What have you done to your P5 today?

[2003newlyack]

yeah the ones on the front bumper are a pain to get off and put back on.. the side markers (clear) are way easier to do, exactly like kanseizm described, they push towards the back of your car, and then twist the bulb out and they're free.

[Brian MP5T]

fuCKING rain..

[Kansei]

Where are you in Canada? all the NEPOC people complaining about all they rain they've been getting too and in the great lakes region (at least lake ontario region) there hasn't been anything in at least a week or so. It's been unseasonably warm and sunny for the most part.

does look like it'll rain today though.

[snowblazin]

Installed custom battery tie down and oil cap I got from Mark(bazooka joe). Pics when I get outta work! (glare)

[Breeegz]

(redp5) ha ha.. it's not raining in Alaska!! (nuts)

[Brian MP5T]

^^ Ass Bandit!

[CTt3P5]

^^^ Fight nice kids.

It is supposed to start raining here sometime today and go until Monday...I hate rain, at least it will wash the pollen off. Next nice weekend I have to do a full detail job.

[bazooka joe]

Where are you in Canada? all the NEPOC people complaining about all they rain they've been getting too and in the great lakes region (at least lake ontario region) there hasn't been anything in at least a week or so. It's been unseasonably warm and sunny for the most part.

does look like it'll rain today though.

check out the area the avatar

[Protege52003]

check out the area the avatar

i miss seeing the sun.......

i am so close to turning 58K on my P5.........

[CorkSport]

I used the P5 to run over my daughters scooter recently, the scooter won.
Bulb on the garage door opener burned out the other day and she left her scooter in the middle of the garage. I got home late, it was dark and I always back in so I didn't se it lying on the floor. Scrape, thunk. I have a nice mark on the bumper. Straightened out the handle bars on the scooter and it's good to go.
Gotta love your kids!

[mpf1v3]

fuCKING rain..

lol, thats exactly my words at the moment

[Kansei]

check out the area the avatar

That seriously wasn't there before.

brian, you bastard.

[Breeegz]

That seriously wasn't there before.

brian, you bastard.

i think I speak for everyone when i say... HUH?

[dave45090]

Chris asked "what area of Canada are you from?".....Mark said "duh check out his Avatar". Chris then proceeded to look lazy b/c Brian pulled the ole switcharoo (allegedly) and added his location.

[Kansei]

weather discussion on top of page 151.. I asked where in canada brian was.. then mark told me to check under his avatar, where it now lists his location but didn't at the time. profile must have been updated.

edit: beat to the punch.

[dave45090]

edit: beat to the punch.

fastest hands in the west.....errrr south.

[bazooka joe]

I used the P5 to run over my daughters scooter recently, the scooter won.
Bulb on the garage door opener burned out the other day and she left her scooter in the middle of the garage. I got home late, it was dark and I always back in so I didn't se it lying on the floor. Scrape, thunk. I have a nice mark on the bumper. Straightened out the handle bars on the scooter and it's good to go.
Gotta love your kids!

haha...mine are grown now, but i remember those days....i can't recall home many toys i ran over or back into!! i'll never for get the day my son was in the garage, i drive in and he jumps up on the hood of my 88 maxima...big dent in the hood, he was like 13...oh well..he never attempted that again!

[bazooka joe]

i miss seeing the sun.......

i am so close to turning 58K on my P5.........

this weather blows!(pissed) just turned 81

[altspace]

Awesome sun all day long on the Cape today. In other news... I will be driving the P5 more since I snapped the bottom strut bolt in my wifes car. Doh! Dang ol' rusted suckers. Now it will need to be drilled out. Oh well.

[Tengo]

got the transmission flushed and filled at Tire Kingdom, dam price Nazis

[Breeegz]

this weather blows!(pissed) just turned 81

43 and b'euti-ful here.. lol:)

[CTt3P5]

Applied the vinyl overlays from Blue Batmobile tonight after dinner. And as the pics will show I had a little help from my pit crew. :)

The before and after...

[CTt3P5]

A couple more shots...

[bazooka joe]

A couple more shots...

different good!

[Breeegz]

i think i'm gonna do the silver bulb idea...

looks nice though...

[Kansei]

i think i'm gonna do the silver bulb idea...

looks nice though...

The silver bulb idea will look nice. I just have 24LED clusters in each so it's basically the same effect because the leds and their housing is clear.

[CTt3P5]

Thanks for the input. I did ponder the chrome bulbs and the clear leds but decided to go with something a little different. Thought they would be a nice touch with the black alteezas.

[snowblazin]

Pics of the new(used) battery tie down and oil cap. Nice and straight, right Mark? ;) Pardon the dirty engine bay.

[dave45090]

Finally had the hail damage fixed. I cleaned the car and wanted to show off my latest mods....painted front (orange) marker and new shifer knob/boot.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h161/dave45090/100_1282_croped.jpg

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h161/dave45090/100_1295.jpg

BTW....I have a fix/part for those who can't get the mazdaspeed knob to work w/ short shifter (thumb). PM me if you are interested. Tight knobs FTW!

Yeah yeah I know! The pics are huge.....I messed around but dont have time to get it right. I feel lucky just to post these pics.....w/ the pregenant wife and all! Wish me luck my son due in 3 weeks! Woot Woot!


Let me know what you think.
Dave.

[dave45090]

jeez.....let me be the first to post.....

holy big picture batman!

SORRY!

[Kansei]

big pics are fine for me :)

The car looks great, I really love classic red.

[dave45090]

Thanks Chris! Many mods coming....

[.paul]

Applied the vinyl overlays from Blue Batmobile tonight after dinner. And as the pics will show I had a little help from my pit crew. :)

The before and after...
The last one is avatar quality!(rlaugh)

[.paul]

Finally had the hail damage fixed. I cleaned the car and wanted to show off my latest mods....painted front (orange) marker and new shifer knob/boot.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h161/dave45090/100_1282_croped.jpg


Dave, what is your car lowered with?

[Kansei]

I'm going to guess goldline springs.. but I have no clue. I just know that my car sits lower in the back with them.

[dave45090]

I ordered from KYMP5....Falken factory tuned springs. I think I got the last set. Here is the link....http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123622631

BTW...these springs kick ass!

[.paul]

Nice

What are people's thoughts on Espelir springs, I remember some people said they were really extra good and whatnot.

I'm planning to get some springs soon, but I don't want to run into the same problem I did with my accord where the rear was lower looking than the front. I also don't really know what to get, but I know I don't want to go more than 1.5" down. H&R has an ideal drop 1.3" but that's all around, and I guess I'd be risking the same problem again. Eibach always seem to go lower than advertised. Blarg


See what I mean. Those were with H&R OE Sport springs.
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/Pauls_Images/P3290047.jpg

[Kansei]

Espelir springs (IIRC, they were blue I know that from the NEPOC install day)
http://www.altspace.com/nepoc/images/PICT4826.jpg
http://www.altspace.com/nepoc/index.html#1
makes me really sad that I got goldlines, but I think I got them for like 120 or something so I can't complain I guess. They lowered me over 2 inches in the back though and less than 2 in the front.

