice! I'm hoping to sell my '01 Civic today and make the CX5 my new vehicle in the next week or so. Really, really excited.
jomar23CX5
Member
- :
- Mazda CX5 6spd Sport
That looks great man btw you lowered on HR or Corksport?Finally I have lowered my car. It took me three hours. Did not rush.
The ride, is soft and where are imperfections on the street, like waviness, the car tends to follow very well and it became bouncier then before, but I like it.
In my opinion, I'm at a height of a regular sedan.
Did not install the lateral link at this time, but soon.
I'm starting to move, so that becomes priority.
It took me way too many seconds to figure out that this picture isn't going to load all the way down. The visible part of the car looks nice and shiny tho!
Bob-Loblaw
Member
- :
- 2016 CX-5 GT
Yeah that's how it downloaded to my iPad so I just said screw it and threw it up there.
Spring Cleaning
1st handwash after the winter season revealed a gazillion specks of rusting rail and brake dust in the clearcoat.
It took over 3 hours claying with Riccardo (yellow) and Optimum No Rinse as lube to get rid of it. My back is killing me, I'm putting Iron-X on my shopping list for the next detailing session.
Washed again with Optimum No Rinse and applied 1 coat of Autoglym Super Resin Polish.
Finished with one coat of Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax and applied Autoglym tire dressing. Looks like new!
1st handwash after the winter season revealed a gazillion specks of rusting rail and brake dust in the clearcoat.
It took over 3 hours claying with Riccardo (yellow) and Optimum No Rinse as lube to get rid of it. My back is killing me, I'm putting Iron-X on my shopping list for the next detailing session.
Washed again with Optimum No Rinse and applied 1 coat of Autoglym Super Resin Polish.
Finished with one coat of Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax and applied Autoglym tire dressing. Looks like new!
It's Corksport. H&R, is probably half of what I have.
How'd your specs turn our for your alignment?
- :
- 92 & 16 Meyatas
1st handwash after the winter season revealed a gazillion specks of rusting rail and brake dust in the clearcoat.
It took over 3 hours claying with Riccardo (yellow) and Optimum No Rinse as lube to get rid of it. My back is killing me, I'm putting Iron-X on my shopping list for the next detailing session.
Washed again with Optimum No Rinse and applied 1 coat of Autoglym Super Resin Polish.
Finished with one coat of Meguiars Ultimate Liquid Wax and applied Autoglym tire dressing. Looks like new!
Very nice!!
I wait a week or two, for the springs to settle, then I will install the lateral links and then I'm going for an alignment.
You are correct. My toe was out of spec after the initial install while the camber was good. Since they've settled, I've noticed some camber issues on the back two wheels. I have an appointment tomorrow to have the alignment corrected again.
- :
- San Antonio, Texas
- :
- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
tbh the camber wear everyone is so worried about is not even an issue. over 40k on my current tires, dropped and only one is recently in the "yellow". And I drive my cx-5 harder, and can rotate it more than most here, 100%. I am interested in the arms though; if they work out and you want to make some $. Also I recommend toyo proxes supposedly they are designed with cambered setups in mind; I dont know how true that is but seems right to me. They have good grip too, for wot turns and hard turns.
Last edited:
- :
- 23 CX-5 Premium
What do you hope to have "corrected" with an alignment recheck? I don't know whether you're on H&R or Cork Sport springs, but either way your camber is not adjustable and some amount of inside tire wear is unavoidable. It's just a matter of degree (pardon the pun!), regardless of what some here would have you believe. I'm assuming the "camber issues" you've noticed on the rears have something to do with the fact that you can actually see the top of the tire tipping inwards when you vied the car from the rear?
- :
- San Antonio, Texas
- :
- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
Well I don't know about the stock tires. They are skinny and some people have reported replacing them after only 30k. I wouldn't expect them to perform well under such conditions. Imo the car looks ridiculous lowered with the stock wheels (tires) anyways.
- :
- San Antonio, Texas
- :
- '15 CX-5 Miata AWD
saw two new murano driving today. pretty much looks like a fairy car.. in pretty much all of the multiple meanings of that word
Very good Tibimakai......it seems to be a little lower than my car (Eibach Pro Kit) -2,5
Verzonden met Iphone 5S
Last edited:
