How to tell late model 2002 Car?

[LilPixieMama75]

Weak shift forks on the manual transmission is the only one that comes to mind right away.

That's the only "problem" that I recall with the '02's.

 

[cold_rabbit]

my 02 is the sport manual , so i dont know what you guys are talkin bout

 

[BadKarma]

I think Canada may have had some different arrangements given that my '02 has:

- No fender turn-signals
- No flip-up cupholder
- Had rounded, early model rims
- Chrome headlights

Perhaps the flip-up cupholder was only done stateside? (dunno)

 

[GMalatrasi]

my 02 is the sport manual , so i dont know what you guys are talkin bout

Well then I dont know.
Maybe it was an option for early 02s and standard for 2.5+

 

[Mr.Ames]

i want the cup holders without the flip up thing! it just gets in the way and swallows anything small that i leave in there (pissed)

 

[jeg0024]

or maybe yours is an 02.5 and you just dont know it? whats the manufacture date on your door jam?

 

[LilPixieMama75]

Check this link out: Protege FAQ - Model Information. It helps decipher chages through the model years as well as reading the coding in your VIN number. It's a real useful FAQ that I got from the forums several months ago.

 

[Phoenix5]

Weak shift forks on the manual transmission is the only one that comes to mind right away.

Whoa!I must have been lucky then.I don't really have that problem w/ my 02.

 

[redpr5]

carbon look window button trim??? eh?

 

[musiclikscreams]

i might be mistaken, but i thought that i read somewhere that the 03's had a sub in the back.

 

[YellowMP5]

my 02 is the sport manual , so i dont know what you guys are talkin bout

well yes, it is on 02 but it is an 02.5 then
sport auto with the manual mode came in 02.5. IIRC, cars made after 02/28/02 are considered 02.5. sport automatics also have a little display on the gauges to show what gear you are in

some of the changes also include silver trim inside the cabin (rather than bronze) and silverish gauge faces (rather than white). i don't remember if this change was between 02 and 02.5 or 02.5 and 03.

 

[Kansei]

^^ those changes mentioned were between 02 and 02.5.. last I checked there were no differences in the standard options between 02.5 and 03.

 

[Action Jackson]

In Canada our 03's had tweeters in the mirrors. We however did not get the spare mounted sub that you guys in the states got.

Also the 03's got the fake carbon fibre trim on the front doors around the window switches, and around the sides of the radio.

 

[Kansei]

02.5s in the states got the tweeters. Seriously fake carbon fiber around the window switches too? I've never seen that, not even in pictures! Here we just got the same silver trim as on the shifter plate and around the radio

 

[BadKarma]

In Canada our 03's had tweeters in the mirrors. We however did not get the spare mounted sub that you guys in the states got.

Also the 03's got the fake carbon fibre trim on the front doors around the window switches, and around the sides of the radio.

Really? I've seen the interiors of more than several Canadian '03 P5's and none of them had carbon fibre around the window switches.

 

[redpr5]

anybody have pics of this fake carbon fiber????

 

[Action Jackson]

Here's a picture from and old P5 review.

 

[Kansei]

holy crap there it is! It really looks bad though.. ugh more fake CF was not the way to go haha.

 

[Action Jackson]

True but it doesn't scratch as easily as the silver painted surfaces.

 

[Kansei]

don't let scratchy people in the car