[bazooka joe]

Pics of the new(used) battery tie down and oil cap. Nice and straight, right Mark? ;) Pardon the dirty engine bay.

(2thumbs)

[Protege52003]

Espelir springs (IIRC, they were blue I know that from the NEPOC install day)
http://www.altspace.com/nepoc/images/PICT4826.jpg
http://www.altspace.com/nepoc/index.html#1
makes me really sad that I got goldlines, but I think I got them for like 120 or something so I can't complain I guess. They lowered me over 2 inches in the back though and less than 2 in the front.

and those sweet RX-8 18's........

[CTt3P5]

Finally had the hail damage fixed. I cleaned the car and wanted to show off my latest mods....painted front (orange) marker and new shifer knob/boot.

Looks good. I should be picking up my nite shades next week for the bumper lights. Why didn't you paint the side markers? Anyway car looks good, the chrome oe's look very nice on the c-red.

[CTt3P5]

The last one is avatar quality!(rlaugh)

Thinking about doing it, but after reducing it I am not sure how it will turn out. Will have to play around with it.

[Brian MP5T]

Oral Sex..

[dave45090]

Looks good. I should be picking up my nite shades next week for the bumper lights. Why didn't you paint the side markers? Anyway car looks good, the chrome oe's look very nice on the c-red.

Thanks man. I like the oe chromes as well. I plan on eventually replacing them w/ 17's. It's nice that they look good enough so I can concentrate on more important mods right now.
I wasn't sure about painting the other side marker. I wanted to test by just starting w/ the oranger first. I really like the red and black scheme thats taking shape. Next up painting the calipers black and ordering (this weekend) DGM CF rear valance. Woot!

[pfive]

got my windows tinted...

[rednecks_r_us]

Thanks man. I like the oe chromes as well. I plan on eventually replacing them w/ 17's. It's nice that they look good enough so I can concentrate on more important mods right now.
I wasn't sure about painting the other side marker. I wanted to test by just starting w/ the oranger first. I really like the red and black scheme thats taking shape. Next up painting the calipers black and ordering (this weekend) DGM CF rear valance. Woot!


I can relate to that :)

[CTt3P5]

Oral Sex..

(alright)

[CTt3P5]

I really like the red and black scheme thats taking shape. Next up painting the calipers black and ordering (this weekend) DGM CF rear valance. Woot!

I too am going for the same scheme. I can't wait to see pics of the calipers after you paint. I am not sure how black will turn out on them. What kind of paint are you going to use, ie: gloss, metallic? Simple mod (if you want to call it that) I did last week was put a smoked shield over the ugly PA plate (white yellow and blue) (puke) At some point this summer I am going to get the DARE plate offered by the state. It is black :) and I have one currently on the wifes Vue.

[Kansei]

Are you sure the DARE plate is still black? on of my roommates was looking into getting that plate because it was black but I guess they revised it and it is no longer black.

There is a black JTI (GTI with jetta front end) with black wheels, dark tint, and that dare plate.. it looks really good.

[CTt3P5]

NOOOOOOOO! Damnit!!! I guess I will have to look into it before I drop the $35. I will just keep the blah state issue if the DARE is going to be the same color combo. Thanks for telling me Chris. At least it looks a little better with the shield.

Never saw a GTI with a Jetta front end. Contemplated changing my Jetta over to a Golf front end to adapt the dual projector headlights, but was a little to much $$$ for me at the time. Ended up trading it in anyway after the tranny was replaced around 70,000. I had a black Jetta Trek with smoked lights and the DARE plate with the smoked shield. Maybe I can switch plates from the Vue to the P5 and vice versa?

[dave45090]

I'm going the red and black but w/o the black wheels. Probably gunmetal or lighter.

[.paul]

Next up painting the calipers black and ordering (this weekend) DGM CF rear valance. Woot!
I don't want to pay as much as their asking so I'm going to paint mine myself :)

http://www.rustoleum.com/images/product/ps_spec_highheat.jpg this stuff, FTW

[Breeegz]

I'm going the red and black but w/o the black wheels. Probably gunmetal or lighter.

man i thought i would be different... Hyperblack wheels for me.

http://www.wheelsnext.com/images/wheels/large/ADR_MSPORT9.5_HB_2_W.jpg

[Brian MP5T]

New Pictures...

http://www.msprotege.com/members/Brian%20MP5T/New%20Stuff%20For%20UL%20-%20(30).jpg


http://www.msprotege.com/members/Brian%20MP5T/New%20Stuff%20For%20UL%20-%20(29).jpg

[Breeegz]

^HID's???

[dave45090]

man i thought i would be different... Hyperblack wheels for me.



yeah.....those are pretty hot. are they on your car now? need pics.

[Breeegz]

no, not yet... I had 'em ordered and the order was canceled... I'm gonna go through a local shop since they are in stock... soon, i promise

[dave45090]

aahh yes....I do remember reading that earlier.

[2003newlyack]

received my injen cai today! hopefully will have the time to put it in before i leave..

[rednecks_r_us]

I bought a new radiator cap and painted it laser blue. I also painted my red MP5 oil cap to laser blue.

[Brian MP5T]

^HID's???

8000K

[dave45090]

called and emailed a certain vendor on this forum (not going to name names) like 3 times a day to figure out the following.....

A. Why has my credit card not been charged for a part I order 11 days ago
B. Why do you keep letting it "slip through the cracks"
C. Why won't you return my attempts to contact
D. Why does something so little have to be so damn difficult

It seems if you are in sales your ability to continue your livelyhood is based solely on customer satisfaction. I hate incompetence! Hope he sees this. If you do well, I'm sorry but it's true.(poke) cause I'm (pissed)

[CTt3P5]

man i thought i would be different... Hyperblack wheels for me.

http://www.wheelsnext.com/images/wheels/large/ADR_MSPORT9.5_HB_2_W.jpg

I have been looking at the hyperblack also. Different from silver and not black (how obvious of me). I did find some ADR Battle Exes, but not sure if I want to go gloss black with the polished lip....I guess I could go with these...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4-new-17-inch-ULTRALITE-WHEELS-konig-rims-tuner-4-4-5_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ66475QQitemZ806561675 9QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

j/k Anyway can't wait to see pics of them when you get them installed.

[ronin12]

I'm going the red and black but w/o the black wheels. Probably gunmetal or lighter.
go gunmetal- in my opinion different lighting gives you different shades

[rednecks_r_us]

I painted my red MP5 oil cap laser blue and left the center red. I am wondering if I should paint the whole thing blue and paint MP5 in black.

[CTt3P5]

One vote for painting it blue with MP5 in black...by any chance is there some of the black paint they used for your car that you could use?

[CTt3P5]

Are you sure the DARE plate is still black? on of my roommates was looking into getting that plate because it was black but I guess they revised it and it is no longer black.

There is a black JTI (GTI with jetta front end) with black wheels, dark tint, and that dare plate.. it looks really good.

