Just put my wheels on!!!

chaos2015

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2003.5 Mazdaspeed Protege
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What do you guys think??
 
That pic must've been taken right after because even the stock gap settles a little afterwwards. The gold STI wheels look good.
 
I cant believe you painted your front markers...

on every thread I go, you criticize.. cmon man not everybody has a car like you.. lay it off man

but, yea I never thought STI wheels would be that good looking on our cars, sweet, DROP !
 
Rims look great wheel gap is horrible. I'm agreeing with Brian painting side markers isn't a good idea safety wise. Even if it was for looks remove the whole thing fill it then paint other wise don't do it at all

My .02
 
It is a reflector...

It is there for safety...

Painting it will simply get you into s*** with the cops...

I don't say s*** just to be an asshole...
 
Thanks guys!! Next up is a drop and fender roll, because it rubs slightly now on big bumps. And really flack about painted reflectors........
 
Looks really really good and will look 10x better with a drop. Gold on white is always a safe choice and the p5 pulls it off quite nicely with those wheels!
 
It would have to be one hell of an interesting paint to not allow light through.

This is common in the euro scene. Similar to smoking the marker out, so to speak.

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I do have to agree, Brian does post a lot of negative comments regarding anything other than his tastes.
 
It is a reflector...
Painting it will simply get you into s*** with the cops...
because every cop knows that they are not supposed to be color matched or that it is a turn signal to begin with....
It's also a signal light so people won't know when your turning...
and you have front turn signals and rear ones. not every car has side turn signals. take out the bulb and call it a day.

but the gold looks amazing, i have some cans of grimmspeed gold waiting to go on my wheels in the next week or so. gold is where it is at. drop that lady and shell be looking sexy.
 
because every cop knows that they are not supposed to be color matched or that it is a turn signal to begin with....

and you have front turn signals and rear ones. not every car has side turn signals. take out the bulb and call it a day.

but the gold looks amazing, i have some cans of grimmspeed gold waiting to go on my wheels in the next week or so. gold is where it is at. drop that lady and shell be looking sexy.

removing it completely by filling the hole left with body filler + sanding is one of my summer projects.. itll look so clean!
but yeah, it wont be nociceable
 
removing it completely by filling the hole left with body filler + sanding is one of my summer projects.. itll look so clean!
but yeah, it wont be nociceable
i should have had the body shop do it when i had my front bumper replaced...i also made sure to tell them to not drill holes for the front plate..but they did anyways.
 
Well I just want to point out that Brian changed out his front bumper to one that has no front side markers at all. So essentially, he did the same thing by spending much more money, and is being hypocritical.

Cool wheels though! I don't think I've seen those on a P5 before.
 
It's also a signal light so people won't know when your turning...

Also it's not a turn signal, the 02's have no side turn signals. It's just a solid orange light that comes on with your parking lights.
The side turn signals would be on the fender directly in front of the door if his car had them.

just clarifying
 
The sedan has them on the fenders not the p5... And all cars have to have a visible turn signal on the side, the front signal light you can't see from the side and neither is the rear.

His ticket not mine
 
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