How do you install the S5 Tail Lights if it doesn't come with the center piece. My stock tail lights have the white center piece because it is an 88AE and im not sure if the buyer has the center piece but he said if you wish to install them on an 88...u cut 1cm tab off the center piece. Is this true? and won't it look weird with a white center piece? thanks in advance.

 

i'm not going to comment on it "looking wierd", but i will say you are going to have to cut or shave down some of the center piece. it's not noticable since the part you have to modify is not really visible.

http://www.aaroncake.net/RX-7/taillights.htm


also in the future maybe post this in the 2nd gen-specific section. seems to be a lot of non-region specific technical questions lately in this forum...

 

OK there mister smooth (aason hand) moderator.

BTW how are the brake coming?

 

i got everything done. went for a test drive, got to the end of the driveway and blew the fitting at the caliper

apparently i stripped the thread on the actual caliper where the brake line goes in.
not too sure what i'm going to be doing about that...

 

Dammit! That sucks.

Use JB Weld - worked for me!

 

WTF lol!

to anyyone who is unsure, he is joking (i hope)

 

I'm serious.

The threads in my caliper were starting to strip, so before I lost all of them, I removed the hard line and used JB Weld to secure it to the caliper - It isn't the only thing holding the line to the caliper - it is just helping the threads.

And that was about 6 years and 50,000kms ago. So any worries about the safety or longevity of the repair is unfounded.

 

i'm really sorry to the original poster for jacking this thread, lol.

well as for my brake caliper i just bit the bullet and ordered a new one

 

Partsource has re-man Mazda calipers in stock or same day usually, FYI.

 

yeah, no worries. i ordered it through NAPA yesterday, and the guy said it would be in today.
we don't have a Partsource up here unfortunately...

do you know how much Partsource has the calipers for?

 

Hey aason, we can get theim in for 111.54 same day or next day at worst. Not sure what napa's price was. There might be a core on that, i forgot to check if there is and how much less it would be. Good luck with the car. Get her done so you can help me with mine :P

 

well with the core it is $80 at NAPA, so i guess it is OK.

yeah, i will hopefully be down in Ottawa this weekend, i'll give you a call.

 

Awsome, i checked and we do have a core discount but i didn't bother to check how much since you already bought it

Anyone going to orleans tonight? i might want a ride since my car sucks

 

yeah, idiots at NAPA ordered the wrong caliper.
beautiful, this just keeps getting better and better.

i think i'll go buy a Hyundai...

 

how much for rear re-mans ? core required?