(pissed) Stupid state! I popped into my local tag agency on my way home from work and they did drop the black DARE plate.

[Blue Batmobile]

A couple more shots...

great pics! Love the Smoke tails ;).

Bat™

[Blue Batmobile]

Applied the vinyl overlays from Blue Batmobile tonight after dinner. And as the pics will show I had a little help from my pit crew. :)

The before and after...

Great pics!c Love the smoked tails :).

Bat™

[wagonwhatmp5]

lol picked up some more goodies for teh car

NOS fogger kit 50 shot
obx header
auto loc door popper kit
areospeed front strut bar
pioneer aux cable

ill prolly order some more shit tomara who knows lol
then mayb ill save to get it on the road

[Breeegz]

go gunmetal- in my opinion different lighting gives you different shades

I may be wrong, but I'm under the understanding that Hyper-black also has different shades in different light, but you get a touch more bling with Hyper-black...

thoughts?? (I haven't seen them side by side)

[Breeegz]

I painted my red MP5 oil cap laser blue and left the center red. I am wondering if I should paint the whole thing blue and paint MP5 in black.

I vote for chamelion paint Blue/Red and black letters

( I saw some rattle can kits at Shuck's Auto Parts today)(first)

[2003newlyack]

just got back from a trip this weekend with my injen cai in the whole time, and it is amazing! i love the sound it makes when you step on it (headbang)

will post pictures later tonight..

[Salmon_Rob]

i claybarred again, waxed, pressure washed the underbelly/wheel well's and then drove into a severe thunderstorm. yay.

[2003newlyack]

heres the pictures finally, hopefully i will have time to clean the engine bay this week

[Brian MP5T]

Oral Sex..

[Kansei]

Oral Sex..

Didn't you do that to your P5 a couple days ago? :D

[Brian MP5T]

Didn't you do that to your P5 a couple days ago? :D

It game me Oral Sex Today..

[Breeegz]

I wish that was an option from Mazda USA... how much did you spend on that?

[Kansei]

Yeah the blower is nice.

[Brian MP5T]

I wish that was an option from Mazda USA... how much did you spend on that?

I installed it with my short antenna..

[altspace]

You mean....

http://www.altspace.com/photos/blown.jpg

[NJP5Guy]

just ordered my kayak and roofrack for my baby. can't wait to to load her up and hit the water.

[rednecks_r_us]

You mean....

http://www.altspace.com/photos/blown.jpg


Hahahaha... Thats nice.

[mryellermp5]

That's Rice LOL
Hahahaha... Thats nice.

[sasp5]

armour-all'd my tires!!!!

[Breeegz]

You mean....

http://www.altspace.com/photos/blown.jpg

c'mon, eribody loves a little blower!
(bj)

[cboe's_mp5]

You mean....

http://www.altspace.com/photos/blown.jpg

lol thats some cool shit

[CTt3P5]

(rlaugh)

....and where can I buy one of these little blowers for my P5? Haha

[Protege52003]

i want a blower........drove my P5 for the first timne since friday!

the jetta got lots of driving this weekend!
almost 13K on her!

[RicesP5]

didnt do it today..but last tuesday..Took off the rims,sub and amp and put the roof rack back on

and then the day after that i took it for a drive to the dealership.. and got a 2000 F150 Lariat Extended Cab 4x4 for a replacement

[dave45090]

Did you leave the autoexe (brand?) grill on car?

If so......go to the dealership tonight, rip it off and sell it to me dirt cheap. :)

[bumpin_p5]

Took out the oem head unit and replaced it with a Sony Xplod. Nothing big but I am starting. Tomorrow comes the wiring of the amp and speaker.

[bumpin_p5]

I got a wild hair up my ass and decided to go forth and change out the speakers late this evening. I tell you it was something else to try pulling a door panel off when you don't really know what is behind it. I would like to give thanks to everyone that has contributed the information that I needed to do this task on this site. This is probably one of the best forums I have been a member of. Now, tomorrow I will try my darnest to get that power cable for my amp thru the fire wall. The rest after that is gravy. Laterz yo...

[.paul]

Today I bought the DG Urethane lip and the roof rack delete kit from Mazda stuff. Well, I didn't buy it per se they were bought as graduation gifts.

[dave45090]

^^^Congrats.....good stuff. Roof rack is easy. You will be happy w/ the results. You gotta get pics up of the lip when it's done.

[.paul]

Definately.

I might wait to put the lip on until after I have my suspension. I think it would look kinda funny on my car while its still in 4x4 mode haha.

In the mean time, I have the rear bumper guard coming in the mail from MazdaStuff. Once I get that I think I'll sand down and paint the rear valence satin black.

[Tengo]

laz nite tyed to get the stock air filter hose(the stiff black one) and wanted to use it to extend my aem sri into a cold air intake, but time and nitefall was an enemy and darkness fucked it up 4 me, i think it will be pretty neat,the piping fits right onto the filter, but at the end of the sri its a lil tuff getting it in....

[Kansei]

laz nite tyed to get the stock air filter hose(the stiff black one) and wanted to use it to extend my aem sri into a cold air intake, but time and nitefall was an enemy and darkness fucked it up 4 me, i think it will be pretty neat,the piping fits right onto the filter, but at the end of the sri its a lil tuff getting it in....

Sounds like a good idea though. The performance of a CAI without the painful process required to be able to look at the filter to see if it needs cleaning.

[Tengo]

when a filter is down there in the wheel well, how often does it need cleaning? does it get dirty fast?

[Kansei]

when a filter is down there in the wheel well, how often does it need cleaning? does it get dirty fast?

It is pretty well protected so it doesn't get dirty too much, but I make sure to always clean it after winter because it's pretty gross then.

[Tengo]

i dont think i really need 2 worry about that, behing that i live right above hell (hotass florida)

[2003newlyack]

whats the best way to clean the filters? oh and its not that hard to get down to the filter, all you have to do is unscrew 3 screws underneath the car and pull it right out, or go in from the wheel well..

[-pixy-]

I changed the air freshener *vanilla FTW*

[.paul]

whats the best way to clean the filters? oh and its not that hard to get down to the filter, all you have to do is unscrew 3 screws underneath the car and pull it right out, or go in from the wheel well..
I just follow the directions on the K&N filter cleaner.

Spray with the supplied detergent, run under a faucet from the inside, out using luke-warm water, let dry, re-oil, the end.

[2003newlyack]

allright well that sounds good thanks!

[dave45090]

I changed the air freshener *vanilla FTW*

Everyone knows glade oil FTW!

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h161/dave45090/gladeairfreshener.jpg

[pnfnj]

oil change and plugs

[MyZmZm]

wished i was driving my baby... it's been almost a week since i've seen her. :( on holidays visiting ken (the captain himself), steve (lord zath) and the rest of the chicago-area mazdateam crew and am having a blast with the exception of the almost non-stop rain and cool temps.

tomorrow i head to steven's point to visit with paul (mr. detailer) and the wisconsin mazda contingent until saturday. i really hope someone will let me drive their car... for my rental, i was lucky enough to get a 6 with less than 500 miles on the odometer (2006 6-speed v6 no less; how i wish my car had the get up and go of the v6) but it's still an autotragic. i need a stick fix!!!!

