Mazda Protege Owner Photos
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Shift2xlr8
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- 2002 Protege ES
I have the adjustable endlinks..but they dont look like those ones. Where did you get those? I bought mine from AWR, but they came with my 21.55mm rear sway bar.
Chris
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Shift2xlr8
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- 2002 Protege ES
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It helps a little, but really without the sway bar...its not a huge help, but its better than stock..so I guess it helps some. All I know, is when I take sharp corners in my car with the sway bar and end links on...my back tire comes off the ground if I'm going faster than about 25mph while taking a 90degree turn.
Chris
TN/KY Tuners said:
do you have a front sway bar? if not it would help! A LOT! The guy at gearhead garage told me that, he is offering a group buy, this is the 2nd day I have had them on my stock sway bar & there is no issues! check out the group buy link for more info. I am not the one selling them, just trying to help everyone out!
MTXPROTEGE509
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nice pics bro, protege looking sick!jeg0024 said:
Shift2xlr8
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scuzzer99 said:
We all have a stock front sway bar, but based off what I was told by the owner of AWR there isn't a aftermarket sway bar made for the front of our cars, other than the MazdaSpeed one, but you can only buy it in a kit with the rear MS swaybar. I believe our front sway bars are stock like 24-25mm something like that. They do however make adjustable endlinks for the front factory sway bar.
Chris
red95_240sx
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hmmmm adjustable endlinks huh? Had no clue they helped handling.
Shift2xlr8
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red99pro said:
They help in the sense that if u look at the stock ones they are very thin and flimsy. If you have thicker/stiffer endlinks they dont flex as much. Like the stock sway bar is thin as a damn pencil. But the thicker one holds the struts very firmly. If you take the stock one and try to bend it over your knee you can make it flex very easily, but with the 21.5mm you cant bend it at all or very little not enough to notice. If you will imagine for learning purposes....imagine your arms are like the end links, and the force from your arms, is the strut pushing down on end links and the thicker/stiffer sway bar doesnt allow the body to roll or have much flex while cornering.
Hope my backyard performance lesson helps you understand the endlink/sway bar set up a little better. It took me a while to figure it out, but its all science in a way.
Chris
MTXPROTEGE509 said:
Thanks man! Im not a big fan of the cars on grass with trees out the roof but the yard hadn't been mowed in a while and who don't like making their car look like its sitting on the ground? lol, I did get a few nice shots tho, was almost too bright out in a few pics, but im just glad my 5 year old paint is still so bright
Oh, and the car isn't even polished or waxed in the pics, thats just fresh outa the wash lol.Sk8ter05 said:
Thanks again!
This guy in a Lancer said the same thing tonight when my AT Pro beat his MT Mitsu lol. I opened the hood later and he was like... hmmm... so thats why lol.scuzzer99 said:
I know, I was just bustin ur balls man lol, we need pics tho!
red95_240sx
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ur mod rate is on sliding on ice and oil.
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Did a wheel photochop.
