Suspension: P5 vs Protege ES sedan

[andyfatsax]

Thanks for the info!

 

[Familia323]

You sure you don't have that backwards?

yeah he does,, cause the JIC exhaust is shorter for the P5 than on the sedan.

 

[tonkabui]

i think he means shorter in terms of height. for sure the length of the protege5 is shorter than the sedan. now those 2 inches... how are those two inches there if the suspension is exactly the same? it might be from the roof rack... or it might be that they DO have different springs or struts but have the same specs. uh oh... confusion.

 

[Familia323]

hahaha no confusion... its a wagon... its taller than a sedan...

 

[tonkabui]

all the body parts are the same though. i can use a regular protege's door if i wanted. so where's the height coming from???

 

[Familia323]

the basic parts might be the same but the car is a wagon and the body had to be altered in the rear to accommodate for the hatchback door. So the rear part of the P5 is completely different which is where the extra height probably comes in..

 

[70]

Someone saw what I meant...Height, as in tall. I'm guessing the extra two inches come from the little rook rack thingy.

I know the Protege 5 is about four inched shorter (length) than the sedan...