[Protege52003]

oil change and plugs

i am due for this change..........

[Kansei]

cool temps.

you aren't allowed to complain about cool temps, you're from Canada. I would move to Canada in an instant if it was like west of the States or something, but no it has to be the snowy north :)

[MyZmZm]

you aren't allowed to complain about cool temps, you're from Canada. I would move to Canada in an instant if it was like west of the States or something, but no it has to be the snowy north :)
What is this? Pick on Andrea because she's Canadian week?? lol I can't wait to get back to my igloo and take the dogsled to work each day...

To put it in perspective, the temps back home the past week have been warmer than what they've been in Chicago. Around 27C, so that's about 85F iirc, and sunny. Besides, just because I'm from Canada doesn't mean I like or can tolerate colder temps. I HATE winter with a passion; anything below 0C (32F) is too cold for me. Period.

[Kansei]

Around 27C, so that's about 85F iirc, and sunny. Besides, just because I'm from Canada doesn't mean I like or can tolerate colder temps. I HATE winter with a passion; anything below 0C (32F) is too cold for me. Period.

Crap maybe I should move to Canada. I hate winter too, but I'd rather hate winter in a country that I'm not embarassed to live in than sit here in the states hating winter.

Now about those dogsleds.. any chance you could sneak one across the border? Gas prices are getting a bit high :)

[Tengo]

oh my god, for the first time in months the air was cool and cold enuff to actually make my sri actually perform like it should, i could actaully feel the car really performing, it rained and there is really cool air outside here in tampa,fl oh yuh and drifted around my neighborhoods wet, curvy streets, heehee

[.paul]

oh my god, for the first time in months the air was cool and cold enuff to actually make my sri actually perform like it should, i could actaully feel the car really performing, it rained and there is really cool air outside here in tampa,fl oh yuh and drifted around my neighborhoods wet, curvy streets, heehee
That wasn't drifting, it was understeer :p

[Tengo]

lol i kno, whatever u mite call it, powersliding even

[pnfnj]

i am due for this change..........

yeah i was long overdue for this.:)

[Kansei]

I think I need some counseling. I've only been away from my protege5 for 90 minutes but I'm just so worried about her. Leaving her in other's hands just feels so wrong :( :(

Even worse, I've only been in communication with the shop via phone when I called to make the appointment. They've never seen my car in person before. I bet they are laughing and laughing and laughing right now. Let's just say I'm not their normal customer, but I knew they could be trusted.

http://www.supersprintna.com/dealers/dealer.php?dealer_id=23

http://www.supersprintna.com/images/dealers/eksten/e39m5dyno.jpg

Since now my mountain bike is my main mode of transportation, I'll discuss my adventures with it today.

It was a 27 mile ride from the shop to campus. No biggie, I thought.. well yeah I had to ride through the largest and most frightening government housing project I've ever seen, riding on my shiny japanese bike with a $4k USD laptop strapped to my back.

I made it to campus in under an hour o_O I really thought it would take a LOT longer than that, I guess I'm still used to hilly Connecticut roads.

bah I want my car back :'(

[2003newlyack]

are you getting your MAM pipe put on at the shop?

[RicesP5]

Did you leave the autoexe (brand?) grill on car?

If so......go to the dealership tonight, rip it off and sell it to me dirt cheap. :)

yes i left the dgmotorsports carbon fiber grill on the car. along wiht the carbon fiber hood. wanna be cf m3 mirrors, exhaust, injen intake, catz fogs painted headlights and cd player.. i sort of miss it. but every time i get on the bike it fills my urge to take curves ...and the bike can go way faster to boot. i just got the truck due to winter time needs and what not..

so when i post here now it will be stuff i do to the f150 or 600RR ;)

today i go to get some 17's and mud tires for the truck... and later wash it. and then even later go hit some s's on the bike :D

[MyZmZm]

Crap maybe I should move to Canada. I hate winter too, but I'd rather hate winter in a country that I'm not embarassed to live in than sit here in the states hating winter.

Now about those dogsleds.. any chance you could sneak one across the border? Gas prices are getting a bit high :)
If you'd ever like to swing by for a visit, I'll show you some sights that will seal the deal... Yes I gripe constantly about winter and cold and snow and all the other crap that goes along with it, but I honestly love living here. The rolling prairies, the badlands, the forests and lakes, and above all the mountains. Absolutely beautiful, it's as simple as that.

As for the dogsled/gas prices... To put it in perspective. Just outside Chicago right now (where I am on holidays still), prices are about 2.89USD/gallon. Yeah, it's high. Back home when I left, prices were 1.05CAD/litre. To do the conversion:
1.05 x 3.785 (litres in a US gallon) = 3.97CAD
3.97CAD x 1.14 (approx exchange rate) = 4.53USD
We are paying on average 4.53/gallon of fuel. (shocked)

Your prices are not that high yet, trust me. And I want to go turbo in the next year or two. (poke)

[Kansei]

are you getting your MAM pipe put on at the shop?

No, it's been on for a while. Actually when you saw my car it was on I think. It's been on for nearly a month I think.

They are mounting new tires, drilling off the remains of my old front endlinks, and tossing the new front endlinks on. Oh and a front end alignment.

[2003newlyack]

ohh, i thought i saw somewhere on a post that you didn't have it in yet..

[altspace]

Just installed. Took 10 minutes and a perfect fit.

http://www.altspace.com/p5/guage1.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/p5/guage2.jpg


Also installed the Silverstar turnsignals. Sun glare has the best of me here, so you know better pics will come.

http://www.altspace.com/p5/p5_turnsignal1.jpg

http://www.altspace.com/p5/p5_turnsignal2.jpg

[Brian MP5T]

Wash Wax

[jdm p5]

looks good

[snowblazin]

Looked at it in disgust. Been raining for about a week straight here, not to mention the pollen is out of control. Friggin filthy!

[.paul]

I put on my rear bumper guard har har(drunk) (silly)

Oh yeah, and I washed that dirty dog.

[Brian MP5T]

Crap!

[Breeegz]

1. Installed MAM rings
2. Finally ordered wheels, I expect delivery next week.

http://216.120.250.216/pictures/wheelpics/vt1768hb.jpg

and my shoes

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/yokohama/yo_parada_spec2_ci1_l.jpg

[dave45090]

Man thats going to look great! Can't wait to see after installed.

[Canecreekfreak]

Nice wheels!!! (cheers)

[CTt3P5]

Nice wheels and choice of color. Can't wait to see the hyper black on the red.

[CTt3P5]

Just installed. Took 10 minutes and a perfect fit.



I've got to get me one of those jobs from out of my house. lol Looks good.

[Kansei]

Today I drove her on the new tires (Bridgestone Potenza RE750).. feels pretty nice. The 205s on a 7" wide wheel look a little funny IMO, but it isn't that bad. It doesn't yank the steering wheel around like the 215 Ecsta MXs did either.

