What have you done to your P5 today?

[bazooka joe]

ryan, like the set up man!!

[Breeegz]

Drifted a couple turns on the way to work..... It was Icy lol

[aMaff]

Drifted a couple turns on the way to work..... It was Icy lol
eeewww...that could get real messy real quick. Glad everything's ok tho

[Breeegz]

parking lot...
(empty)

wish I had-em on video

[aMaff]

parking lot...
(empty)

wish I had-em on video
oh, ok. In that case, nice (thumb)

[Breeegz]

call it "spirited driving" at 20mph

[phazed_mp5]

just installed my arkon psp cradle. the whole setup works perfectly now. hopefully i wont get too distracted while driving

[urbanbiker]

no i haven't seen a kart boy knob before and it looks like 6-speed... so, i apologize... for nothing and i accept the fact I got owned

[altspace]

drove her pretty hard on the way home from a nepoc dinner...hit a 120 for the first time in almost 5 yrs!! felt good too! 140 next!!!

Too bad I don't live closer. 120 is nice. 130 was fun in my Acura.

[bazooka joe]

Too bad I don't live closer. 120 is nice. 130 was fun in my Acura.

maybe 130 is next!! it was a rush!

[Breeegz]

well, logically speaking 130 WILL be before 140 :)

[Salmon_Rob]

eeewww...that could get real messy real quick. Glad everything's ok thonot everyone sux0rs at driving

[aMaff]

not everyone sux0rs at driving
I know, I was thinking about you when I said that...

[Salmon_Rob]

(kiss)
I know, I was thinking about you when I said that...

[Breeegz]

I know, I was thinking about you when I said that...

lol + rofl + lmfao @ your sig

[bazooka joe]

well, logically speaking 130 WILL be before 140 :)

ya, well i thought i'd just skip 130 and go right to 140!!:)

what is the top speed limited to anyway?

[aMaff]

(kiss)
(gtfo)

[Salmon_Rob]

iirc gear limited to about 157
ya, well i thought i'd just skip 130 and go right to 140!!:)

what is the top speed limited to anyway?

[Rosshole]

I drove her to work; performance tires + snowstorm = tricky drive to work (I was going to wake up early and put the Graspics back on, but I was at the womans place until too late, so I slept in instead)

[phazed_mp5]

lol + rofl + lmfao @ your sig
lol forreals

[TheBryGuy]

I know, I was thinking about you when I said that...


My co-worker and I had a good laugh at your sig.

[aMaff]

My co-worker and I had a good laugh at your sig.
I'm glad to serve :p

[Boston5761]

Took her for a little drive....been a week without her..I was having withdrawals.

[anarchistchiken]

no i haven't seen a kart boy knob before and it looks like 6-speed... so, i apologize... for nothing and i accept the fact I got owned

Lol, sigs still wrong dude. 99-03 is the correct answer.

[Kansei]

my poor Protege5. Yesterday I got 1 strut installed but then I had to battle a migraine on top of the 102 fever and sore throat that I had all afternoon.

I'm feeling quite a bit better now so it's time to get more struts installed :) :)

My goldline springs look really gross though, so much of the yellow coating on them got rubbed off on the upper (closer together) coils. I bet those coils hit each other when my car is loaded full of stuff.

*sigh* my car is a rainbow of colors now.. blue struts, yellow springs, red sway bar. I'll take a pic if I get bored down there.

[cable43]

my poor Protege5. Yesterday I got 1 strut installed but then I had to battle a migraine on top of the 102 fever and sore throat that I had all afternoon.

I'm feeling quite a bit better now so it's time to get more struts installed :) :)

My goldline springs look really gross though, so much of the yellow coating on them got rubbed off on the upper (closer together) coils. I bet those coils hit each other when my car is loaded full of stuff.

