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    Mazda Protege Owner Photos

    Just removed the side molding and washed and waxed it for winter, very basic at this point, ms axelback exhaust..... soon more to come...
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    Trouble with amp, Maybe i'm an idiot

    I agree, i know i prolly toasted the amp, but when you get it for 20 bucks, no complaints, its just getting another one...lol... I took the entire amp apart and found no burn marks of the board or any of the surrounding metal, can't exactly locate where the smoke came from. Im going to give it...
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    Trouble with amp, Maybe i'm an idiot

    wow... it all makes sense now...lol...i wired it in parralel... i'm going to switch and wire in a series and see the results... wow, let me see if this makes a difference, if it doesn't, i'll get more help from you guys, THANK YOU
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    Trouble with amp, Maybe i'm an idiot

    The subwoofer is a 2 ohm sub made by rockford fosgate model number is: RFR3112 and the amp is a ESX 800/2 amplifier, any time i attempt to look up anything on the amp, its in german... i have the amp bridged as the diagram on the amp shows, i have the voice coils connected like the diagram on...
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    Trouble with amp, Maybe i'm an idiot

    The label beneith the knob is labeled input impodence, and again it ranged from 600 ohm to 40Kohm... It also has an input gain which ranged from 9v to .15v i have it set to the center which is .40v... i'm usually okay with this stuff.. this time im lost
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    Trouble with amp, Maybe i'm an idiot

    I just picked up a rockford fosgate power puch 12 in subwoofer and a "esx" 800/2 amp from a buddy that used to be in his car. When i went to hook up the amp everything worked fine for about 1/2 hr and then i started to get smoke from it. shut everything down, opened the amp... couldn't find any...
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    Litte Electronic Help

    i used the proper harness. i didnt splice the wires, im pretty competent when it comes to car audio, but this has me confused... it wasn't just my radio, it was also my cigarette lighter and that is completely stock....
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    Electonic ACC issues

    Last night I went out to walk my dog and I walked past my car... Here, my radio and sat radio were playing... I hadn't driven my car in 3 hours... Little worried... Heres my setup, maybe anybody can help me figure it out here... 2003 Protege Eclipse flipout monitor 1.0 farad cap 500w amp 1 12...
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    Litte Electronic Help

    Last night I went out to walk my dog and I walked past my car... Here, my radio and sat radio were playing... I hadn't driven my car in 3 hours... Little worried... Heres my setup, maybe anybody can help me figure it out here... 2003 Protege Eclipse flipout monitor 1.0 farad cap 500w amp 1 12...
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    Replacing springs

    Ok, i'm not looking to lower it too much anyways... The struts are failry new OEM replacements, about 25k on them...
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    Replacing springs

    I have a 03 Protege LX, the question i have is am i able to replace my factory springs with racing beat springs without replacing my struts? Also, is that going to lower my overall ride height at all? attempted to do a search and returned nothing related to my question... Appreciate any help...
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    Removing Side Molding

    I read somewhere on this forum taht you can remove the side molding... But for the life of me, i can't find it again... Any1 know if there is a how-to stickie or someone discuss how its done on here? Any help is appreciated... Josh
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    Dealership Problems

    As far as the extended warranty, it is not passed on to the next person unless they you buy the car through a personal sale. At that point, yes, it can be transferred into the new owners name. If you bought it from the dealership, the extended warranty is usually cancelled by the previous owner...
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    Spotted - 2009 Mazda 6!

    word around mazda is the vehicle won't be produced in 2008. the new model will now be introduced in 2009. they didn't like aspects of the vehicle, so they sent it back to japan to be modified some more... still haven't seen pictures of it.
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    Turbo or High Compression

    We're gonna tear the engine done, see how bad the damage is... then we'll see how bad the crank support is damaged... if at all... thanks Another question, what type of turbo setup should i use? should i go with a t28 setup or bigger? what type of intercooler are people running on custom setups..?
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    Turbo or High Compression

    I have a 2003 Protege with a 2.0L motor and witht he benifit of working at a dealership I was able to get ahold of another 2.0L motor that a guy hydrolocked the engine....So plan is to tear it down and rebuild it from scratch. My biggest determination is deciding what type of setup to go with...
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