Freakin $275 for mounting, balancing, an alignment and drilling the holes in my front swaybar so that I could attach endlinks again. Oh and it took them from 9-5 haha. Having my front sway bar connected again feels so good.

[pfive]

i pumped 35$ worth of gas into my PFive

[Breeegz]

i pumped 35$ worth of gas into my PFive

only five gallons?






lol

[-pixy-]

wiped all the pollen off the dash... she needs to be washed so baaaaaad.

[Protege52003]

wiped all the pollen off the dash... she needs to be washed so baaaaaad.

i really have to do this.....have been super busy and stuff! my car needs a good full cleaning again! seems to rain every day up here in MA.........

[snowblazin]

i really have to do this.....have been super busy and stuff! my car needs a good full cleaning again! seems to rain every day up here in MA.........
(mswerd) x10

[Brian MP5T]

22.5 PSI in 4th Gear..

[dave45090]

^^^ P5 Pimp.....you bastard

[Breeegz]

22.5 PSI in 4th Gear..

how do canadians say it...

"Ass Bandit"?!?!(poke)


(bowdown)

[nealric]

Freakin $275 for mounting, balancing, an alignment and drilling the holes in my front swaybar so that I could attach endlinks again.

You got robbed. Shouldnt have been more than $150 for that. They must have been charging you $150 an hour for their wok.

[Salmon_Rob]

Today I drove her on the new tires (Bridgestone Potenza RE750).. feels pretty nice. The 205s on a 7" wide wheel look a little funny IMO, but it isn't that bad. It doesn't yank the steering wheel around like the 215 Ecsta MXs did either.

Freakin $275 for mounting, balancing, an alignment and drilling the holes in my front swaybar so that I could attach endlinks again. Oh and it took them from 9-5 haha. Having my front sway bar connected again feels so good.lol thats crazy, but it took us about 2 hrs to get them off of the rear when we stripped them

[awsmp5]

FINALLY got my car back after a month in the freaking shop!

[Breeegz]

^i hope it was worth it..

[2003newlyack]

why was it in for so long?

[Brian MP5T]

1. Installed MAM rings
2. Finally ordered wheels, I expect delivery next week.


and my shoes

http://www.tirerack.com/images/tires/yokohama/yo_parada_spec2_ci1_l.jpg

They are great tires... but go easy on them...

http://www.msprotege.com/members/Brian%20MP5T/New%20Shoes%20-%20(3).jpg


http://www.msprotege.com/members/Brian%20MP5T/New%20Shoes%20-%20(2).jpg

[-pixy-]

They are great tires... but go easy on them...
*pictures*

damn!

[-pixy-]

I traded cars with my hubby for the day, i have the cavalier... and its yucky out so i can't even put the top down :(

(he cant fit the mobile computer lab in his car...)

[Salmon_Rob]

dont die

[rednecks_r_us]

I'm going to wash mine today, but I have to mow the lawn first.

[-pixy-]

dont die

What you talkin 'bout?

[Salmon_Rob]

american car + rain = death

[-pixy-]

I'm going to wash mine today, but I have to mow the lawn first.

yeah, thats my problem...

can't wash the car becuse the grass is a foot tall in the yard
can't mow the lawn because the mower needs to go in for service
can't take the mower in for service because my mom is borrowing my utility trailer

i might just have to hit up the car wash :(

[-pixy-]

american car + rain = death

lol, that crapalier handles soooo much better than my P5 in rain and snow... abs + traction control + eibach + new tires = FTW

my fear is the car itself will die, 180k miles on a 4cyl chevy is unnatural

[Salmon_Rob]

im not saying it doesnt handle well in the rain, im saying your chance of spontaneous combustion/parts falling off/things exploding etc is 110%

[-pixy-]

im not saying it doesnt handle well in the rain, im saying your chance of /parts falling off/things exploding etc is 110%

atleast if spontaneous combustion occurs, its raining..

but i did notice the front bumper was a little loose... i may have to get under there with some duct tape

[Breeegz]

^I vote plaster-o-paris and some chicken wirre..

<--took pics of mine, we'll have to see how they turn out

[.paul]

Eibach Pro-Kit Spring Set Front and Rear fitment
for 2002 Mazda Protege 5 In Stock 1 $205.00 $205.00
Shipping Sub-Total: $13.71
Sales Tax: $0.00
Excise Tax: $0.00
State Waste Tire Fund Fee: $0.00
Order Total: $218.71

Common sense has failed me, I just ordered these. I guess they'll be here monday or whatever hahahah

Where can I get tokico blues for cheap y0!!!!!?????

[Rosshole]

protegegarage.com

[Breeegz]

^I vote plaster-o-paris and some chicken wirre..

<--took pics of mine, we'll have to see how they turn out


mentioned pics

[Kansei]

Argh it is raining today so my car is miserable. For some reason, there is brake dust on the front wheels for the FIRST time since I've had the car, what the hell? I haven't changed the front pads since july so that's really weird. It must have just been driving 400 miles in the rain yesterday or somethin.

I'm noticing every little flaw with my car right now since I just drove a 91 Miata with 120k miles on it today and it was seriously flawless. I've got all kinds of rattles, buzzes, little quirks and crap. My car's ride is so painfully jarring over any pavement that isn't perfect (though she handles like a dream), and why the hell is our shifter so notchy? ugh the Miata had throws easily as short as my twm short shifter, yet it did it so smoothly. The paint is flaking off my front emblem and my rear "mazda" emblem, my front end is pitted and gross, my shifter is hitting the heat shield or something when I shift from 1-2, the paint around my radio, shifter, and gauges looks crappy, I screwed up the gauge faces (don't ask).. right now I just want to get rid of this thing :'(

Of course it is all my own fault. Everything that bothers me about the car is a direct result of my own poorly-planned modification sprees :)

I'll just wait until the sun comes out and I'll be happy again haha

[protegeric]

man, that was a pretty crazy post... back and forth, up and down...

Has anyone ever noticed that the title of this thread is grammatically incorrect? I just noticed that...


Argh it is raining today so my car is miserable. For some reason, there is brake dust on the front wheels for the FIRST time since I've had the car, what the hell? I haven't changed the front pads since july so that's really weird. It must have just been driving 400 miles in the rain yesterday or somethin.

I'm noticing every little flaw with my car right now since I just drove a 91 Miata with 120k miles on it today and it was seriously flawless. I've got all kinds of rattles, buzzes, little quirks and crap. My car's ride is so painfully jarring over any pavement that isn't perfect (though she handles like a dream), and why the hell is our shifter so notchy? ugh the Miata had throws easily as short as my twm short shifter, yet it did it so smoothly. The paint is flaking off my front emblem and my rear "mazda" emblem, my front end is pitted and gross, my shifter is hitting the heat shield or something when I shift from 1-2, the paint around my radio, shifter, and gauges looks crappy, I screwed up the gauge faces (don't ask).. right now I just want to get rid of this thing :'(

Of course it is all my own fault. Everything that bothers me about the car is a direct result of my own poorly-planned modification sprees :)

I'll just wait until the sun comes out and I'll be happy again haha

[Kansei]

man, that was a pretty crazy post... back and forth, up and down...


yeah, that's how I roll. Bad weather really gets me down. I wish my Protege5 was back to how it was the day I bought it so that I could start all over again and do it right.

