Project: 2000 Mazda Demio DW3W.

[RODSCALIP5]

What's up everyone?! Well I finally made it to Japan(1 week ago). The family and I are beginning to settle in. I know some of you will be wondering why the hell did I choose a Demio (DW3W) to start a project. Well the answer is simple, in Okinawa the highest speed limit is 80 KPH, most used cars out here are Autotragics, and everyone and their mom drives a Skyline(Non GTR/Non Turbo). My goal is to give this car a little bit of USDM flavor with a touch of JDM . Most mods will be suspension, exterior and some go fast bits(I/H/E). The car eventually will go to my wife and I will end up getting an FD or something else not seen on this island. I hope some of you guys can guide me in the right direction as far as finding some replacement(OEM) parts. Pics to come.

 

[RODSCALIP5]

Pics:

 

[TheMAN]

were there not any 2001 DW5W available? those were better!

there's TONS of support and parts for this car anyhow

 

[RODSCALIP5]

were there not any 2001 DW5W available? those were better!

there's TONS of support and parts for this car anyhow

No 01's were available. It'sso hard to get a 2000+ car out here w/o paying cash up front. I'm currently working on getting the HU out and springs. I also want to get rid of my 13's (eek2)

 

[RODSCALIP5]

First MOD! My wifey surprised me with a new HU for fathers day and I wasted no time. Install went the same as the Protege, thank goodness or else I would have been hurting. After install I found out the car came with no Front Speakers . Im hoping an MSP din pocket will fit.

 

[gimpo2]

nice dude. no front speakers wtf? Oki huh? how long are you gonna be there? and what will be the fate of the demio when you leave? and what happened to your other cars???

so how is it out there?

 

[RODSCALIP5]

nice dude. no front speakers wtf? Oki huh? how long are you gonna be there? and what will be the fate of the demio when you leave? and what happened to your other cars???

so how is it out there?

I'm here for 3 years, or should I say my family will be here for 3 years and I'll be around the area. I have heard rumors that there is now a company that will bring your car up to specs and ship it to the U.S. I am not sure if the Demio will come back with us. As far as the my other babies, both are in storage .

 

[gimpo2]

yeah i'm sure if you throw enough money at someone they'll be able to make any vehicle US legal. Storage for 3 years? that would make me so sad

 

[clicknext]

Congrats on your new car! =D Rims have gotta be a top priority on that?

Hope all goes well for you in Japan, what are you and your family doing there?

 

[TheMAN]

he's on a 3 year duty assignment there

 

[Antoine]

Welcome to Japan (hi) Demios are cool little cars...I had a bad ass one setup on Gran Turismo a few years ago

This should be a fun project car...Keep us updated!

 

[yamaichi]

What's up everyone?! Well I finally made it to Japan(1 week ago). The family and I are beginning to settle in. I know some of you will be wondering why the hell did I choose a Demio (DW3W) to start a project. Well the answer is simple, in Okinawa the highest speed limit is 80 KPH, most used cars out here are Autotragics, and everyone and their mom drives a Skyline(Non GTR/Non Turbo). My goal is to give this car a little bit of USDM flavor with a touch of JDM . Most mods will be suspension, exterior and some go fast bits(I/H/E). The car eventually will go to my wife and I will end up getting an FD or something else not seen on this island. I hope some of you guys can guide me in the right direction as far as finding some replacement(OEM) parts. Pics to come.

.............Welcome to Japan... The land of NO-English. Just registered.

 

[TheMAN]

another stationed in japan? yokota?

 

[RODSCALIP5]

Update:
Well I finally received my Trust intake.

Before installing this intake I felt the car lagged and had little pull going uphill. Come to find out the stock filter was filthy, so after installing this there was a noticeable improvement in overall response. I have yet to reset my ecu, so we will see how that goes.

 

[RODSCALIP5]

On another note, Project Demio might be taking a back seat for a while. I picked this up at a good price and the potential(parts) is there:

 

[kickniteasy]

that looks like it might be fun, what is it?

 

[RODSCALIP5]

that looks like it might be fun, what is it?

Yeah, it's a very fun car. It's a 97 Toyota Starlet Glanza V
1.3L Turbo 130 hp 130 lbs ft.
2200 lbs.

I'm still doing research, but apparently it can take 200 hp on stock internals. I have already started with the modding :

 

[kickniteasy]

now why can't we get anything fun like that stateside......

 

[Antoine]

Too bad it's not a Mazda ...Although the Starlet is no doubt a great "budget" project car...I used to see some when I first came to Japan but now when I think about it...I haven't seen one in ages!

 

[Foolish]

Glanza.... That just sounds dirty!