Hatchkitten's Protege5 Thread!

[azuelke]

Read below!!!

Buy them from DiscountTire off their eBay store, and get $100 back: http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/70982/ebay.com-discount-tire-100-rebate-with-purchase-of-select-4-tires-or-wheels?token=ABMBBQAAAAAGOj4zBg

Offer ends this Sunday... better hurry

 

[zoom zoom sp20]

Wheels will look good on your P5, and where did you get those cool seat covers from?

 

[82735]

Read below!!!

Buy them from DiscountTire off their eBay store, and get $100 back: http://slickdeals.net/permadeal/70982/ebay.com-discount-tire-100-rebate-with-purchase-of-select-4-tires-or-wheels?token=ABMBBQAAAAAGOj4zBg

Offer ends this Sunday... better hurry

Thanks, but I ordered them before you posted that. woulda, shoulda, coulda!

Wheels will look good on your P5, and where did you get those cool seat covers from?

I bought them from the same guy I bought the wheels from. Friend of a friend moving to Vegas, bought the last of his P5 stuff up. I'm pretty sure he had a shop custom make them up for him. The quality is great.

Just picked up the wheels today, getting them mounted with the tires and balanced and aligned Friday! w00t!

Who has headers on their car? Any recommendations, I went looking but I'm coming up with nothing and or confusion because (i don't think) the speed headers fit? and a lot of sites only have stuff for the speed proteges.

 

[iamthewheelman]

The MSP doesn't have headers, it has an exhuast manifold, look up OBX 4-1 headers, can be had off ebay for cheap. I had them on my car and they were good, fitment was okay aswell but if I did it again I'd buy the AWR ones.

 

[hornsfan10609]

You should get an MSP 'header', with a turbo, lol

HKPro5 made a 4-2-1 ebay header fit from a 626.

 

[82735]

Yeah I still gotta find some time and sit down and assess the situation. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Got my wheels and tires done today!

Marks old winters with CRAZY camber wear...on one?! *shrug*

His car in the air

My new wheels!!!

Mark's baby 15s next to my 17s

I'm sooo happy!!

 

[visiongt9506]

love the wheels now just need to get some coils or springs and go a little lower

 

[iamthewheelman]

^Agree, paint those calipers too

 

[82735]

It would be a matching gunmetal if anything... I'm on a fine line here between ricey / tasteful haha
Yeah further into the summer I think I'm going to go for a small drop

 

[slipkornvayne]

i have mp3 springs itll give you a lil drop. ill bring them to occ if you want

 

[THE Phen]

Question on the MP3 springs. I don't remember if the rear of the car had the same type of Tokicos as the MSP where the spring perch sat higher on the strut body than standard Protege equipment.

If you run MSP springs with standard Protege struts, the rear end sags lower.

Just wanted to throw that potential out there. I can't remember for the life of me if the MP3 was the same way.

 

[tweety2300]

The mp3 has normal struts only the msp is weird

 

[THE Phen]

Cool. Then you'd be golden!

 

[slipkornvayne]

the mp3 came with tokicos. i was gonna use them. but the struts were blown. so i bought coilovers. plus still have my p5 stuff with lowering springs.

 

[slipkornvayne]

they are a lil rusty and need to be repainted but they are yours if you want them. i will just give them to you

 

[sealuva]

I've followed this thread since purchasing my Protege5 over a month ago and I must say you have a great ride Kat..... Keep up the great work....

 

[MP5stephen]

Yeah I still gotta find some time and sit down and assess the situation. Thanks for the suggestions guys.

Mark's baby 15s next to my 17s

I'm sooo happy!!

You're missing a lug. Just noticed.

You're also welcome.

 

[82735]

Haha yeah I know! I took thr bf's old lugs till I get my own and as you can see the miatas a 4 spoke. So I was short one on all the wheels till we got home.

Slip I'll deff take them off your hands for freebies! thanks I'd really appreciate it

Howeverrrr I'm rubbing now with my new setup. Went back to my friends shop and he rolled my fenders for me. On the drive home I think I may have heard it rub again :fail: but hopefully it was. Just something moving in my trunk >.< anyone else running 17x7 225/45/17's in here?

Sealuva - thanks! I love hearing that! I love my car and I have a blast messing around with it! However...where'd you get kat from? Haha my names Amanda!

 

[sealuva]

Ha ha. I said Kat as a shorter version of Kitten..... Hope you solve the rubbing issue. I have a ways to go before getting my ride to your status.

 

[slipkornvayne]

good meeting you yesterday hope you enjoy those springs. wish i had my car there