Really though, does anyone else have the extremely notchy shifter problem? It can't just be me. TWM short shifter with kartboy bushings on the car.



Has anyone ever noticed that the title of this thread is grammatically incorrect? I just noticed that...

[Brian MP5T]

24.5 Psi in 4th...

[Red5_02]

Washed the car and waxed the hood. Lots of detail work to do. Many little black spots all over the car. Does it ever end?

[Red5_02]

24.5 Psi in 4th...

Wow(omg)

[JDM-P5]

It's parked in my boss's garage while I'm over here in the desert. ;)

[Brian MP5T]

Wow(omg)

It's about 360 WHP

or

320% WHP Over Stock

[Red5_02]

Yeah I've watched your video a couple of times. Still can't believe it though. Driving around in a little rocket sled man. Close to 25 psi is kickin tho. Kudos to ya.

[Brian MP5T]

"Zoom" = "Voom"

[aMaff]

It's about 360 WHP

or

320% WHP Over Stock
That is too much! or not enough...I can never remember how it goes...

[mpf1v3]

drove it all night today through the rain

[Kansei]

drove it all night today through the rain

The rain stopped here so everyone can disregard my earlier post. I drove around the area since I haven't been home for three months and that's about it.

Oh and I looked at a 2001 red Miata for sale at the local Mazda dealership. I don't think I could live with a tan top and interior though, but I'm seriously considering making a miata my primary and only car right about now. I can't even begin to explain how perfect the 1991 I drove today felt. 0 undercarriage rust, only wear items have been replaced, no rattles at all, chassis feels good (and compliant over bumps as opposed to suicidal over bumps like my protege). It was my first time in a NA miata and I gotta say the interior in person is a lot better than it is in pictures. Yeah it's basically straight and flat but it has a pretty nice design to it. The 1.6 felt smooth and not at all underpowered (I'd say easily on par with my 2.0 in the P5 when it was stock, can't tell now with all the noise it makes).

I'm going to spend the week off that I have after finals (the week after next) trying to get my car to that point. I'm going to completely disassemble the shifter linkage and do some stuff with that. Maybe I'll look into these bronzoil bushings people speak of. I don't remember what bushings I have in that location. I think TWM supplied them because I seem to remember having the stock bushings with the stock shifter in a box somewhere.

[Brian MP5T]

That is too much! or not enough...I can never remember how it goes...

Too Much For The Tranny... (shocked)

[Salmon_Rob]

i drove the piss out of it. and took this neat pic

[bumpin_p5]

Changed the spark plugs... Whew-hoo!!! lol.....

[imjustagirl]

working on taking out the foglights and putting in the MSP grilles... :)

[.paul]

KanseiZM, what suspension do you have that makes the car so harsh over bumps 'n such?

[aMaff]

Too Much For The Tranny... (shocked)
lol I see. Next project: Tear the tranny down and put in the re-enforced gearsets :p

[Kansei]

KanseiZM, what suspension do you have that makes the car so harsh over bumps 'n such?

goldline lowering springs. Supposedly from what I read they have a similar spring rate to the MSP springs but I don't know how much I believe it. Had the springs for 30k miles or so on the stock struts and now for the past thousand miles on tokico HPs.

The harshness might be more the wheels/tires than it is the suspension, but with my 195/55/16 snow tires I seem to remember it was basically just as bad.

[altspace]

Took a bunch of new pics with my new circular polarizer filter.

http://www.altspace.com/p5/p5_polar6.jpg

More pics here: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123635694

[Kansei]

I miss my polarizing filter I should see if there is a solution for my cam.

[Breeegz]

the layman in me says "Huh?"

[Kansei]

the layman in me says "Huh?"

Oh yeah we're in this thread not a picture thread.

Here's some info. I haven't read it but I'll assume it is decent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizing_filter#Polarizer

[khaosman]

Took a bunch of new pics with my new circular polarizer filter.

http://www.altspace.com/p5/p5_polar6.jpg

More pics here: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123635694

Your photos always rock, awesome. Plus your P5 is clean :D

[Breeegz]

Oh yeah we're in this thread not a picture thread.

Here's some info. I haven't read it but I'll assume it is decent.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizing_filter#Polarizer

(rtfm) that helps...

[bazooka joe]

got my car back from the body shop today...
fixed mint blue grill that never sat just right
re-cleared my CF hood (wings west rip off)
added the DG lip
new lower grill off a porshe (not sur it's staying was supposed to ne the WW mesh...?)
more pics to come..car needs a bath!!
http://www.mazdamp3.com/vbb225/attachment.php?attachmentid=79986&d=1148152722

[altspace]

Thanks. I should have purchased the filter eons ago. What a huge difference.

Chris, what camera do you have? They make filters in almost every size. Plus you can buy stepping rings to adapt.

[dave45090]

Jimminy freaking christmas Josh! Great picture! I have admired your car through this post many times....but you have out-done yourself. Chris talks a good bit about not liking the P5 silver but your car (and his) does the color mucho justice. I can't wait to see more.

BTW.....it is my opinion a CF rear valance would be HOT on your car.

Dave.

[Breeegz]

Thanks. I should have purchased the filter eons ago. What a huge difference.

Chris, what camera do you have? They make filters in almost every size. Plus you can buy stepping rings to adapt.


How much do they run? I checked Powershot.com and saw the adapters for my Canon S2 IS... tempting...

[Kansei]

Thanks. I should have purchased the filter eons ago. What a huge difference.

Chris, what camera do you have? They make filters in almost every size. Plus you can buy stepping rings to adapt.

Well I wanted one for my Canon Powershot S80. I sold my EOS 20D because I found that I would never take it with me anywhere because of the size... and because I didn't need that much camera all the time.

A quick googling found a shady site that sells the S80 offering this as an accessory:

http://www.prestigecamera.com/product~id~flk37.htm

The camera doesn't offer much of a means of attaching a polarizer. At least with many of the Canon A series models they have a removeable ring around the lens that lets you add the wide angle and telephoto accessory lenses.

[Brian MP5T]

Jesus Christ!

[altspace]

Thanks Dave. I actually was debating a CF rear valance. Bazooka Joe (Mark) has one and it flows well with his silver car because he has the CF hood now as well. I sold my cf mirror covers and rear latch cover because I like the all silver scheme better. Not much else I really want to do appearance wise for awhile. Though I do have a full set of Brembo cross drilled/slotted rotors waiting to go on.

Ah...I see now Chris. Well your camera is the ultimate in portability and functionality. Tons of settings to play with, so that would help ya.

