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[azeli73]

DAMN! That's nice!

 

[PaulieWalnuts]

I appreciate your honesty

just felt i should put my feelings in writing.

Im sorry you dont like it, but its not your car so you shouldnt be worring about who agrees with you and who agrees with me.

no need to be sorry, and by no means am i loosing sleep worrying about who agrees or disagrees with me.

I have gotten it to the point where Im proud to say I have a protege.

Congrats!

I can understand people not liking exterior modifications, rice...blah blah blah call it what you will, you didnt need to be so ******* harsh about it. Its not that I cant take it, but if you could see it for what it is without putting up the civic rice flag, then maybe you could appreciate it more. Im not by any means an engine lover, I dont care for speed. If I want that I'll hop in my 3rd gen RX-7.

i am all for exterior mods, i think the erebuni kit looks great, im just not a fan of shogun/ninja style bumpers (puke)
... and i dont recall ever throwing up the "dreaded" RICE flag...i just said that it looks like the result of a (blowjob). and thats great if u have a RX-7...cool!!!

But I took it from being a stock IMO bland car and made it match who I am.

i would have left it stock.

Im glad you think it looks like a jizz job, thats because theres a lot of texture and color that a camera cannot possibly capture. So No I know now that appearance isnt your thing, but it is mine and that is my car, I have dumped a lot of time and money into it and worked hard to make it what you see today, like it or not I love it and I hope you can appreciate it for that, if nothing else.

im not sure why your glad it looks like a jizz jobb, but hey if thats your thing, whatever (scratch)

and again i STRESS i am a big fan of appearence and exteriors, just not of yours.

just my feelings at the moment.

 

[MotegiMazdA]

My point was it didnt look like a Jizz job, Im sorry it looks like that on camera, but like I said I cannot capture the texture and colors it has with a camera. Trust me I would love to. Its something you have to see in person.

I hated the car stock so no way was it staying that way. I need to modify things.
I got the kit for the 'ninja' bumper, I like it. Eribuni isn't flashy enough for me.
Though Danny's and Icys and gregs old car, looks nice, just not my stlye like my car isnt to you.

I mentioned the rice flag because thats what Im used to people saying, sorry. As you can imagine I get flamed about my car all the time, but I guess that is what I get for being who I am and the way I am with cars. This isnt my first.

I can understand that you dont like it, everyone is entitled to their opinion, like I said I appreciate your honesty and Im sorry for getting so wound up about it. I have been working on it for a few hours tonight and it wasnt working with me, so I got pissed off, more so because I cut my arm wide open and broke a bolt then anything..I wasnt expecting to see this.

 

[MSPRO]

The day I bought it.

Put the winter wheels on for the season.

A couple days later. Got hit at a stoplight

Bye Bye, at least for 6 weeks that is

Progress from the accident

Almost done

And today, Look Mom no Spoiler.

Color matched badges

And last but not least, a cool shot after a good waxing. Looks like the grass and cement goes right onto the side of the car

 

[BlueWolfCry]

what beauty, i feel like applauding its full recovery. glad you got it back ok

The day I bought it.

Put the winter wheels on for the season.

A couple days later. Got hit at a stoplight

Bye Bye, at least for 6 weeks that is

Progress from the accident

Almost done

And today, Look Mom no Spoiler.

Color matched badges

And last but not least, a cool shot after a good waxing. Looks like the grass and cement goes right onto the side of the car

 

[MotegiMazdA]

Looks good without the wing. Sucks that it was hit I know what thats like. I had my car for 2 weeks and the next thing I know Im sideswiped. I like the color matched badges too! Great job. I agree with wolf (2thumbs)

 

[Roywhitep5]

the day i got my 17's

wheel gap was killing me

lowered +tint = teh sexay

freshly painted calipers at natey's house .now i just need a magna flow exhaust and the exterior will be complete

 

[MotegiMazdA]

Very clean Roy. I love white rims on white cars. lol. Must be a pain to keep them clean, but looks like you do ao good job of takin care of that.