*sigh* my car is a rainbow of colors now.. blue struts, yellow springs, red sway bar. I'll take a pic if I get bored down there.

man 102... that's some tough shit
if you were closer i'd come and help you in a sec. I just did my springs and sway bar last weekend alone... it ain't bad but it ain't easy either.. feel better Rainbow Brite!!! (boom07)

[Enderwiggin9969]

well i got in her and drove her to work andd back =D didnt do anything special and she still makes me smile =)

[Rdshark1]

Left her in the garage and took a car that actually had some gas in it to work...

[Protege52003]

Left her in the garage and took a car that actually had some gas in it to work...

sounds opposite of me.....i took the P5 and the light came on while i was driving to work and i knew the jetta had a ful tank?

so i had to fill her up..........318 miles on 11.7 gallons : 27.18 MPG....not bad!

was the 120 mile trip to meet mark and chris for beer wed night that increased my milage!

-R

[Rdshark1]

sounds opposite of me.....i took the P5 and the light came on while i was driving to work and i knew the jetta had a ful tank?

so i had to fill her up..........318 miles on 11.7 gallons : 27.18 MPG....not bad!

was the 120 mile trip to meet mark and chris for beer wed night that increased my milage!

-R

Well, I'm just that lazy...plus I hadn't gotten the Miata out in a week or so and the last person to drive it actually filled the tank for me (thumb)

[Rosshole]

must be nice, I could barely get 23 mpg with snow tires and a ski rack on the car!!

[fonzinator]

Last night I got plates to put on her (been 2 weeks!). Also installed the WeatherTech floor mats - they will be fantastic.

Now, I'm stuck trying to find two stainless steel bolts/screws to attach the rear license plate. The ones I got from my local hardware store stop with 1/8" to go. :(

Any suggestions on where to find the right bolts/screws?

[Boston5761]

Home Depot....

[Kansei]

So far this midday/afternoon I installed another strut. Now if only I could remember how to tighten the nut on the top of the strut without the rod of the strut spinning with it. I tried holding onto the keyed washer but I couldn't hold it tightly enough.

[aMaff]

Got an '03 MPS tip welded onto the RB Cat Back installed this weekend! She's lookin hawt again!

[Kansei]

Got an '03 MPS tip welded onto the RB Cat Back installed this weekend! She's lookin hawt again!

Is the 03 MSP tip round or oval?

[aMaff]

Is the 03 MSP tip round or oval?
03's round. The guy I got the RB from had the oval tip, but a member here in GA had the axleback portion of his 03MPS layin around (when he got his exhaust done, they had to cannibalize 1 of the hangars from it to put on his new setup) and just gave it to me, so I used the tip from that.

[Protege52003]

must be nice, I could barley get 23 mpg with snow tires and a ski rack on the car!!

thats not that good......back road driving, how fast? are your snow tires smaller than stock which will make your milage seem lower than it actually is?

-R

[Rosshole]

I drive fast, all of the time, so that doesn't help either, but the big old meaty snowtires definately do not assist in fuel economy , plus the ski rack acts like a sail going down the highway.

[mogi]

thats not that good......back road driving, how fast? are your snow tires smaller than stock which will make your milage seem lower than it actually is?

-R

Actually, tires larger than stock will yield worse mileage if you work off the odometer...

[Rosshole]

the snows are 205/60?/15's or something...

but i think that it is the tread that was hurting the mileage because the OD stayed the same (or very close to the same)

[aMaff]

so, I they shook something loose when they were cutting the pipe, so I had an exhaust leak and rattle @ the axleback "juncture." I hate mineke so much, if only they weren't so damn convinient. Anyway, harbor freight roxxorz my soxxors. I had to go get a deep well socket set, and some threadlock so I could fix the problem.

The exhaust should be sorted now, but I dunno why the studs are missing so many threads on the top half (on the flange side, not the "open" side). I just slapped some blue threadlock on there, stacked up some washers and tightened it down, so threads or not it should be in good shape lol. I haven't touched it since I bolted everything up to give the threadlock time to...er...lock, so we'll see how it goes.

[quicksilvermp5]

finally got my exhaust problems fixed...put new muffler in (megan) sorry car is a little dirty...

