Nice car Jay. Now you have to tell me, I've seen you around on the forums and I've seen your signature that says "Protege5 Plastidipped" What do you mean by this? I was expecting a whole car dipped and I tried for awhile to find pictures of your car. Either way, still looks great!
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Haha I know that's misleading so I changed it actually. Just my wheels are plastidipped.
My roommate is super into plastidip and we've talked about doing either his 4Runner or my P5 entirely (keeping everything logical and legal), but it seems like a big PITA for something that's not permanent... And somewhat distasteful... I dunno if one of our cars could pull it off. I remember seeing a guys P5 on here that he was painting matte Green though and that was sweet.
My roommate is super into plastidip and we've talked about doing either his 4Runner or my P5 entirely (keeping everything logical and legal), but it seems like a big PITA for something that's not permanent... And somewhat distasteful... I dunno if one of our cars could pull it off. I remember seeing a guys P5 on here that he was painting matte Green though and that was sweet.
Justin
Jallen708
Chicago Suburbs
Murder Yellow
Exterior Mods
Custom Painted
Mirrors
Grilles
Rear Bumper
Hatchback
Headlights
Taillights
Carbon Fiber 4" Custom Cat Back Exhaust
HID Headlights
Yellow Foglights
Interior
Alpine Type R 12" in custom ported box
Orion 2500watt amp
7inch Touchscreen Head Unit
Jallen708
Chicago Suburbs
Murder Yellow
Exterior Mods
Custom Painted
Mirrors
Grilles
Rear Bumper
Hatchback
Headlights
Taillights
Carbon Fiber 4" Custom Cat Back Exhaust
HID Headlights
Yellow Foglights
Interior
Alpine Type R 12" in custom ported box
Orion 2500watt amp
7inch Touchscreen Head Unit
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- 2002 MAZDA 323 ASTINA SP20 BJII
Welcome 
INeedMoarLow
Member
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- slammed 02 protege5
Where in Illinois are you from I grew up in the springfield area
INeedMoarLow
Member
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- slammed 02 protege5
You are like an hour from where I was living haha and not sure on tint.. I know a place in Taylorville and a couple in springfield but none out your way
bikingpro5
Member
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- 03 Protege5
do it right the first time so that your car will handle properly,suspension done cheap makes these cars terrible to drive in.
watch the FS threads as there are always springs or coils FS
still have my decal on the back window..
It's been a while since I was on here, so I thought I'd give you all a nice update 
I finally got round to getting the rear windows tinted
Looks darker in the flesh, and has made a big difference to the mood inside!
I've also fitted my new head unit. It's a pioneer Bluetooth jobbie, with loads of cool features. I still need to sort out how it sits in the dash (flops a bit), but overall I'm a happy bunny!
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Bad news.... RUST. I ****ing hate rust. I had a little spot in the engine bay, behind the power steering reservoir for a while, and it grew.
I didn't realise how much it grew until I started to do some prodding with my trusty screw driver.
Half an hour later, and I have a fist sized hole on the strut mount, and two smaller holes on the front of the inner arch.
To say I'm not happy is an understatement. This will not beat me though, as I shall employ a genius welder / fabricator / restorer to fix the issue, and get her back to former glory!
The main hole:
The front of the arch:
The other side looks OK, but I'll get it checked all the same:
This has now been welded up, and should be stronger than it was from the factory! It's not pretty (yet), but it's safe!
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Ok, so I now officially love Meguiars Ultimate Compound!
And the finished (and polished) items;
These are now the shineyest part of the car!
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A couple of weeks ago, I popped over to Grove Garage in Brighton to have my new exhaust fitted!
It's a full cat back stainless system, and sounds really nice! I have notices a bit of extra zoom zoom as well
This is just the tip, but I have some more pics of underneath. I'll get these up at some point
I've also fitted my new rear strut brace. Nice easy job, and finished in about half an hour
I also got round to fitting my new engine mount. The old one was shot, and fell apart in my hands
Old nastiness:
Side by side:
The new one is the billet aluminium one from Street Unit. I did originally order the AWR one, but they were out of stock, so they let me have this one at the same price!
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This has also recently arrived! Took a bit of time to mount it, as I need to make a hole for one of the sensors, but dear god it sounds nice!
Me thinks I'm going to have to keep an eye on the fuel gauge to keep my foot off the throttle!
I also have a stainless header to fit, but need to block off the EGR valve first
I hope you all enjoy, and there should be some more coming soon!
I finally got round to getting the rear windows tinted
Looks darker in the flesh, and has made a big difference to the mood inside!
I've also fitted my new head unit. It's a pioneer Bluetooth jobbie, with loads of cool features. I still need to sort out how it sits in the dash (flops a bit), but overall I'm a happy bunny!
