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    Desync's Classic Red Protege5 Casual Build

    Hi, I've had this car for 6 years now so I might as well make a build thread lol. I got the car as a graduation present from high school so I had it with me for the last few months of high school. I owned it all throughout college and now I've been using it to commute to work. I usually take the...
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    WTB Mazda Protege 3 ECU

    Hello, I'm looking for a genuine MP3 ECU for my Protege5. Located in Bay Area California
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    Rear sway bar end link options?

    I am running Megan coilovers and the way they are designed, the endlink connecting points on the megans is positioned too low for stock endlinks, which causes the sway bar to touch the LCA (I believe that is what they are called). BASICALLY I need shorter endlinks, anybody got options besides awr?
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    driver seat bottom bracket broke, where to buy a new part?

    Just today my driver seat collapsed on the right side because the metal bracket that holds the seat up to the desired angle with the knob on the left gave in and snapped. I looked up the parts and I apparently have to buy the whole dam railing which cost $214 dollars. Is there anyway I can get...
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    Protege5 oem dampeners and springs set of 4

    I have a set of low mileage (67XXX) oem suspension for the protege5. They were just recently replaced by a set of ksports so I no longer need them. All shock bodies have brake line clams in place, nothing is bent or blow. I will sell the set for $90obo
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    rear coilovers almost touching inside tire wall

    when I took the p5 to wheel works a couple days ago to replace a shreaded tire they warned me that the rear tires were close to the coilover, about a couple mm's away from hitting the coilover. I decreased the rear camber a little but the tires are still really close. Should I be worried that...
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    Steering and alignment problems

    I have my car lowered about 2 and half inchs on 17X7.5 +50 wheels with 205/45/17 Potenza Grid tires. It seems as though after getting my car aligned it pulls to the right if the steering wheel is straight and when I let go it also pulls to the right. The paper shows that my front camber was -2.9...
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    Where to buy oem protege5 roof rack block off plates?

    I have a 02 protege with a roof rack and I want to take off the horizontal bars when they are not in use so it makes the car look cleaner. I can't seem to find the exact part for those plastic covers. Anybody know where I can find them? these
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    rattling noise at idle

    I have just noticed recently that when I'm at a stoplight sometimes I hear a rattling noise and it happened when the car is in neutral or if I'm moving the shifter left or right. Its a short rattling noise and comes and goes. Anybody had this problem before? I have a twm short shifter with twm...
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    help with my new keeping door trim looking new

    When I bought my car it had lots of rust on the door trim and I wanted to fix that. During the summer me and my dad fixed that by sanding down and repainting the entire door trim including two rear trunk windows with a couple coats of primer and rustoleum semi gloss black. It's almost spring now...
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    Megans or S-techs?

    Hi, so I am looking forward to finally lowering my monster truck, and since i am on a budget coilovers are out of the question I want a suspension set up that is streetish/daily driver. I don't the mind stiff and harsh ride :PALSO I prefer better handling over but really want the most...
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    Radiator cap keeps releasing coolant

    My protege5 is currently stock everything. Basically one day i noticed dry coolant all over the place near where the radiator cap is so i decided to replace it with a skunk2 1.3 bar cap. I replaced the radiator cap since it seemed like the old cap's spring was very weak. that was about a...
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    HELP replacing front bumper and front headlights

    Hi, I own a protege5 and I just did the stupidest thing ever today. I was putting it in the garage and i scraped the front bumper on the house and then it ripped off the bumper and broke the front passenger light. I need a new set of lights and a front bumper and I was thinking about putting...
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    Black door trim cosmetic problem

    Sup, I'm new to the threads but I have question on now to fix kind of a weird cosmetic part of my car. You see the black trim that is around the side windows, well on my P5 its got spider like veins with rust spots on the door trim, not the rubber bottom part but the other black parts of the...
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