The Manual-Automatic Protege5

GGKAuten · Dec 12, 2004

Actually its a 2003.5 Protege5 Sport-Tronic Automatic. Got a little bored at work one day, bought a shift boot and a shift knob and this is what I came up with. Let me know what you guys think.

P.S. - To account for the nasty holes in my cup holder: I had to cut them up to fit my screen in there. The picture is also in my attachments list now. Thx.

mountjonas · Dec 12, 2004

you gotta be proud of that automagic. what's happening with your cup holders?

trbomp5 · Dec 12, 2004

did you jus relote your OD button somewhere else? And what about the button to move the shifter?

mp5jeff · Dec 12, 2004

why did you put a screen behind the shifter? isn't it covering the view of the monitor when you are in park?

fLyPiNoY7 · Dec 12, 2004

trbomp5 said:
did you jus relote your OD button somewhere else? And what about the button to move the shifter?

he has the sport-tronic auto...not the one from the '02 p5s only...this one actually looks like your shifting...in a way...

btw, it looks good, although the screen's place confuses me a little...

trbomp5 · Dec 12, 2004

fLyPiNoY7 said:
he has the sport-tronic auto...not the one from the '02 p5s only...this one actually looks like your shifting...in a way...

btw, it looks good, although the screen's place confuses me a little...

There's no OD on the sportmatics?

cyc · Dec 12, 2004

trbomp5 said:
There's no OD on the sportmatics?

No OD

GGKAuten · Dec 12, 2004

I was lucky enough to get the model with the shifter that did not have the push button to get out of park. Personally that button really bothers me and I am glad I dont have to deal with it. As for OD, I was told that it kicks in automatically when you push the accelerator all the way down, but I dont know. My mazda dealer told me a lot of B.S. to make the sale.

As for screen position, in Park it did block the screen a little not so much after the new shift knob, but the main purpose of the screen was for my girl to watch movies while i drove from GA to FLA, so theoretically it was never a problem cause the only time I used it was when the car was in drive anyways.

eting_pro5 · Dec 12, 2004

Why did the cup holders get butchered?

Pretty sweet other than that

Mr. Win · Dec 12, 2004

yea i did the same thing a while back... where in alachua are you at?

mp5jeff · Dec 12, 2004

GGKAuten said:
As for OD, I was told that it kicks in automatically when you push the accelerator all the way down, but I dont know. My mazda dealer told me a lot of B.S. to make the sale..

lol obviously...OD doesn't "kick" in when you go wot, that guy lied..

SkinnyJoint · Dec 12, 2004

ah can u drive to fla and pick me up so i can watch movies pretty please...

looks good man

DaViper · Dec 12, 2004

Did you make that screen mount yourself? I really want one there for gps! Let me know how you did it please!

Thanks!
-DaViper

alexlitov · Dec 12, 2004

mp5jeff said:
lol obviously...OD doesn't "kick" in when you go wot, that guy lied..

well, the auto tranny downshifts when you got to wot, at least it does on most auto cars...

GGKAuten · Dec 13, 2004

I did make the screen mount myself. I just took some 1/4" MDF and a LOT of time perfecting edges and then covered it in Heat Formable Vinyl. I had to chop up the cup holders to fit the depth of the screen. The pioneer screen I was using had a slightly oversized depth as it was never meant to be mounted in anything aside from the adhesive duck foot that comes with it. So I had to modify the cup holder corners to fit the screen in flush with the piece I made and the rest of the dash.

P.S. - Rockin out a block down the road from UF.

REMillers · Dec 13, 2004

Looks good, wondered if anyone had done that yet.

And btw the little button to get out of park wasn't something that had to be used all the time. Anyone here that has to use it has something wrong with their tranny. That button is only used when the car goes into safe mode for a techincal issue.

+ friction · Dec 13, 2004

Interesting...do you have any trouble locating gears (reverse, tiptronic, etc.)? I know there are indicator lights on the dash, but I'm trying to remember how complicated the pattern was on my old tiptronic.

REMillers · Dec 13, 2004

The pattern is pretty simple since it is gated.
______
P___
____| |
__|_| |
__|R__|_
N __| -|
D __ |
__| |_ +|

Ok that is my crappy drawing of it. But you can't simply force it into reverse or park while driving, and it is pretty easy to till when you have it in drive and reverse by the position of the stick. I never look at any of the indicators.

BadApple · Dec 13, 2004

hmmm...doesnt look right to me for some reason...

Mr. Win · Dec 13, 2004

GGKAuten said:
I did make the screen mount myself. I just took some 1/4" MDF and a LOT of time perfecting edges and then covered it in Heat Formable Vinyl. I had to chop up the cup holders to fit the depth of the screen. The pioneer screen I was using had a slightly oversized depth as it was never meant to be mounted in anything aside from the adhesive duck foot that comes with it. So I had to modify the cup holder corners to fit the screen in flush with the piece I made and the rest of the dash.

P.S. - Rockin out a block down the road from UF.

no s*** i live off SW 20th... hah crazy did you have the red p5?

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