The 2000 Civic EX (4AT) sedan is long gone, its proceeds going toward my '93 MX-5 later that same month. Life goes on, as does my '98 Civic CX 5MT hatchback. While out on a self-service salvage yard tour a while ago, I came across a silver 6th gen civic whose fender looked decent. The salavage yard ...

Spent some time last weekend working on the SAAB. I had picked up some EBC Yellowstuff 4000 pads for both the front and rear brakes, and the weather and my schedule left a nice opening to finally refresh the brakes on all four corners. http://www.planet-zero.org/media/images/livejournal/2013/may/saa...

CO-103 is a great drive. It's in my backyard and I enjoy taking both of my Mazdas up there. If you haven't been up there this spring, be aware that there is some construction on the road in the lower sections nearest Evergreen. When you turn off of Co-74 onto CO-103 in Evergreen, you may see some "r...

http://www.planet-zero.org/media/images/livejournal/2013/may/nointernettoday.jpg When the county snowplow plows up the buried phone cable that trunks phone lines into my subdivision, including my ADSL Internet line, twenty minutes before I thought I was telecommuting. At least I found out why I had...

I didn't look at Falken or Hankook yet, so if you know of any that are worth a look let me know. 225/45R18 Bridgestone RE-11: $804 Kumho Ecsta XS: $736 Yokohama S.drive: $656 Bridgestone RE760 Sport: $608 Thanks! :) I ran on Hankook Ventus evo V12 205/50R17 tires on my mazda3 s sport. They were ver...

Oh hey, another red NA MX-5. Yes, like go-carts, very immediate, very entertaining to drive, more than you'd maybe expect from the specs on paper. Sounds like you got a great deal, I hope you keep the updates rolling! You have a very nice setup for working on it.

Just about any auto shop should be able to handle it, though assuming we're talking OEM calipers, pragmatically, it'll probably be more cost effective to shop around online for rebuilt calipers than to pay a mechanic parts and labor to do it. Some OEM rebuilt calipers for sale online are repainted a...

At Mount Evans today.

http://www.planet-zero.org/media/images/livejournal/2013/apr/miata_timing4.jpg Where we left off yesterday, I had just finished installing the new water pump and timing belt. http://www.planet-zero.org/media/images/livejournal/2013/apr/miata_timing5.jpg After snapping a few photos, I ran out and fo...

Congrats! Pics or it didn't happen.

I decided to make a run at the timing belt / water pump overhaul on the miata. Overall, most of the work Saturday was routine, but time consuming. Because I was expecting to do the water pump and front seals, I pulled everything off down to the cam shafts and crankshaft. A considerable amount of oil...

I decided to make a run at the timing belt / water pump overhaul on the miata this Saturday. Overall, most of the work Saturday was routine, but time consuming. Because I was expecting to do the water pump and front seals, I pulled everything off down to the cam shafts and crankshaft. I'll be replac...

Good luck! The protege5 is probably my favorite mazda vehicle from that era. Good looking wagon.

I'm going to post future updates re: my miata here in the Miata subforum for now on. http://www.planet-zero.org/media/images/livejournal/2013/apr/miata_sunset_med.jpg Not too much is new right now, have been procrastinating projects for warmer weather and melted snow, though in recent weeks there ha...