MSP conversion almost complete!

[jeg0024]

I will be posting up pics in the next few days with pics of my cars conversion finally being complete. Today I painted my upper grill body color and dropped off the side skirts and rear lip for paint. Paint match on the dupli color "silver metalic" was freakin awesome! Its only for the grill and eyelids though, im getting a real job done on the rest

 

[mickeyreategui]

almost there!!!!

 

[daonly1around]

sweet, i need to get my car to my place at school so i can start sinking more money into and finish mine... also, how are you going to attach the side skirts? are you going to drill the wholes and use the clips, or another method

 

[jeg0024]

almost there!!!!

I promise, no later than Friday will it be done! Stay tuned y'all!

 

[jeg0024]

sweet, i need to get my car to my place at school so i can start sinking more money into and finish mine... also, how are you going to attach the side skirts? are you going to drill the wholes and use the clips, or another method

Yep, pray to God that I get the holes drilled in the right place and pop em in

 

[Matthew1785]

MSP conversion... or MP3 conversion.. cause your missing the turbo my friend..

 

[jeg0024]

MSP conversion... or MP3 conversion.. cause your missing the turbo my friend..

Yeah, and its the MP3 rear lip as long as its the same off of an 02MSP. I guess you could say MP3 because im not going turbo, but im gonna keep my regular Protege badging, dont wanna put out a bad name for the MSP if ya know what I mean lol.

Good question though, am I doing a MSP conversion or an MP3 conversion? Because im not gonna go with the MP3 wing.

 

[Matthew1785]

Well technecally your doing a MP3 conversion the wing was changed in 03.5 for the MSP, the MP3 and MSP up to 03.5 had the MP3 wing personally if your going to do the MSP conversion just turbo it! haha you know u wana!

 

[Matthew1785]

oh and you cant forget the RH 2001 rims mmm with some sexy 215/45/17 eagle F1's /drool


and the MP3 badge! dont forget the Badge!

 

[jeg0024]

oh and you cant forget the RH 2001 rims mmm with some sexy 215/45/17 eagle F1's /drool


and the MP3 badge! dont forget the Badge!

I do know I wanna turbo, I just dont have the $ and dont wanna go zoom zoom boom! And ive already spent too much on NA stuff such as header, intake, and exhaust. Would it be wrong to re-badge mine as an MP3? I think it says more and theres more to be proud of if you let people know its just a DX.

 

[Matthew1785]

I do know I wanna turbo, I just dont have the $ and dont wanna go zoom zoom boom! And ive already spent too much on NA stuff such as header, intake, and exhaust. Would it be wrong to re-badge mine as an MP3? I think it says more and theres more to be proud of if you let people know its just a DX.

Not until the conversion is complete. but to each his own. as for being N/A if you plan to go turbo, stop while your ahead now and start piecing your kit now. Im all for complete restoration, and conversions if you want to go the custom route do that, if you want to go strict by the book do that as well. but if you dont plan on staying N/A, get the kit sell your N/A stuff and mod away when you have money of course. but nothing says turbo like working a summer job and earning 4k to blow on a kit that if your careful enough wont go zoom zoom BOOM

 

[jeg0024]

Not until the conversion is complete. but to each his own. as for being N/A if you plan to go turbo, stop while your ahead now and start piecing your kit now. Im all for complete restoration, and conversions if you want to go the custom route do that, if you want to go strict by the book do that as well. but if you dont plan on staying N/A, get the kit sell your N/A stuff and mod away

I plan on staying NA. Its pleanty fast for me...not really, but I cant imagine the tickets I would get with a turbo. I dont really wanna turn my car into a MSP or MP3 I just want it to look and sound nice and be consderably fast at the same time. Custom I guess you would say.

 

[daonly1around]

DO NOT badge it MP3.... or any other car other than what it is... MP3 was an awesome car and still is.. i wanna get my hands on one one day


let me know how the drilling the holes go... cuz im gonna be doing mine in the next couple months prolly... good luck

 

[GhostMercury]

looks good but where did you get the fog lights?

 

[jeg0024]

DO NOT badge it MP3.... or any other car other than what it is... MP3 was an awesome car and still is.. i wanna get my hands on one one day


let me know how the drilling the holes go... cuz im gonna be doing mine in the next couple months prolly... good luck

Will do.

looks good but where did you get the fog lights?

There OEM fogs with headlight armor hid blue layovers. Its like rockblockers, just thicker and better I love the fact that there hard wired and I have total control over them.

 

[D-rock240]

Sweet, looking forward to the finished pics! Your car is progressing quickly

 

[D-rock240]

I do know I wanna turbo, I just dont have the $ and dont wanna go zoom zoom boom! And ive already spent too much on NA stuff such as header, intake, and exhaust. Would it be wrong to re-badge mine as an MP3? I think it says more and theres more to be proud of if you let people know its just a DX.

What about Familia or 323 to be different?

 

[jeg0024]

Sweet, looking forward to the finished pics! Your car is progressing quickly

Yeah, im looking foreward to Thursday as well Its progressing as fast as I can get my tax retrun spent lol.

 

[jeg0024]

What about Familia or 323 to be different?

I dunno, whats the specs on those? I think im gonna stick to custom dx though lol.

 

[D-rock240]

If you're talking about the trunk badges they all fit the same.