Protege03ak46's Build Thread

[bullshark524]

looks awesome man. but r u shure it is legal to have the reverse lights red?

 

[Protege03ak46]

Honestly, I dont really care. Most cops wouldn't even notice that theyre all red.

So possible problem with my fob. Mine broke, I ordered a new one and now it wont work ether. Tried programing it and didnt work. looked it up in all-data, tried those steps and still didnt work. Could it be the actual alarm module its self?

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Red reverse is illegal but the chances of getting a ticket for it are extremely slim, just don't back out of a parking spot in front of a cop and the slim chance is destroyed lol.

 

[justanothermp5]

lol...illegal
i love it when people say that, like we are really modifying our cars to be street legal

 

[Protege03ak46]

only pic i have of the red lights, you can also see that i debadged the rear end

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I think its so much cleaner, more oem looking...

 

[ucMP3]

I was thinking about pulling off the reverse light tint I put on over the summer to do red vinyl on the whole tail. Got any more angles of your tails?

 

[ajkulish]

looks good. could you get up a rough drawing of that short shifter idea though? id like to give it a shot...

 

[Protege03ak46]

It's not that hard to figure it out. Just below the ball make a cut. Cut a 1-2" section out from the top section, weld in below. Instant sts. Don't do it to big or else itll come in contact with the exhaust.

 

[ajkulish]

i see. thanks

 

[Protege03ak46]

Flush as **** #235

http://flushasfuck.heroku.com/

 

[bullshark524]

lol...illegal
i love it when people say that, like we are really modifying our cars to be street legal

no we are not but i dont know if the cops there are bitches and it is plain curiosity

only pic i have of the red lights, you can also see that i debadged the rear end

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I think its so much cleaner, more oem looking...

you didnt camo the other side??????

 

[Protege03ak46]

^no camo on the other side, I think it would look tarded.

My splitter came off today. So now i know that steel plate + my car = no good. fml

 

[KauaiMP5]

subbin....
we got a lot in common lol

 

[Protege03ak46]

My clutch has been sleeping for a while now and its time to get a new one. Figured I might as well go for something a little bit better than stock. Through talking with some locals I decided to go with an Exedy Stage 1 Organic Clutch. Big thanks to Corksport for hooking me up with a good deal

 

[Protege03ak46]

Pics of said clutch.

Cant wait to get it on, although not looking forward to breaking it in.

 

[twentytwocpb]

Haters gana hate.

correct me if im wrong but u didnt have your wheel spacers on the front in this pic right?

 

[ucMP3]

Pics of said clutch.

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j223/adamak46/IMG_1234.jpg

Cant wait to get it on, although not looking forward to breaking it in.

I run the same clutch. Breaking it in isn't a big deal. The stage1 isn't much different than stock. That said, the moderate increase in force applied by the pressure plate should noticeably extend the life of your clutch. I've been beating on mine for ~60k and stills feels like it did day 1. Lack of power and knowing how to drive MTX properly = long clutch life, lol.

Wish I could find the alignment tool when I replaced the tranny last time. That was interesting, lol. Only took 2 tries to eyeball it tho, haha. 30k later and still good.

 

[Protege03ak46]

^thanks. How would you say the clutch behaves? Like stock most of the time but it'll bit when you wana thrash on it? That's what I'm really looking for. Either way I hope it last has long as yours. The oem clutch started slipping around 49,000

 

[ucMP3]

It's slightly stiffer than stock and the pedal engagement is a bit shorter. But nothing a couple days of driving won't fix. I'm happy with mine. It bites well, never had any problems with getting the clutch to grab.

 

[justanothermp5]

jesus, my stock clutch lasted over 150k lol
make sure u get the flywheel resurfaced when u do the clutch, mine has a few hot spots on it and it makes the clutch chatter really bad at low rpm take off