3rd Gen Protege/MazdaSpeed/P5/MP3 General/Maintenance Discussion for 1999-2003.5 Models Only (BJ Chassis)

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Old October-16th-2002 | 08:46 AM
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Originally posted by zmzmp5
1 Year huh? Thanks for the update. Does anyone know where this information may be documented?

- Brian
I'm in Quebec Canada, so maybe it's different than U.S. ?
Old October-16th-2002 | 08:59 AM
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I'll tell you I got the hyperwhites and one day I smelled my engine burning, it took me a week to figure what was going on. I found out that the wires and one the piece of plastic that connects to the bulb. I stopped it on time but it still caused some damage to the wire. So I guess just watch out. I didn't know that the bulbs were under warranty.
Old October-16th-2002 | 09:02 AM
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- Fixed Headlight(s) problems
- Purchased and installed Nokya Blue Bulbs
- Painted Mazda Emblem in Front Grill (Flat Black)
- Painted Instrumentation Panel Bezel (Metallic Black)
- Did the electrical fog light mod
- Installed air intake filter and custom bracket
- Cleaned some bumper crap
- Test drives in his and my car
- Miscellaneous (oh yeah, chowed down some McD's food as well!)


Thanks to the BEST MAN Brian.
Above things were my first modification done ever since I bought my car.
He knows damn well about the cars. I will say he's the walking solution manual.
he spent a lot of hours to work with my car, and he treated my car like his car.
He didn't even charged me for labor work.
That saved hell out of money. I was so lucky I met him. If you see him in person, you will be amazed too.
I was little jealousy cause he's car performs much better than mine. oh well i'm just an automatic~
Thank You again brian~ You are the BEst of the BEST!!!
Old October-16th-2002 | 09:28 AM
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Originally posted by mazdanewbie
HIM?

I always forget that we aren't always what we appear to be, that avatar/picture had me going. I should know better, I'm not an emaciated crazy old sailor.

One thing about aftermarket mods, if you're planning on selling it limits your options, a lot of people won't touch it, they assume it's been raced. Or they don't want the hassle in case it was done wrong. I picked up my GSR from a Tiawanese student, he had put in some white parking lights that caused me nothing but problems. If I ever buy another used car it will be stock.
sorry~ she's my gf~
Old October-16th-2002 | 11:21 AM
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Re A/M light usage

Originally posted by slamprotege5
My dealer told me NOT to get aftermarket bulbs, as they get too hot and melt the housing. Anyone else heard this??
There shouldn't be a problem with running STOCK wattage bulbs in your car...this means 55/65W. You can run the higher wattage bulbs but you will probably melt either the housing or the bulb connector. I have seen this happen to many people .
I have the PIAA stock SuperBlue 55/65W bulbs, and the only problem I have dates back to before the PIAAs were installed . For some reason my car melts the drivers/left H/L Low-beam wire. If I wiggle the connector the light comes on. The contacts corrode for some reason causing resistance and excess heat. The dealer dosn't know why , and they have rewired that side. It has reappeared and I am going to repair it myself, with a new plug and a sht load of grease to keep the water out
I only installed the PIAA bulbs to match the fog lamps with blue lenses I had installed.
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