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Haha, thanks man. The 2nd gen forums over here seem so dead. Makes the 2nd gen forums on CP look exciting, haha.

Will the front calipers from a 1995 Protege ES bolt to the spindles on my 1998 Protege LX? Looking to do a brake swap and was asked to get this info before they guy ships me the parts. Thanks.

Thank you. I have an extra pair of gatling gun shrouds that I want to do something with. Maybe create some DRLs in the inside-bottom corner of the headlights. We'll see, though.

Alright, what you've all been waiting for. The finished product...... or at least 95% finished, haha.

Progress is being made I didn't want you guys thinking I was going to start a thread and not update. I've done some work and this is what I've got so far. Projector is mounted and was temporarily put on the car to aim it. The shroud is trimmed, but still needs to be permanently fixed to the...

Holy chrome (boom06) Congrats man. Very nice ride.

Yeah, sorry. They're FX-R projectors. I forgot to mention that in the first post. *Fixed*

Got my kit today. Made a new thread since this is in the wheel/tire/brakes/suspension catagory and headlights projectors don't really fit here, haha. Here's the link: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123786735-Projector-retrofit-in-1998-Protege&p=5485842#post5485842

I ordered a projector retrofit kit from theretrofitsource.com. I now have the projectors, ballasts, shrouds, bulbs and wiring harness. Along with some stickers from TRS. Hoping for this to be my winter project. I'll be using the USDM headlight housings to mount the projectors in and the JDM...

Cool, I'll take a look, but probably won't actually buy anything until next year. It's not extremely neccessary at the moment, more like a dream of perfect handling, hahaha. My winter project is a projector retrofit. I ordered prjectors, shrouds, ballasts, bulbs and harness from...

Yeah the strut brace is on. It doesn't roll as much as the stock springs and struts did, but I believe it could still be a little flatter around turns. Maybe some new bushings for the sway bar/end links or something. Just throwing out ideas.

Yeah, I'm not getting new wheels/tires for a while. The current ones still work (duh) so no need to replace. I don't think I'd mind maybe a half inch lower, but we'll just wait and see as time goes by.

Thanks. The ride is still nice. Not quite as stiff as I expected, still a bit of body lean/roll around tight turns. But there's no annoying bouncing like my brother's Integra on coilovers. I wish it was a slight bit lower and stiffer, but this is fine for my first go at anything like this...

Pics: Okay, pic time.

Update: I have all the parts (struts, springs, mounts) and I'm hoping to get tit done today. It's rainging out and my brother's Integra is in the garage, but I might be able to squeeze my little Protege in there. I'll post up some pics when it's all done.

The dropzones were out of stock. so i got B&G 1.5" drop springs. Already hav the KYB struts, wish they were black instead of silver, but no big deal. blurry pic, but oh well.

I believe the transmission is the F-series. I think the G-series only came on the '95 ES. As for performance parts for this 1.5L, not going to find much. I have a short intake on mine with a performance air filter, that's about it. It is suggested to go with NGK Iridium spark plugs though.

Oh, there will be pics, trust me. I took a pic of my steering wheel after I painted the Mazda emblem, soo...... haha.

Nicely done. Love it. Wish mine could look that clean.....someday.

Okay, I got tired of waiting so I ordered KYB GR2 struts and Dropzone lowering springs.