JayG's Black Mica P5 Thread

[JayG1989]

Hey guys, figured I'd post a new thread on my car as it has come a long way since my introduction thread.

This is my Black Mica 2003 Protege5 with the Sport Auto

I bought it in the Spring of 2009 with 49,000 and am currently at about 90,000. This car has been nothing but reliable and an awesome first car to drive and make my own (my first vehicle was a 92 Explorer).

I don't have any crazy plans for my car or my build, just make it a nice DD, keep everything in working order and have a car that people will recognize as mine.

I have done quite a number of mods since owning it, especially over the last year or so.

This was shortly after I bought it and had given it a good clean

And it's slowly been coming along

Here she is as she sits now.

My current mods list
Alpine CDA-9887
12" Alpine Type-R
Blade 1000W amp
25% Tinted Windows (minus the back because someone through a wine bottle through my rear windshield...)
OEM Roof Racks
Mazda6 Wiper
Home Depot Lip
MSP Headlights
5000K DDM HID Headlights
H & R Springs
Moog Escape Front Endlinks
Moog Rear Endlinks
Progress 22mm RSB
AEM Cold Air/Ebay SRI (a little bit of both)
Plasti-Dipped Wheels
JDM Familia Emblem
MPV Wiper Stalk
NGK V-Power Spark Plugs
CorkSport Skid Tray
LED Rear License Plate Bulbs
EBC Green Stuff Brake Pads

I'm currently waiting to install
Cross Drilled and Slotted Rotors
Dupli-Color Yellow Caliper Paint Kit
A classy "Move Over" sticker for the freeway

In the next half a year I'm going to buy some Kicker Speakers and an Alpine Power Pack Amp.

It's safe to say I love my Mazda

 

[azuelke]

Clean! May I suggest removing that pinstripe, and maybe the ding guards?

 

[RicoP5]

Looks good

 

[Eekdacat]

Looking good, I'm really digging your headlights. I'm still trying to decide what headlights i want to put on my car.

 

[azuelke]

Looking good, I'm really digging your headlights. I'm still trying to decide what headlights i want to put on my car.

Either way you go, might as well do a retrofit.

 

[us3r]

oops wrong section.

clean car dude!!

 

[Bastian]

This car is a sexy b****, black car on black wheels done very well (2thumbs)

 

[JayG1989]

Thanks for the kind words guys.

Clean! May I suggest removing that pinstripe, and maybe the ding guards?

Man, I've spent probably 3-4 hours trying to get my pinstripes off but they're on there so well and after 10 years, I don't think they'll come off without having something heavy duty to buff it with for a good amount of time. I've used a couple different adhesive removers, paint scrapers and more but I just can't them off. So they're kind of "ghost stripes" now haha. I'm also afraid to remove the moldings for the reason that I don't know how good the paint would look under/around after being on for so long. If my car wasn't black, I would be more courageous with the paint but it shows so much :/

This car is a sexy b****, black car on black wheels done very well (2thumbs)

Thanks man, appreciate it. I think it is one of the better looking black on black cars around here. The 2003 rims look great in black, I have a buddy with an 02 and he PC'd his wheels black, but I don't think they look quite as good.

 

[azuelke]

Man, I've spent probably 3-4 hours trying to get my pinstripes off but they're on there so well and after 10 years, I don't think they'll come off without having something heavy duty to buff it with for a good amount of time. I've used a couple different adhesive removers, paint scrapers and more but I just can't them off. So they're kind of "ghost stripes" now haha. I'm also afraid to remove the moldings for the reason that I don't know how good the paint would look under/around after being on for so long. If my car wasn't black, I would be more courageous with the paint but it shows so much :/

Wow, after all that they still wouldn't come off... have you tried a heat gun to soften them up. As for the guards, a decent buff/polish and it should blend pretty decent... your paint looks better than mine. If not, double sided tape them suckers right back on.

 

[JayG1989]

Oh yeah, heat gun and everything FTL

I can't decide if I want to take those bumpers off because they MIGHT come in handy here where I live. When I moved to Bellingham 3 years ago, my car had one dent and one blemish on the rear bumper. It now has about 8 door dings and another gash in my back left bumper, so I want to keep it as protected as possible from all the oblivious people that have so far caused of these things -.-

 

[JayG1989]

So, I've been thinking about ordering one of the front grills with no emblem for a week or so now, want to know what ya'll think...

It would basically be the same as Roro's

I think it looks really good, it's cheap and I love me some black

 

[azuelke]

Wait for a DGM or AutoEXE grill to pop up.

 

[zoom zoom sp20]

Go for it, just don't buy a ebay one

 

[bikingpro5]

Wait for a DGM or AutoEXE grill to pop up.

Go for it, just don't buy a ebay one

this +1

 

[JayG1989]

Obviously the quality should be better on DGM or AutoExe, but THAT much better? It does nothing but sit there and look pretty

 

[zoom zoom sp20]

AutoExe and DGM are so much better for the perfect fit, ebay one's have bad gaps

 

[JayG1989]

Ok, fair enough.

Thanks for the input guys

 

[Tamn]

*pokes* I was drooling at this car the other day in person. Me likey!