[.paul]

Got one of my jonks in the mail on friday so I figured I'd test fit it :)

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/Pauls_Images/PICT0150.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/Pauls_Images/PICT0154.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/Pauls_Images/PICT0153.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/Pauls_Images/PICT0152.jpg

[MyZmZm]

looked at my baby for the first time in 10 days... and plan to drive her hard later today, a good wash n' wax is likely in order as well, maybe a polish too with the pc, we'll see.

[CTt3P5]

Took off one of the alteezas and drilled holes in the bottom. Been raining constantly here and I had water in it. Needless to say it was fogging up inside. Hopefully this helps, if not I will have to reseal it.

[khaosman]

Autocrossed it again today :D Later on I'll swap my stockers back on. It really needs a bath.

Friday I went to my new rotors and pads on but unfortunately I have two left hand outter pads. D'oh.

[aMaff]

lame (abt the pads). What kind did you get? How'd you do? And last but not least, what class do you run in?

I saw a picture of mine today :(. I'll see her again June 9th. So close, yet so far...

[bazooka joe]

looked at my baby for the first time in 10 days... and plan to drive her hard later today, a good wash n' wax is likely in order as well, maybe a polish too with the pc, we'll see.

packed up the mam mid pipe this afternoon!!!

[wagonwhatmp5]

installed the hks grounding kit and proted the intake manifold tomara ill polish it and install it and hopefully by the end of the week my arospped strut bar,7k hid kit,door popper kit,and obx header will be here along with my dg cf center dash pice and apexir1 air diverter plate will be in

[bazooka joe]

oh ya, installed the 6k HELIOS HID from Xenon Shop! i'll have to test them out tonight!

[bazooka joe]

installed the hks grounding kit and proted the intake manifold tomara ill polish it and install it and hopefully by the end of the week my arospped strut bar,7k hid kit,door popper kit,and obx header will be here along with my dg cf center dash pice and apexir1 air diverter plate will be in

how about some pics of the progress!

[khaosman]

lame (abt the pads). What kind did you get? How'd you do? And last but not least, what class do you run in?

I saw a picture of mine today :(. I'll see her again June 9th. So close, yet so far...

They are the Axiss Ultimates. Right now I have some HP+ pads which I like, but they were used and I was having some problems so I figured I'd go with these other ones.

As for autocrossing, I was happy with my times. I was pretty happy with my times. My best was a 39.1s. Some super good dudes in S2ks and RX8s on Hoosiers were in the 36s range. I run in FSP. Seldom are there any other cars in my class, let alone ones that provide good competition. So I just compete with my buddies :D Try to keep up with my friend who is a great driver in a nicely modded Civic.

[2003newlyack]

man i wish there was an auto-x course around where i live i can only imagine how much fun it would be.

[MyZmZm]

packed up the mam mid pipe this afternoon!!!
(first) woohoo!!

it's a long weekend here, so i'll check with the dealer on tuesday about the grills... still no word on if they're in or not, which is really starting to bug me. the first set arrived within a week of ordering them, but this is going on over a month (pissed)

[bazooka joe]

(first) woohoo!!

it's a long weekend here, so i'll check with the dealer on tuesday about the grills... still no word on if they're in or not, which is really starting to bug me. the first set arrived within a week of ordering them, but this is going on over a month (pissed)

did you get rid of thre first set?? how was your trip?? did you see the thread on the dead pedal?

[MyZmZm]

did you get rid of thre first set?? how was your trip?? did you see the thread on the dead pedal?
it was a set i ordered for another member on here about a month before we set up our exchange/transaction. they came in no problem, so i'm starting to wonder if they were even ordered the second time around... i've had a few problems lately when ordering parts, so i'm not sure who to blame. (poke)

as for the rest, pm'd you :)

if anyone's reading this and has a dead pedal from the msp - or aftermarket for that matter - they no longer want, i'd be very interested.

[aMaff]

man i wish there was an auto-x course around where i live i can only imagine how much fun it would be.
New York Region - SCCA
http://www.nyr-scca.com/

Check em out!

[khaosman]

New York Region - SCCA
http://www.nyr-scca.com/

Check em out!

Yes... go... watch... and race. You'll be hooked, guarantee it!

[Kansei]

looked at my baby for the first time in 10 days... and plan to drive her hard later today, a good wash n' wax is likely in order as well, maybe a polish too with the pc, we'll see.

TTIWWDS (this thread is worthless without dog sled).

:D

Today I just drove my car to the train station, parked in the garage, and headed into manhattan for the day. I went to Bodies: The Exhibition (http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/bodies.html). For anyone who is thinking about going to Manhattan for any reason, I definitely suggest going.

[ronin12]

I am surprised that more peeps don't know about it, the SCCA has regions all across the country and offers a variety of things. Peeps that want to solo there are events, you can rally-cross or do time-speed rally events, me I am a corner-worker, first responder to an incident. If your not sure, go to an event and check it out, my region offers a 90-day temp. membership that gets you working that day(volunteering) to see if you like it. The fun, knowledge and comaraderie(?) you get is priceless-nough said

Yes... go... watch... and race. You'll be hooked, guarantee it!

[2003newlyack]

awesome! thanks, ill definitley have to check it out

[aMaff]

ronin, you enjoy corner working? I'm moving later this year (late august) and I'm going to be 30 mins from road atlanta, and I really want to start working. Got any insight for a n00b? ;)

[ronin12]

this is my first year doing it and I regret not starting sooner. It is such a rush being 5-10 feetfrom the racing line, giving a slower car the blue flag and seeing him nod his head to acknowledge it, seeing some og the open seat cars go by and watching the driver hustle the car through the corner. Anyhow if you are interested find out what region you will be in and contact the F&C chief and let him know your interested, you can then go to the track and get a temp. worker licsence(?) and you learn as you go. Some sites to check out www.ner.org comp.corner getting involved- there is a good write up on corner working and the stuff you need. You meet a lot of great people and see a lot of cool things, I have already done 5 races and am doing the rolex grand am race monday at LRP and 3 regional races Sat. and Sun. at NHIS. sorry to ramble and it is P5 related cause I take her with me to the events and have gotten to drive her on the track for a few laps (first)
ronin, you enjoy corner working? I'm moving later this year (late august) and I'm going to be 30 mins from road atlanta, and I really want to start working. Got any insight for a n00b? ;)

[Protege52003]

my poor P5 has not been driven since last thursday and has not been washed for the last 2+ weeks.......i feel so bad for her collecting dust and polun in front of my house.

-R

[altspace]

With the Acura taking up space in the garage my poor P5 has had to be hosed down everyday with so much nasty shit from the trees above. I can't wait to finish this project tomorrow.

[bazooka joe]

my poor P5 has not been driven since last thursday and has not been washed for the last 2+ weeks.......i feel so bad for her collecting dust and polun in front of my house.

-R

it's "what have your done" not what you haven'y done!!! you have an excuse though!!:)

[2003newlyack]

haha my car is in dire need of a good scrub pretty soon too, im just waiting and hoping for the weather to be good soon.

[NJP5Guy]

just ordered new wheels and tires today. sooooooooooooooo excited. i can't wait to get them. oh boy oh boy.......i'm getting new wheels.