 

[nattyboy513]

amy... which exhaust do you have?

 

[Captain KRM P5]

April 2002 - bought the car
May 2002 - convinced Pro5OnSpeed to buy one
June 2002 - bought Injen intake and Magnecor wires
August 2002 - preordered one of the first turbo kits evAR from BEGi
September 2002 - bought Racing Beat exhaust
October 2002 - "joined the dark side"
February 2003 - car smashed by a minivan
March 2003 - bought car a welcome home gift GReddy Boost Controller and ACT clutch set and JDM Flywheel
April 2003 - engine blown at 19,000 miles while coasting to a 15 second 1/4 mile at Great Lakes Dragway, WI
May/June 2003 - installed junkyard engine and removed the boost controller
August 2003 - tuned at Flyin Miata in Colorado
November 2003 - installed BEGi downpipe
February 2004 - founded Protege Garage . com
Today 2004 - have a set of brake rotors and nine pound flywheel sitting on my floor

edit - i need pics now huh? maybe come back and edit my timeline

 

[Natey]

Bump because my pics are showing up! (at least for me)

 

[MIA protege]

Bump because my pics are showing up! (at least for me)

love the pics natey. love silver and black

 

[srtchick]

lots of nice final transitions here! im gonna post mine when i get home from this hell-hole (work)

 

[azeli73]

Natey's got my vote! (cool)

Bump because my pics are showing up! (at least for me)

 

[MIA protege]

The day I bought it.

Put the winter wheels on for the season.

A couple days later. Got hit at a stoplight

Bye Bye, at least for 6 weeks that is

Progress from the accident

Almost done

And today, Look Mom no Spoiler.

Color matched badges

And last but not least, a cool shot after a good waxing. Looks like the grass and cement goes right onto the side of the car

i like the no spoiler idea since all other speeds usually keep their stock one on there ... im glad it recovered for the better !! (thumb)

 

[MSPRO]

i like the no spoiler idea since all other speeds usually keep their stock one on there ... im glad it recovered for the better !!

Thanks, I like it to b.c it is different, and it goes with the whole sleeper effect

amy... which exhaust do you have?

Its a custom 2.5" catback, with Apex DP and an HKS type Titanium muffler

what beauty, i feel like applauding its full recovery. glad you got it back ok

Thank You I'm glad to have it back as well.

Looks good without the wing. Sucks that it was hit I know what thats like. I had my car for 2 weeks and the next thing I know Im sideswiped. I like the color matched badges too! Great job. I agree with wolf

Thanks, I got bored one day and I had the touch up paint sitting on my desk so I did the badges, it was a pain trying to get the brush markes out but somehow I did. Then I just put a bunch of clear coat on it and wa-la it looks better at least to me. My car was hit less than 2 weeks after I got it, that was the first time I was rear ended. It was only a little bit of scrapes so they just painted the rear bumper. Then 2 weeks after I got it back from that I got rear ended the 2nd time which is what the pics are of.

 

[tonkabui]

i can't find the pics of my car when i first brought it home, so i'll start with its first major make-over:

eibach and llumar tint

mille miglia anchors (rims weighed 25 pounds each and 47 pounds with the rubbers) but they looked pretty good

painted the headlights, but can't find pics, so here's the next step... custom cactus decals:

then the valve cover was painted as well as the repaint of the stb:

a little header action

a little foglight overlay action:

now for some wheels:

finally replaced my bumper:

painted my struts:

and how she sits when all is said and done:

 

[MIA protege]

very nice tonka. i like everything about it. looks extremely clean !

 

[tonkabui]

thanks! i got a few more things i'd like to do before i call it quits.

 

[Pretzellogic]

I'll say it again, tonkabui: you have a really nice car.

The fog overlays look great. I'd get them myself if I wasn't planning on getting myself a MSP lip. It's funny that such a frugal mod would make that much difference