Alright since I have all of his pictures I'll go ahead and start his thread for him.
01/31/09
Mr. Desean, xXxJu1cesk8erxX, purchased his 2000 Mazda Protege ES
A week a half later, 02/10/09, he changed the front end. lol.
Desean knew from the second he bought the protege that he was going to do the 01-03 front end conversion seeing as he didn't care for the 99-00 headlights too much.
So after 4 hours, 30 degree weather, & a busted thumb, the conversion has begun...
Parts used...
Brand new 01-03 fenders w/o side turn hole
Brand new 01-03 sedan front bumper
Brand new 99-03 sedan rear bumper(the other one had be wrecked)
xDJ DUBx's old headlights
xDJ DUBx's old grille
This morning...
Notice his small head?
Later on, install time!
& w/o xDJ DUBx's old hood and w/o tweaks, here is the final product...
NEED TO DO...
-Install xDJ DUBx's old hood(primer black before install)
-Install xDJ DUBx's old sedan lower grille & fog deletes
-Primer front bumper black(it is a dark blueish color)
-Buy new headlights(bumper/grille arms are broke)
-Shave core-support to fit headlights(gap between headlight and fender)
-Do a wire extension to the driver side turn signal(not enough wire to reach to the headlight)
-Add side markers(99-00 don't come with any)
-Add additional nuts and bolts to fit bumper onto the car better
-Add proper fender liners
Since a proper paint job is pretty expensive, Desean is thinking about priming the whole car black, instead of leaving it 2 tone, until he can afford to paint the whole car.
Even though I started this thread, this will be his progress thread as he mods his car.
CHEERS! (friday)
01/31/09
Mr. Desean, xXxJu1cesk8erxX, purchased his 2000 Mazda Protege ES
A week a half later, 02/10/09, he changed the front end. lol.
Desean knew from the second he bought the protege that he was going to do the 01-03 front end conversion seeing as he didn't care for the 99-00 headlights too much.
So after 4 hours, 30 degree weather, & a busted thumb, the conversion has begun...
Parts used...
Brand new 01-03 fenders w/o side turn hole
Brand new 01-03 sedan front bumper
Brand new 99-03 sedan rear bumper(the other one had be wrecked)
xDJ DUBx's old headlights
xDJ DUBx's old grille
This morning...
Notice his small head?
Later on, install time!
& w/o xDJ DUBx's old hood and w/o tweaks, here is the final product...
NEED TO DO...
-Install xDJ DUBx's old hood(primer black before install)
-Install xDJ DUBx's old sedan lower grille & fog deletes
-Primer front bumper black(it is a dark blueish color)
-Buy new headlights(bumper/grille arms are broke)
-Shave core-support to fit headlights(gap between headlight and fender)
-Do a wire extension to the driver side turn signal(not enough wire to reach to the headlight)
-Add side markers(99-00 don't come with any)
-Add additional nuts and bolts to fit bumper onto the car better
-Add proper fender liners
Since a proper paint job is pretty expensive, Desean is thinking about priming the whole car black, instead of leaving it 2 tone, until he can afford to paint the whole car.
Even though I started this thread, this will be his progress thread as he mods his car.
CHEERS! (friday)
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