Enkei RPF1 17x7.5 48mm offset 15.2lbs silver

goodyear eagle F1 GS-d3 215/40/17

should have some mad grip with these babies

[.paul]

just ordered new wheels and tires today. sooooooooooooooo excited. i can't wait to get them. oh boy oh boy.......i'm getting new wheels.

Enkei RPF1 17x7.5 48mm offset 15.2lbs silver

goodyear eagle F1 GS-d3 215/40/17

should have some mad grip with these babies
(shocked) Where'd you get those from??? I LOVE those wheels!!!!
Congrats on the purchase!(first)

As for me, I just ordered a set of Tokico HP shocks and shorty antenna from Ken. Hopefully they should be here relatively soon.

[wagonwhatmp5]

my poor P5 has not been driven since last thursday and has not been washed for the last 2+ weeks.......i feel so bad for her collecting dust and polun in front of my house.

-Rlol 2 weeks my car hasnt been washed in prolly 9+ mnth and has dirt ontop of dirt it pisses me off tht i cant drive it to wash it and dont have access to an out side water spicket

[Bala]

Cracked $50 for the first time filling up (boom07)

[2003newlyack]

wow $50!, in your p5? the most ive had it 38-40 bucksss.. on regular gas though

[MyZmZm]

Cracked $50 for the first time filling up (boom07)
hurts, don't it? i wouldn't have such a problem with gas prices if the major companies weren't constantly posting record profits... i don't begrudge anyone a minor profit, but come on. the buying power these companies have - and the fact that they've got their hands in the actual extraction, etc, of the oil - really, really pisses me off. :bs: gas should be 1/2 - 2/3 the price that it is.

ok, sorry, rant over.

did something stupid today... parked her under a tree and as a result got sap all over her. should have known better with it being spring. (pissed) and i don't have time to wash/clay her likely for the rest of the week. yay me.

[Brian MP5T]

mgmnnnv mhmgh j

[Bala]

wow $50!, in your p5? the most ive had it 38-40 bucksss.. on regular gas though
Yup - unleaded regular. If I filled up my MSP today (with premium) - it would have only been about $3 more. I'm glad I don't have my '69 camaro anymore - I'd have to live in my car, or not eat.

[Bala]

mgmnnnv mhmgh j

OK Brian?

[NoRotor,NoMotor]

I installed a MB Quart RAA2400 amp

[NJP5Guy]

(shocked) Where'd you get those from??? I LOVE those wheels!!!!
Congrats on the purchase!(first)

As for me, I just ordered a set of Tokico HP shocks and shorty antenna from Ken. Hopefully they should be here relatively soon.

got them from a site called www.wheelsboutique.com with centercaps the wheels were 250 each and tires were 156 each. as a combo i didn't have to pay extra for shipping. so in total 1624. i could have gotten the tires cheaper elsewhere but i didnt pay extra for shipping or mounting/balancing. next i'm gunna order rays lugnuts in black.

[dave45090]

Brian? Take it easy bro!

[Breeegz]

Brian? Take it easy bro!

I swear, his posts are getting shorter and more cryptic everyday...

[aMaff]

mgmnnnv mhmgh j
next time take the turbo out of your mouth before posting (thumb)

[MyZmZm]

next time take the turbo out of your mouth before posting (thumb)
rofl!!!!! (first)

[altspace]

Too funny. Sweet rims!

[khaosman]

just ordered new wheels and tires today. sooooooooooooooo excited. i can't wait to get them. oh boy oh boy.......i'm getting new wheels.

Enkei RPF1 17x7.5 48mm offset 15.2lbs silver

goodyear eagle F1 GS-d3 215/40/17

should have some mad grip with these babies

Arrgggg I love those wheels! If you got them in 16s, I'd probably have to steal them. Actually, I still might do that ;)

[NJP5Guy]

Arrgggg I love those wheels! If you got them in 16s, I'd probably have to steal them. Actually, I still might do that ;)

you can try, hehe. i will be buying some rays security lug nuts for that extra protection. also they are super light(the rays). i just hope these wheels look got on my car.

[protegeric]

I don`t know if you guys have seen this, but a thread started about trying to get a sedan roof made... well... look at the pic.s some of you may not have seen it and it`s AWESOME. its a friend of mine locally.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showpost.php?p=806275&postcount=1

[NJP5Guy]

I don`t know if you guys have seen this, but a thread started about trying to get a sedan roof made... well... look at the pic.s some of you may not have seen it and it`s AWESOME. its a friend of mine locally.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showpost.php?p=806275&postcount=1

that hood looks like the wings west hood.

[protegeric]

it is. the roof! the roof! i been thinkin about his for a while and i want one.


that hood looks like the wings west hood.

[bazooka joe]

that hood looks like the wings west hood.

i have a very similar hood by 3D, it's a wings west rip off hood...i think it's got the same numbers and inscription underneath, just got it recleared too!

[2003newlyack]

wow looks awesome.. im jealous

[ke20sprinter]

I can't believe I spent that much on something that wasn't performance related...Eh, oh well. I wasn't a big fan of the round tail lights.

JDM tail lights:
http://www.msprotege.com/members/ke20sprinter/jdm_tails.jpg

Now I just need polish my rim and get some tires for it.

WiL

[MyZmZm]

i have a very similar hood by 3D, it's a wings west rip off hood...i think it's got the same numbers and inscription underneath, just got it recleared too!
i love your car mark!! hopefully i'll see it in person one day... but it doesn't look like it will be this year. :( my trip to chicago just ended up being too expensive, plus with the other items i'm still paying off (yes, more toys), it's just not in the cards.

guess you'll just have to come up and visit! there are some very nice mountain roads not too far away that will make it worth your while, i guarantee it. (first)

[NJP5Guy]

i have a very similar hood by 3D, it's a wings west rip off hood...i think it's got the same numbers and inscription underneath, just got it recleared too!

its too bad that wings west doesn't make that hood any longer. I'd love to get one. I don't trust a lot of the knock offs. i think the only hood i'd get would be a dg hood but they don't have the evo style. bummer

[NJP5Guy]

also just ordered tonight powerslot rotors all around and hawk hps pads all around. next is going to be sway bars to finish off the suspension. can't wait. will post pics when i get my wheels next week.

[altspace]

Finally parked the P5 back in the garage. My other whip was taking up space for a week...hehe. Installed new suspension and wheels.

http://www.altspace.com/acura/cl_wheel2.jpg

More pics: http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2488844#post2488844

[bazooka joe]

i love your car mark!! hopefully i'll see it in person one day... but it doesn't look like it will be this year. :( my trip to chicago just ended up being too expensive, plus with the other items i'm still paying off (yes, more toys), it's just not in the cards.

guess you'll just have to come up and visit! there are some very nice mountain roads not too far away that will make it worth your while, i guarantee it. (first)

i'd love to come up, maybe a road trip next year...? i'm hoping to go to tenn for the big usa meet in sept. so next year might be in the cards....any news on the fog lamp grills? thanks andrea!