What have you done to your MSP today?

[Ricktalife]

Okay could you send me a PM when you get home please? I will have some questions.

 

[SpeedAdiction20]

you should post here, I'm kinda curious to see how it looks installed too

 

[StealthWyvern]

you should post here, I'm kinda curious to see how it looks installed too

 

[SpeedAdiction20]

hmm interesting, thanks

 

[Ricktalife]

So what exactly should I search for on Ebay? Engine damper? Torque damper?

 

[fatti03msp]

I think you should get black mica mirrors to match your lip kit.

i was going to do that actually, but two totaled spicy msp popped up on ebay and one of them had a mirror, so i just bought it.

 

[StealthWyvern]

So what exactly should I search for on Ebay? Engine damper? Torque damper?

no one makes a damper kit other then weapon-r for our cars. In my pictures its a generic ebay damper with the weapon-r brackets.

Edit: Searching for either term will yeld the same results.

 

[BadBandar]

Hey guys, whats the pitch for our shift knobs?

 

[Wagonbacker9]

10x1.5 if I recall. hold on, I'll go check my tap.

edit: tap = AWOL... I fale.

 

[Laser Blue]

stock shifter thread = 10mm

 

[Wagonbacker9]

stock shifter thread = 10mm

he asked for the pitch...

 

[Laser Blue]

M10 x 1.25; its the same on all manual tranny proteges (except the MP3, which is M8 x 1.25)

 

[Valk]

Discovered that my driver side hi beam is completly dead and low beam only supplies 4 volts.
Fuse is toast but wouldn't that give
me no volts at the harness?

 

[ucMP3]

M10 x 1.25; its the same on all manual tranny proteges (except the MP3, which is M8 x 1.25)

Really? Wonder why the MP3 would be different... I have a pool ball shifter in the mail and that means I'm gonna have to re tap it, lol. Unless he Mark knows about this already. He didn't mention it tho, hmm...

 

[stinkycheezmonk]

i just got some aluminum ones on ebay for about $60 with shipping, don't have them on yet but i'm happy with my purchase

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/e...0169829489&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK:MEWNX:IT

They have other colors as well

It's been a long time since I took my wheels off, but do the factory lugnuts have an acorn or tapered seat? You want to make sure they match the wheels, whichever it is.

 

[Laser Blue]

Really? Wonder why the MP3 would be different... I have a pool ball shifter in the mail and that means I'm gonna have to re tap it, lol. Unless he Mark knows about this already. He didn't mention it tho, hmm...

I know this was the case in '01... not sure about the '02 MP3.

 

[Laser Blue]

It's been a long time since I took my wheels off, but do the factory lugnuts have an acorn or tapered seat? You want to make sure they match the wheels, whichever it is.

The answer to your question is yes. Yes, the stockers are "acorns" but that refers to the shape of the part you see, not the seat. And yes, the stock lugs have a tapered seat, but most newer tuner lugnuts have what they call a "bulge" seat, which have a steeper taper. They will work, but may damage the seat of the lugnut or the edge of the wheel hole, depending on which is the softer metal. If you use bulge-type lugnuts on a stock rim be sure to re-torque them after the first 50-100 miles and about 0nce a week after that until its clear that they aren't loosening at all anymore. Torque spec is 80-90 ft lbs.

 

[Rockin03mp5]

i dont think there was an 02 mp3.

 

[Laser Blue]

They sold them well into '02 but I don't know if they were '02s or leftover '01s

 

[Wagonbacker9]

They sold them well into '02 but I don't know if they were '02s or leftover '01s

01 was the only year of the MP3, much like 03 was the only year of the MSP.

Also, I don't think the MP3 had a different shifter diameter... so far as I'm aware, all the protege shifters/knobs are swappable.

The answer to your question is yes. Yes, the stockers are "acorns" but that refers to the shape of the part you see, not the seat. And yes, the stock lugs have a tapered seat, but most newer tuner lugnuts have what they call a "bulge" seat, which is a steeper taper. They will work, but may damage the seat of the lugnut or the edge of the wheel hole, depending on which is the softer metal. If you use bulge-type lugnuts on a stock rim be sure to re-torque them after the first 50-100 miles and about 0nce a week after that until its clear that they aren't loosening at all anymore. Torque spec is 80-90 ft lbs.

completely false. A bulge seat is a different design used by select hondas...