[bazooka joe]

well, i didn't like the way my hard pipe came out of the turbo and went off and up to the right(the top raidiator hose was in the way...kinda hard to see it) so i came up with this redo using the stock flex pipe off the stock intake...i like it better...before and after pics below..sorry the engine bay is a bit dirty! oh, and i "K&N'd" the filter...nice and clean again!

[Brian MP5T]

I bought a jack.

It's rated for 3 Tonns
Its Lowest is 4"
Its Highest is 22"

It's four pumps to get the P5 to 20"

The ass was so high that the front started to touch the ground.


BTW: When it was up there, I used a degreaser and cleaned the entire rear suspension, wells, and 21mm with links. Cleaned the inside of the rims, removed and reset the rear pads and then Lubed the endlinks.

[bazooka joe]

now i'm working on my custom, well kinda....NACA carbon fiber hood duct...this baby will be going in the stock hood right over the air filter...like DG motorsports hood...only this won;t cost me 1K...i'm thinkin of putting a reverse cowl in the middle of the hood also, small one...let some heat out..not sure...i'm drawing it up...? i was also thinking of painting the middle section of the hood and mint blue grille black...?

[Rosshole]

washed her up in a pressure wash bay, then hit 115 on the way home to "dry" it off...

[snowblazin]

Now what I did to it today, what someone else did to it yesterday. Pics to come... (sad2) I'm 99% sure it was someone at work. They're pulling the security tapes monday to see what happened. Whoever it was almost took my taillight right off. There was a field tech meeting at my building(I work for the Cox Cable). The paint on the wheel well is white and it was obviously something big because of the 2 1/2 ft. crease just below the windows. Pissed.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident2.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident3.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident4.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident5.jpg

[meinp5]

Oh shit! Sorry to see that...BTW hows the turbo project going??

[bazooka joe]

Now what I did to it today, what someone else did to it yesterday. Pics to come... (sad2) I'm 99% sure it was someone at work. They're pulling the security tapes monday to see what happened. Whoever it was almost took my taillight right off. There was a field tech meeting at my building(I work for the Cox Cable). The paint on the wheel well is white and it was obviously something big because of the 2 1/2 ft. crease just below the windows. Pissed.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident1.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident2.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident3.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident4.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/accident5.jpg

no note? (glare) sorry man!

[Breeegz]

could've been one of the Cox vans...

[MyZmZm]

Over a foot of the damn white sh*t has fallen since midnight... and more is forecast for the rest of the weekend. So yeah, watched as she turned from somewhat blue to white.






I REALLY HATE WINTER. :(

[snowblazin]

no note?
Of course not...

could've been one of the Cox vans...
That's what we're thinking, especially since there's more vans than usual on Friday's.

[Kansei]

I haven't driven my P5 today but I will later tonight. I'm excited because my protegegarage.com order came in, so now I'm applying primer to the 323 and "mazda" badge before I paint them and I'm going to go down into the garage and put my rear endlinks on. Sucks that I had to break off both front endlinks though :( , so now I'll still be stuck with one sway bar.

I gotta work on rubbing the adhesive off the rear of my car around the emblems so that it looks nice and clean when I pop the new ones in.

Does anyone from doing lowering springs or struts remember when you tightened the 17mm nut on top of the rear struts? I think I had already taken the spring compressors off when I did it and I can't tighten either of them any more without the big washer thing and the inner shaft of the strut spinning with the nut. When I did the front ones I did the tightening with the spring compressors still on so it worked a lot better. Driving around a little last night I definitely heard some rattles coming from the back but it could easily have been all the trunk trim and the rear seatbely brackets and such. I'll tighten everything up while I'm down there and try again.

[altspace]

Well, I took my car out for parts and food. Then installed new struts in a 92 Chevy Lumina...oh the joy! I love helping friends out.