-------------
Bad news.... RUST. I ****ing hate rust. I had a little spot in the engine bay, behind the power steering reservoir for a while, and it grew.
I didn't realise how much it grew until I started to do some prodding with my trusty screw driver.
Half an hour later, and I have a fist sized hole on the strut mount, and two smaller holes on the front of the inner arch.
To say I'm not happy is an understatement. This will not beat me though, as I shall employ a genius welder / fabricator / restorer to fix the issue, and get her back to former glory!
The main hole:
The front of the arch:
The other side looks OK, but I'll get it checked all the same:
This has now been welded up, and should be stronger than it was from the factory! It's not pretty (yet), but it's safe!
--------------
Ok, so I now officially love Meguiars Ultimate Compound!
And the finished (and polished) items;
These are now the shineyest part of the car!
--------------
A couple of weeks ago, I popped over to Grove Garage in Brighton to have my new exhaust fitted!
It's a full cat back stainless system, and sounds really nice! I have notices a bit of extra zoom zoom as well
This is just the tip, but I have some more pics of underneath. I'll get these up at some point
I've also fitted my new rear strut brace. Nice easy job, and finished in about half an hour
I also got round to fitting my new engine mount. The old one was shot, and fell apart in my hands
Old nastiness:
Side by side:
The new one is the billet aluminium one from Street Unit. I did originally order the AWR one, but they were out of stock, so they let me have this one at the same price!
--------------
This has also recently arrived! Took a bit of time to mount it, as I need to make a hole for one of the sensors, but dear god it sounds nice!
Me thinks I'm going to have to keep an eye on the fuel gauge to keep my foot off the throttle!
I also have a stainless header to fit, but need to block off the EGR valve first
I hope you all enjoy, and there should be some more coming soon!
Snowman8590
Member
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- Mazda Protege5
New to the team
Ricky here i have a red 2002 pro5 auto. i love it and it only has 26xxx miles on it looking forward to getting a lot of use out of the car!
currently i only have the widows tinted.
Future mods...
full CAI
Coil overs
Exhaust
and if i feel like going over bored turbo-ing it. (mostly dreaming here)
i am on stock wheels and would love to get new wheels and tires but thats in due time along with new stereo and speakers and sub.
poor college student here with little time, money and space to do mods.
but im looking forward to when i can upgrade everything i want.
http://imgur.com/a/n2g03/all
sorry for the link just easy way for me to do it. already had them up loaded.
but im looking forward to this group!!!
also first Nebraska?
Ricky here i have a red 2002 pro5 auto. i love it and it only has 26xxx miles on it looking forward to getting a lot of use out of the car!
currently i only have the widows tinted.
Future mods...
full CAI
Coil overs
Exhaust
and if i feel like going over bored turbo-ing it. (mostly dreaming here)
i am on stock wheels and would love to get new wheels and tires but thats in due time along with new stereo and speakers and sub.
poor college student here with little time, money and space to do mods.
but im looking forward to when i can upgrade everything i want.
http://imgur.com/a/n2g03/all
sorry for the link just easy way for me to do it. already had them up loaded.
but im looking forward to this group!!!
also first Nebraska?
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Steffon
grcy_gttr (Grocery Getter)
Sunset Orane/Black MP5
Current Mods:
Exterior:
Custom paint job
Blacked out headlights
Blacked out emblems/evil "M" (rear)
Evil "M" (front)
Shortty antenna
Fog-light mod
Engine:
Custom CAI
Ebay headers
Interior:
JVC KD-S36 head unit
Painted interior pieces to match paint job
Future mods:
Black rims
M6 rear wiper mod
K&N CAI
OBX Headers
Megan Racing Exhaust
Black JDM Tail lights
Replace stock fabric pieces on doors with vinyl
And hopefully, the first meet I will attend and first time I'll enter a car into one, will be the Mazda only meet at Willow Springs this September.
Before the paint job:
During the paint job:
After the paint job:
And the best for last
grcy_gttr (Grocery Getter)
Sunset Orane/Black MP5
Current Mods:
Exterior:
Custom paint job
Blacked out headlights
Blacked out emblems/evil "M" (rear)
Evil "M" (front)
Shortty antenna
Fog-light mod
Engine:
Custom CAI
Ebay headers
Interior:
JVC KD-S36 head unit
Painted interior pieces to match paint job
Future mods:
Black rims
M6 rear wiper mod
K&N CAI
OBX Headers
Megan Racing Exhaust
Black JDM Tail lights
Replace stock fabric pieces on doors with vinyl
And hopefully, the first meet I will attend and first time I'll enter a car into one, will be the Mazda only meet at Willow Springs this September.
Before the paint job:
During the paint job:
After the paint job:
And the best for last
