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    steering problems

    hey guys, a few weeks ago i noticed a small problem that has now put my protege into the shop. what happened was i turned the car on and noticed a small hissing and when i turned the wheel alot of noise comming from my engine bay, i recognized the noise came from the power steering pump, and the...
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    Driving on ice

    hey guys, here in ny there is just ice everywhere, and my protege dosnt have ABS or Traction Control, plus my tires suck the big one. Since you guys are protege owners what do feel the best way to drive thru ice, and worst when your actually spinning? I did a un-intentional 270 while making a...
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    Car out of shop

    Hey guys, my car spent 2 days in the shop and now she is ready to go again. I had my front bumper fixed (3 cracks 1 long one), new grille, fixed radiator support and headlight alignment, repainted front bumper and rear bumper. All this cost me 800 bucks. The radiator support was in real bad...
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    Damage estimate Bill PLZ RESPOND

    hey guys to fix my protege at a local hot rod shop they said it would be 750, this would include front bumper and grille with paint, and also the rear bumper freshly painted. He said he would also fix the radiator support and properly line up my headlights again. Is this a fair price? is it...
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    what optima battery

    What size optima battery fits in the 00' 1.8L protege? group 35?
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    Alot Of Audio Questions

    Ok guys i have a 00' protege. now in my model i have 4 speakers (front door 6x8, rear deck 6x9) but in my rear doors i have the speaker grate and behind that the mounting capabilites for a 5 1/4 - 6 1/2 round. So now, my car has the Alpine CDA-9851 head unit, pioneer 2-way 6x8 in front door...
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    The Most Confusing Sound Questions

    Ok guys i have a 00' protege. now in my model i have 4 speakers (front door 6x8, rear deck 6x9) but in my rear doors i have the speaker grate and behind that the mounting capabilites for a 5 1/4 - 6 1/2 round. So now, my car has the Alpine CDA-9851 head unit, pioneer 2-way 6x8 in front door...
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    The Most Confusing Sound Questions

    Ok guys i have a 00' protege. now in my model i have 4 speakers (front door 6x8, rear deck 6x9) but in my rear doors i have the speaker grate and behind that the mounting capabilites for a 5 1/4 - 6 1/2 round. So now, my car has the Alpine CDA-9851 head unit, pioneer 2-way 6x8 in front door...
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    Crashed

    Hey guys, ever notice when bad things happen then tend to happen in a close time period? i do. anyway im driving along by a school at 7:20am ish and im goin along at 35-40mph (speed limit on that street) and a car 2 in front of me stops short and pulls over to the side quickly (prob a teacher or...
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    Toggle switch/ interior neons

    Hey guys, i bought a toggle switch and 2 8'' eurolite tubes. i want to mount them under the dash, but how do i wire this, i have NO CLUE, also wats the max # of lights i can put on the toggle safely? i heard 2. i want to put the 2 under the dash, 2 in the door panel storage things, and a 5''...
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    Hyper White Lights

    hey guys! i just installed some Hyper White lights on my 00' pro, gotta say these are great, very very bright. i bought the Xe4200k Xenon Premium. I just did day driving with them and i can see my lights much better, i just checked it from pleoples cars around me, and i went outside before and...
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    New Mazda Website

    HEY! alright guys for my advanced web design class i have to start making my own website. so i figured how kickass would it be to have an entirely new mazda website, not a forum, but a entire website of products, people and ideas. Here is where you guys come in. I need as much help as possible...
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    New Mazda Website

    HEY! alright guys for my advanced web design class i have to start making my own website. so i figured how kickass would it be to have an entirely new mazda website, not a forum, but a entire website of products, people and ideas. Here is where you guys come in. I need as much help as possible...
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    New Mazda Website

    HEY! alright guys for my advanced web design class i have to start making my own website. so i figured how kickass would it be to have an entirely new mazda website, not a forum, but a entire website of products, people and ideas. Here is where you guys come in. I need as much help as possible...
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    Side Molding Removal

    Hey guys just wanted 2 let you guys on a update that SIBalla and me removed the side moldings to my car. took like 4-5 hours with a 1000 degree heat gun and goo gone. would of been easier with an industrial strength adhesive remover but oh well. Anyway it worked out great i have to wash, wax...
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    how to wire to the rear door

    ok how do i get the wires from the stock 6x9's to my rear door? and if i dont want all that slack on the wires can i cut them and sodder another clip onto it? and also how is it possible to have 6 speakers in a car, like 2 components, 2 full ranges and 2 mid bass, like really how is it possible...
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    Suspension questions

    hey got a 00 pro es, and i got no idea on suspension with this car. which route should be gone, springs and struts, coilovers, im totally lost. and which springs are good and what arent what struts and coilovers are good and what arent. How are the Skunk2 coilovers and such, just gimmie as much...
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    Question on Protege sound

    ok 00' protege es, now im an audiophile and live in a place where the bass pounds like tommy lee on pamela anderson....yeah that hard...so i wanna at least make plans on this audio system of mine, ok so i know i have 6x8's in the front door and 6x9's in the rear deck, and my plans are to put 6.5...
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    250 to spend

    hey i have a basically stock 00' protege ES and i got like 250 to spend this week and another 150ish next week, whats a good buy to kick everything off with? Header? Intake? Save for exhaust? Springs?
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    Tight E-brake

    Hey! if your sporting a 00 protege es like me u know the e-brake really does jack, it hardly slows u down in foward or reverse. im looking to make the e-brake actually lock up my rear wheels. or at least hold them, its impossible to do a decent burnout with this car with the e-brake so weak, at...
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