[MyZmZm]

As promised, pics from today...

http://www.msprotege.com/members/MyZmZm/Winter%202006/Mar%2018a.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/MyZmZm/Winter%202006/Mar%2018b.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/MyZmZm/Winter%202006/Mar%2018c.jpg

In the first pic, the AWD infiniti g35 beside me (i'm right beside the truck) got stuck trying to get out, so i had to drive while 4 guys tried for about 10 minutes to get it out... but i had no problems whatsoever. (first)

Take that AWD!

[Salmon_Rob]

still waiting to get her back from the shop :(

[Brian MP5T]

As promised, pics from today...

In the first pic, the AWD infiniti g35 beside me (i'm right beside the truck) got stuck trying to get out, so i had to drive while 4 guys tried for about 10 minutes to get it out... but i had no problems whatsoever. (first)

Take that AWD!

That's GAY!

[Boston5761]

That's GAY!

your gay....



j/k

[Brian MP5T]

your gay....



j/k

The Fucking SNOW is Gay, GAYLORD.. (wink)

[Rosshole]

Fuck that, I love the snow...
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zerorossi/snow1.JPG
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zerorossi/snow2.JPG
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zerorossi/snow3.JPG

[Kansei]

That's it, time to unuscribe from this thread. I HATE snow!! argh!

:)

Today I went 125 in my P5 on the way to the hospital o_O

[aMaff]

That's it, time to unuscribe from this thread. I HATE snow!! argh!

:)

Today I went 125 in my P5 on the way to the hospital o_O
were you having a baby?

[Kansei]

were you having a baby?

No my ears were just bleeding when I woke up in pain.

[Rosshole]

still have a fever?

[aMaff]

No my ears were just bleeding when I woke up in pain.
ouch...what happened?!

[Protege52003]

ouch...what happened?!

yeah little chris......?

BTW: i washed my P5 today....did lots around the house, too. never got to the south boston parade.

[Kansei]

Today I drove her a few times back and forth looking for a pharmacy open after 3pm on a Sunday.. bah. I finally did find one though. my left rear strut is rattling a little bit. I can't get the nut on top any tighter but the washer rattles around. I think I'll either try putting the washer upside down or adding a couple washers to it.

The people at the hospital didn't exactly tell me what was wrong, just that my left ear was more inflamed than she had seen in years. They gave me a prescription for Ammoxicillin and told me to use a warm salt water rinse 3 times a day to reduce the glandular swelling in my throat. Basically the tubes that connect from the throat to the ears that allow it to stay at the correct pressure (opened when you swallow or yawn or chew gum) are blocked which was causing the inflammation of my eardrums. Right now I have just regained some hearing in my left ear, but it isn't much. I would say I'm at 3/10 for my left ear and 7/10 for my right ear. The doctor asked me something about whether I had had strep throat before but didn't do a throat culture so I guess she didn't suspect that. I haven't had any sort of ear infection since I was like 6, I thought they were supposed to stop as you grew up :(

Right about now I can barely keep track of all the pills I'm taking. sudafed 24-hour for congestion, advil flu every 6 hours for pain/inflammation relief, Mucinex as a cough suppressant and expectorant (thinner of flegm), and that is all on top of my normal meds and now the 3x a day Amoxicillin.

I just hope this goes away soon I want to install my rear sway bar endlinks and new emblems, and more importantly I need to get my homework done and I absolutely cannot miss a single day of class (damn quarter system).

Everything is under control though, nothing to see here.

[bazooka joe]

feel better man!

[Kansei]

feel better man!

thanks everyone, I'm working on that.

[Rdshark1]

I backed her out, rearranged the motorcycle situation in anticipation of yet another additional motorcycle and then pulled her back into the garage.

[fLyPiNoY7]

realigned the headlights, tightened the drive belts (again), reorganized the ipod interface to run to my glovebox instead of that little gap under the ashtray...no more visible wires!!!

[aMaff]

*Really, really bad ear infection*
Dude, I hope you get to feelin better. I know how it is w/ school and work, so good luck (drinks)

[Brian MP5T]

Wax

[aMaff]

Wax
on or off? (boom03)

[dave45090]

realigned the headlights, tightened the drive belts (again), reorganized the ipod interface to run to my glovebox instead of that little gap under the ashtray...no more visible wires!!!

