Starting to come together

[anarchistchiken]

Damn those headlights make it look better! Very pimpalicious.

 

[Rogue]

i was represtin' the GACC!!

 

[Tophatman07]

Damn...headlights,badgings,wheels,seats....im pretty sure the past 10 pages or so say exactly what im thinking. Nice car man, seriously sucha nice build all around. I wanna know how muhc $ uve put into the car if you dont mind.

 

[Rogue]

Damn...headlights,badgings,wheels,seats....im pretty sure the past 10 pages or so say exactly what im thinking. Nice car man, seriously sucha nice build all around. I wanna know how muhc $ uve put into the car if you dont mind.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=104701

that'll show you how much money i've spent

 

[I_Vtec]

You never cleaned your engine did you Luke?

 

[I_Vtec]

Not to burst his bubble either, but the seats aren't his. They were on loan from me just so he would have one more thing in his car.

 

[Rogue]

no, i didn't clean the engine....but some people did like the look of the header being all funky like it was

if you want, I'll try to sell the seats for you

 

[snooky]

I to like the lights

 

[mountjonas]

how hard are the emblems to paint. i've been bitten by the painting bug (just did my headlights yesterday) and want to get rid of the chrome emblem look. your car is looking mighty good!

 

[I_Vtec]

He had a bodyshop do his with all the other painting. But I did mine when I had a 5. Just pull them off and sand them then paint away. Just make sure you let them dry real well.

 

[Rogue]

you may want to use an etching primer. that will help it bond to the plastic

 

[Rogue]

not sure how many people are subscribed to this thread.... but check out this one.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=114474

 

[Prodigy]

have any pics of your 4pt. harness?

 

[Rogue]

i can take a few. forgot to add that to my list

 

[Rogue]

Well, since I've curbed my rims, I have been running on my stockers. Here's some pictures of me on my way to the last autocross.

 

[SkinnyJoint]

wow bringing back the memorys i posted in this thread before i even had my car

 

[Rogue]

So it's been 9 months since my last update. In those 9 months many things have changed:

• AutoExe SRI
• Mazda Racing 4-2-1 exhaust header and midpipe
• Racing Beat catback exhaust
• Racing Beat front sway bar
• CATZ fog lamps

I had an INJEN CAI, OBX exhaust header, Corksport catless midpipe/catback, and Racing Beat axle back. It was loud and droned on the freeway. Especially since I cracked the resonator (again). When the opportunity arose to get a new exhaust system, I couldn't pass it up. It sound so much better now. Almost too quiet. I'll definately need to relearn listening to my car.

My suspension is a hodge podge of stuff now, too. Stock front struts, Racing Beat springs, and TEIN SS Coilovers in the rear. Why such a FUBARed setup? Look here. My repaired strut should be on its way back to me this week.

I also got some new fog lamps from CATZ. They're super bright yellow. I ended up doing a "custom" install since I have the MSP lip. They're actaully mounted directly to the bumper bar. Because of that, and the power steering cooling pipe, one lamp points up. Driving through neighborhoods I light up 2nd story windows. It's on my list of things to fix. Pictures can be found here.

Oh yeah, tires. For at least the past 4 or 5 sets I've been using the Yokohama AVS ES 100s (both 16s and 17s) and have been really happy with them. But when it was time to get new tires I wanted something with more traction. According to TireRack the Yokohama AVID H4s had better dry and wet traction....plus they were cheaper. I thought I had a great tire. I WAS WRONG. With my style of driving the AVIDs sidewall was way to squishy, and the 500 treadwear meant they were really hard. I can't wait to wear these out and put on some ES 100s again.

I think that's about it for now. Once I get my suspension back to 100%, I'll be happy with my car again. I just need some time to zero in the setting on my rear sway bar now that I have the new front sway bar.

 

[Rogue]

Check out my new thread: My Turbo Project

I try to keep that more up to date. I'll also update the parts list on this thread.

 

[Rogue]

parts list has been updated

 

[Boston5761]

will you be parting this out when you go turbo??