Bought a 2003.5 MSP missing the turbo

[Wagonbacker9]

its 03 color in 03.5 styling... I'm not convinced.. I wanna see a vin..

EDIT: see post 25....

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

its 03 color in 03.5 styling... I'm not convinced.. I wanna see a vin..

my msp is laser blue.. same exact color.. and it's an 03.5

 

[JCell]

03.5 came in blue....

 

[evilmonkeyMSP]

(werd) same here. Laser Blue Mica was an 03.5 MSP color

my msp is laser blue.. same exact color.. and it's an 03.5

 

[Wagonbacker9]

i'm retarded... long day at work... I give up.

guess that clears up if the local blue proteges I saw were MP3s or MSPs... MP3s they were!... lol Idk how long I had that wrong for.... oh well. wtf is the 3rd color for the 03's? Black, orange, and.. ?

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

i'm retarded... long day at work... I give up.

yeah. i'm pretty convinced it's an 03.5.. there's on on my local craigslist that has the same issue, but it's 5k.. nuts!

 

[Wagonbacker9]

yeah, the mirrors and rear glass are things that usually gets overlooked on a fake...

 

[JCell]

and the radio antenna.... its the last thing on my car that gives it away

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

and the radio antenna.... its the last thing on my car that gives it away

the radio antenna on a speed is in the rear glass silly!

 

[Wagonbacker9]

lol thats kinda what I was talkin about....

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

i'm gonna say it's prolly a msp. it doesn't have the antenna, unless it was deleted.. which is prolly not. and the rear window looks to have the msp antenna.. anyways.. it prolly had a blown turbo, and they took it out. it would be cheaper for you to just replace the turbo. that's a hell of a price for a msp. good job!

that's what i meant in this post man. lol.

 

[Wagonbacker9]

I know, my addition to that was that most fakes wouldn't have that attention to detail. even if they'd shaved the antenna, chances are they'd have an aftermarket stealth one somewhere, not the factory MSP glass.

 

[daonly1around]

i'm retarded... long day at work... I give up.

guess that clears up if the local blue proteges I saw were MP3s or MSPs... MP3s they were!... lol Idk how long I had that wrong for.... oh well. wtf is the 3rd color for the 03's? Black, orange, and.. ?

03 black and oragne

then yellow and titanium
then blue and silver

 

[BOOSTR]

I'd also be worried about what else is missing? Take a picture of the engine. Look at the CV axles and transaxle when you get a chance. Well at least you have an excuse to upgrade to a bigger turbo and fmic kit.

Welcome and good luck!

 

[FLAMSP]

wow under 3k you got a steal, great deal. how many miles on it?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

03 black and oragne

then yellow and titanium
then blue and silver

thats what I couldn't figure out what the 7th color was... I thought blue was 03 and there was another 03.5 color... how the hell... whatever. I blame work. why? because I can...

thanks btw!

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

lol. yeah man. upgrade...to... maybe.. MY KIT!! woot. that's a good idea there!

 

[RFC]

Here you go:

JM1BJ227230650223 2003 Mazda Protege Mazdaspeed

Does have an accident reported in 2006. Guess I will have to check it out.

53K miles

 

[Wagonbacker9]

MSP # 2435, congrats!

 

[Dpwhitehead1]

MSP # 2435, congrats!

woot. 03.5?