habfan5000
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I Love it!!!!! im 17 its my first car!!!!! it's an 02 in yellow, fully loaded..5speed of course and the best part is it only has 28000 km or 17500 miles on it!! got it for 14 000 canadian
I got a Mazda Protege 5 today!!!!
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- '08 Jetta; '10 Wrangler Unlimited
nice choice on your new car and welcome to the forum.
lots of good info here.....use the search option before you start a new thread. the topic has probably been discussed many times.
-R
lots of good info here.....use the search option before you start a new thread. the topic has probably been discussed many times.
-R
snowman4us
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- GF8,MP5
now only if i coule sell my P5 as easly as ppl buy them 
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- '08 Jetta; '10 Wrangler Unlimited
J dragon said:
i still love my P5......
Mad Hatter
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- 02 Axiom, 02 MP5
Welcome! You've come to the right place!
smurfedpro5
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- Protege5
remind me of my first one
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- 2002 BJFW, 2007 BK3P, 1979 SA22C, 2005 BK3P
welcome to the forums
Welcome! I am sure the 1st thing you will want to do is some mods. I posted info recently to another new owner. I will include that below, as well as some other info.
"Right after I got my P5, I got the intake. That is a whole other can of worms. You have the short ram intake (SRI), which is what I have. Others have cold air intakes (cai) They are about the same on ebay, but you may also opt for name brand. I have the ebay...
The next thing I did was get rid of those god forsaken Dunflop piece of s*** stock tires. I hydroplaned within the first week or so I owned the P5. I ened up with the Yokohama AVS ES 100's. 205-50-16's on the stock rims. There are a bazillion threads about tires. These I highly recommend for rainy climates. (Bottom line, get out of the stock tired before you have a problem!)
I just got (after 2.5 years of owning my car) a Racing Beat exhaust. I got an insanely good deal on it. It is on the higher end of the pricing range, but you can score one used at a good rate if you are on the forum within the .245 seconds someone posts it for sale used. They run in the high $400 range new. There is a Mazda Sport (Mazdaspeed) exhaust which is also popular, but people have complained of droning, or an annoying sound at freeway speeds. The Racing Beat does not do that. But there are a bazillion threads about the exhaust subject too, look them up.
Then there is the tinting of windows, a stereo, springs/shocks/body kit, carbon fiber everything, etc you will see around here for sale.
Short shifter is next on my list. Kartboy makes a great one, I have seen it in person. The shifter bushings are a must. Get them no matter what.
Well, good luck, and check out the for sale section, and work with the Authorized Venders and sellers!"
One more thing you should consider when you mod is a header. OBX and Ractive are the most common.
Congrats on your new car, and when you get to modding, search the forum for threads on any and all of the above, and you will find many threads with information already in them.
"Right after I got my P5, I got the intake. That is a whole other can of worms. You have the short ram intake (SRI), which is what I have. Others have cold air intakes (cai) They are about the same on ebay, but you may also opt for name brand. I have the ebay...
The next thing I did was get rid of those god forsaken Dunflop piece of s*** stock tires. I hydroplaned within the first week or so I owned the P5. I ened up with the Yokohama AVS ES 100's. 205-50-16's on the stock rims. There are a bazillion threads about tires. These I highly recommend for rainy climates. (Bottom line, get out of the stock tired before you have a problem!)
I just got (after 2.5 years of owning my car) a Racing Beat exhaust. I got an insanely good deal on it. It is on the higher end of the pricing range, but you can score one used at a good rate if you are on the forum within the .245 seconds someone posts it for sale used. They run in the high $400 range new. There is a Mazda Sport (Mazdaspeed) exhaust which is also popular, but people have complained of droning, or an annoying sound at freeway speeds. The Racing Beat does not do that. But there are a bazillion threads about the exhaust subject too, look them up.
Then there is the tinting of windows, a stereo, springs/shocks/body kit, carbon fiber everything, etc you will see around here for sale.
Short shifter is next on my list. Kartboy makes a great one, I have seen it in person. The shifter bushings are a must. Get them no matter what.
Well, good luck, and check out the for sale section, and work with the Authorized Venders and sellers!"
One more thing you should consider when you mod is a header. OBX and Ractive are the most common.
Congrats on your new car, and when you get to modding, search the forum for threads on any and all of the above, and you will find many threads with information already in them.
