Protege03ak46's Build Thread

[Protege03ak46]

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[ajkulish]

wow thats awesome

 

[FamiliaSpeed03]

No new picture update :/

 

[KauaiMP5]

i seemed to have missed it, but how long have you had that exhaust tip?

 

[Protege03ak46]

^ since January....

No new picture update :/

Adam's Protege by moomoopanda, on Flickr

Finaly got my ass down to California. Been busy getting settled in and ready for school. Can't wait to goto some meets down here. Any way, 3rd day here I hit a pot hole, cracked the wheel and tore up a tire. Hella ******. Goin to a place tomorrow to get it welded up. Good thing its in the back of the wheel, so cosmeticaly, idgaf

 

[FamiliaSpeed03]

Niceeeeeeeee

 

[nk2a]

a f*uck - you in cali now? how am I going to get that msp seat back? sux bout your wheel man.

 

[rar40941]

ur in cali? where in cali? i would love to see ur car

 

[Protege03ak46]

Sac town. Noah, I can bring it up to you when ever. It's not like I'm not going home but I understand if you need it. I'll ship it....

 

[malaki]

Sick man! moar pic!

 

[Protege03ak46]

Bought a new wheel since the crack was gonna to be more to repair. Also decided to get new tires, 205/40 front and 215/40 rear, kuhmo ecsta ast's. One of the old tires won't hold air in the front abd there getting pretty bald.

 

[Protege03ak46]

So made a functional splitter right before I left. Its a ABS black plastic and is held in place with 4 different splitter rods which are attached directly to the frame. Its very strong and believe it or not the car feels a whole lot more stable at 110mph. Hit some tire debris on the highway and ****** my front lip up, literally ripped all 4 mounts off of the lip. Decided to zip tie it up.


IMG_6868 by Protege03ak46, on Flickr

 

[justanothermp5]

your going to hate those tires, just FYI

 

[xDJ DUBx]

lol.

What happened to your form/function concept with the 235 tires? I think they were 235?

 

[Protege03ak46]

I do hate these tires. That went out the window when I couldn't get enough camber to tuck them. Was poking mad wheel and tire. I think i can make 225/35s work.

 

[xDJ DUBx]

Damn.. I was really happy seeing you on 235s ;(

Lately I've been tossing around the idea of running 225/50s lol

 

[repthemazdas]

looks dope i really love the white on black thought id tell u...

 

[89protege5red]

love the protege man, definitely top 5 of all time. hey, im goin to be running 17x8 with a 28 offset on my P5. whatd you think would look good for tire size without sacrificing too much grip. i want a decent amount of stretch but not a ridiculous amount. theres lots of potholes in iowa.

 

[Protege03ak46]

Hmmmmm,I think a 205/40 would fit nicely with some camber. Circuit would know better than me. He's had a ton of 8s

 

[Protege03ak46]

For those of you who don't know, I was rear ended a couple weeks ago. Just got the car back yesterday. Wasn't that bad but I didn't pay to get it fixed so what ever. Looks good as new!