The 1999-2000 Protege Pic thread

[Shane5425]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-00-PROTEGE-BLACK-EURO-CLEAR-CORNER-LIGHTS_W0QQitemZ7990381658QQcategoryZ33708QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

forgot who was lookin for smoked corners, but here they are..

 

[nautical2086]

Man, it stil pisses me off how much our 99-00 models are neglected when it comes to the aftermarket.

 

[steve_protege]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/99-00-PROTEGE-BLACK-EURO-CLEAR-CORNER-LIGHTS_W0QQitemZ7990381658QQcategoryZ33708QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

forgot who was lookin for smoked corners, but here they are..

Its me who is looking for the black housing corners. But Im still waiting to get my regular clear corners back from RockBlocker. He was supposed to smoke em out for me and send em back. But I have yet to hear back from him about a tracking number.

Quick question for everyone: RockBlocker is only making overlays for the corners, not smoking em out. He only had to borrow my corner lamp to make a template for it to make the overlay. Should I buy the black housing headlamps and corner lamps and have them smoked to match the tailights I have done or just smoke the stock headlamps and clear corners I have?

 

[steve_protege]

ohh no i will be running more.. but i am waiting until i get my tranny built just a little... so i dont have any problems

What are you looking to run? What are you going to do to the tranny? Sorry for all the questions man. Im just trying to get an idea what I should do for my setup and what my limitations are.

 

[P2K]

nautical2086, that's the Corksport MS style bumper right? Looks good, any fitment issues?

 

[Shane5425]

steve, u get those smoked corners i found on ebay??

 

[nautical2086]

nautical2086, that's the Corksport MS style bumper right? Looks good, any fitment issues?

Yup thats my bumper, And not really cept they lie about how the say MINOR trimming of the reinfocement, its more like cut just about all of it off, I dunno why i didnt just cut it all off, Might get rid of that bumper next year.

 

[nautical2086]

HMMMMMMM, wonder why that bid ended, lol. They sell them on procarparts.com too

 

[mazpro]

Yup thats my bumper, And not really cept they lie about how the say MINOR trimming of the reinfocement, its more like cut just about all of it off, I dunno why i didnt just cut it all off, Might get rid of that bumper next year.

you had to trim the reinforcent bar on that bumper? I thought it woudn't need any trimming. sucks.

 

[nautical2086]

well it says minor trimming, but it was a bit more than minor, lol. thursday I will have pics up of my darkened headlights assuming i dont **** up on the lights.

 

[Shane5425]

at least u got it with just trimming, mine had to come all the way off..

 

[jster28]

Here is an updated pic of my car, with some used rims that i bought today. I don't know what to do with my steelies now, might end up throwing them in the dumpers they're all ****** up. Please excuse dirtness, the car is kinda dirty with bug slatters, will take more pics when i clean it. I can lower my coilovers more to make it look more aggressive, but i can't clear the hugh speed bumps at work. here are before and after pics. All in order.

 

[Shane5425]

sweet wingless proteges rock!!!! nice car

 

[nautical2086]

I might as well have taken off the reinforcement, would have been easier.

 

[MIA protege]

i have no reinforcement .. alls good. ...
jster- i like those wheels the best. car looks good

 

[jster28]

i have no reinforcement .. alls good. ...
jster- i like those wheels the best. car looks good

Yeah i like those the best too, i got the wheels with tires from an integra own for dirt cheap.

is there any downsides of not having a reinforcement bar? I know that bar saved my bumper when i rear-ended a civic, just put a dent in the middle of bumper and bar. I just pushed the dent out of the bumper.

 

[steve_protege]

steve, u get those smoked corners i found on ebay??

Nah. Im waiting to see how the overlays look on my clear corners I sent away to get blacked out. But I don't know what would look better:

1) Blacked out OEM clear corners and headlamps

2) Black housing corners and headlamps w/o overlays

3) Combo of black housing corners and headlamps w/overlays

Kinda at a fork in the road here.......? Recommendation?

 

[MIA protege]

Yeah i like those the best too, i got the wheels with tires from an integra own for dirt cheap.

is there any downsides of not having a reinforcement bar? I know that bar saved my bumper when i rear-ended a civic, just put a dent in the middle of bumper and bar. I just pushed the dent out of the bumper.

of course theres downsides. but i just try not to hit anything lol ...

 

[Shane5425]

of course theres downsides. but i just try not to hit anything lol ...

yeah, lol, fiberglass isnt as strong as u would like it to be, it wont dent like a normal bumper and pop out with the bumper support, it will shatter and prolly crush ur front end pretty damn bad...

 

[nautical2086]

corner lights at www.procarparts.com