rar40941's build thread

[Brian_K]

Ya I hope so cause I am bout to buy my lip soon then after that I am going to get the rest of the suspension stuf hope it helps and isn't just for show

i dont think it's going to help a whole lot unless you drive your car hard. I'd be worried about beating the parts up since your slammed

 

[rar40941]

I don't really drive my car to hard but I just wanted to stiffen up my frame more and have less body role

 

[bikingpro5]

i dont think it's going to help a whole lot unless you drive your car hard. I'd be worried about beating the parts up since your slammed

I don't really drive my car to hard but I just wanted to stiffen up my frame more and have less body role

not only that, almost impossible to find new and most people are not to willing to part with the pieces they have.. I drag mine over bumps more then a few times a year and I'm at a functional height. IMO dont waste the time or money looking for them only to destroy them.

 

[rar40941]

I found a cite that sells them

 

[Macabe]

I say do it. I'm planning on installing all the gtspec stuff on my protege5.

 

[rar40941]

And I am racked so more slammed in the front then the back I bet thing will be like 2 inches of the ground

 

[bikingpro5]

I found a cite that sells them

there are many that still list the parts, but NO ONE has them they all say backordered till they get 10. Trust me people have been finding sites for years that list them..

 

[rar40941]

That's what I was thinking. I always email before I buy a part cause that has happend to me when i ordered my exhaust.

 

[bikingpro5]

i know its true, GT SPEC has not made protege parts for ages unless it was an organized GB and everyone paid before and than waitied while tehy made then shipped the parts.

 

[rar40941]

Alright hopfully I can find some man

 

[Macabe]

Why not just buy them used and refinish them ? That's what I'm doing with a gtspec lower tie bar.

 

[bikingpro5]

Alright hopfully I can find some man

hope so, they are great pieces.. how far is your rear subframe from the road right now?

Why not just buy them used and refinish them ? That's what I'm doing with a gtspec lower tie bar.

not that easy to find as most people who have them(me included) are not willing to part with them easily, unless a new car is bought then they are not something that last long.

rar ask Cr3 motorsports if he still have his contact at GT SPEC to setup a GI that can stay open since he is approved on the forums. keep in mind that its never easy to get 10 people to buy the same 2 parts you want.

 

[rar40941]

I jus asked him and found the v brace stoked about that and I am just going to get he truck cage and I am good but idk how high my sub frame is from the ground

 

[rar40941]

Ok just measured my rear subframe sits 6 inches from the ground

 

[rar40941]

He is going to ship my v brace tomorrow and I hope that group buy for the rear trunk cage goes though so I can get that and front tie bar bit going to get cause I am an inch and a half off the ground from sub frame

 

[bikingpro5]

Ok just measured my rear subframe sits 6 inches from the ground

now lower 3" or more iirc for the panel and arms

edit, trunk cage for P5 is 3 separate part# from gt spec and completely different than sedan

 

[azuelke]

Since it hasn't been said, why not KMR? http://www.tigertuning.com/mazdaprotege/mazdaprotege.html

 

[bikingpro5]

Since it hasn't been said, why not KMR? http://www.tigertuning.com/mazdaprotege/mazdaprotege.html

thats what he just bought...

 

[Macabe]

That KMR setup looks pretty nice but idk about that rear strut bar.

 

[rar40941]

Ya that's the one I just bought but for 210 from hkp