Another new guy

[tra.vis]

Hey, I'm Travis. I come from a family of Mazda lovers (parents owned a B2200 and a 626 while I was growing up and now own a Mazda5) and I am the proud owner of a 2001 Mazda Protege LX2.0. I just purchased this car back in December, but naturally, I love it. I have the manual tranny and now much else. It's most likely the base-ist 2.0 possible. I'm starting to think about getting into a little more appearance-based mods for now. Anyhow, if I have any questions about anything, I know you guys will most likely know all the answers.

 

[slie]

welcome to the fam. any future mods in mind???

 

[tra.vis]

Since I have black door handles, mirrors and door trim, I was thinking of blacking out my emblems (I know, it's been done many times before) and de-badging the rest of the emblems on the trunk. Definitely going to go with some nice and dark tint, but sadly won't be doing the front 2 windows as it is very illegal here and the tickets aren't worth it. Maybe fogging the taillights? I have plans, haha.

 

[slie]

sounds good man (thumb), i would suggest shaving the side moldings too, and of course you have to drop your ride a couple of inches haha

 

[boostedprotege]

welcome to the forums man!!! PIX PIX PIX!!! lol

 

[tra.vis]

Shave the moldings huh?

Someone should definitely show a picture of what that looks like. And also tell me how much work I'm in for. Haha, although I find myself pretty car savvy, there are some things I just won't touch without details and how-to's.

 

[slie]

Shave the moldings huh?

Someone should definitely show a picture of what that looks like. And also tell me how much work I'm in for. Haha, although I find myself pretty car savvy, there are some things I just won't touch without details and how-to's.

actually this isn't such a big task most us on here have it done, all u need is time and patience haha, check out the how-to section for instructions and the photo and video section for some ideas on how your car might look

Good luck bro

 

[boostedprotege]

before

after

all your doo is get a heat gun or on a hot ass day jist pull that s*** off. then the glue left behind take off with oops or googone reall easy

 

[Spiced MSP]

welcome to the forums!!!

 

[tra.vis]

Dang, that looks really good. I mean, reaaaaaally good. I didn't realize they were just stuck on there. Like I said, new to this whole thing, haha.

 

[boostedprotege]

hahha yeah but some cars do come wit the molding actually mounted onto the car these are much simpler basically jist double sided tape thats it but it does take time man so be patient

 

[tra.vis]

Oh, for sure. This will definitely come a little later. I plan to start mods in the next month or so. And don't worry, there will be lots of pictures of the process.

 

[slie]

Good luck , and make sure to keep us up to date on your mods looking fwd to them pics