Do you have your ipod hooked up to factory radio?

[dave45090]

Nevermind.....I just used that cool little button somewhat top/right of page....it's called search. Huh go figure.....I found the auxmod sold by sylfex. Woo hoo I just ordered mine. Can't wait to install! I will be in ipod heaven. (wiggle)

[Kansei]

Nevermind.....I just used that cool little button somewhat top/right of page....it's called search. Huh go figure.....I found the auxmod sold by sylfex. Woo hoo I just ordered mine. Can't wait to install! I will be in ipod heaven. (wiggle)

The AuxMod unit is very nice.

I was feeling courageos and nicely medicated so I went down into the garage and installed my rear endlinks. hooray for having the RB sway bar on there for a week with no endlinks connecting it, and now it is connected to the Tokico HPs I installed this weekend (in pain of course).

I think I might go get the hair dryer and adhesive remover and work on the rear emblems.

[altspace]

We at NEPOC know what to do when the chips are against us.
Go zverg!

[fLyPiNoY7]

Do you have your ipod hooked up to factory radio?

nope...aftermarket kenwood hu...(not the msp/mp3 one)

[aMaff]

I sat in her in the parkin lot waiting for some ppl to show up. She had a huge bird turd on the hood...hurray for rain lol

[Rosshole]

i took the old lady on a drive and got us a turtle sundae

[n0rthwall]

installed kartboy shifter & bushings (the bolt for the bushings got really fucked up, its stripped beyond repair). Also installed Tanabe axleback exhaust. (sounds freakin sweet)

[Protege52003]

turned 56K on my long commute (3.8 mile) to work this morning.........

[fonzinator]

Taught the wife how to drive the P5's manual tranny yesterday! She's doing really well so far - just need to have her practice some each day until she is really comfortable. If she is driving comfortably on her own in a week, I'll be thrilled!

[Canecreekfreak]

I put a wheel skins cover on the steering wheel. Blue on top/bottom, and perforated black on the sides. Matches the car pretty well. Although I think the size C is a little big for our wheels. But now I've got a nice phat wheel to grip, and it looks pretty cool. I'll take some pics later....

[Kansei]

I put a wheel skins cover on the steering wheel. Blue on top/bottom, and perforated black on the sides. Matches the car pretty well. Although I think the size C is a little big for our wheels. But now I've got a nice phat wheel to grip, and it looks pretty cool. I'll take some pics later....

I can't wait to see what this looks like, I had a wheelskins cover on my truck and it was such nice quality leather. I just wonder how it fits around the thick spokes on our wheels.

[bazooka joe]

telecommuting today...so i had to find an excuse to take the p5 out for a ride...didn't have one so i went for a nice 1hr ride anyway....ran her through the gears...1,2,D and OD...had some fun in the twisties...got into boost several times and pulled on a couple of cars..(cabpatch) .i bet they didn't think i had it in me...old guy...haha...anyway she's back in the garage safe and sound!
i wanna take her out later and record some digital audio of the RB catback with the high flow MAM mide pipe (will be installing the catless mide pipe this week!) and turbo....i love the sound of turbo spool in the morning!!!(yes)

[Kansei]

i wanna take her out later and record some digital audio of the RB catback with the high flow MAM mide pipe (will be installing the catless mide pipe this week!) and turbo....i love the sound of turbo spool in the morning!!!(yes)

Sounds like a lot of fun. I have the high-flow cat midpipe on the way from MAM so definitely post the audio when/if you record it.

Hopefully my hearing will be back by then. At least I can't hear the washers on my rear struts rattling for now :)

Today I decided that I not longer am going to strive to supercharge my car because I realized that you can't possibly have an intercooler the way I want the supercharger to be (roots on the intake manifold). I guess I'll finally have to go turbo :( ... that is, when I get a job and have a little money on the side. Probably not until the end of this year at the earliest.

[altspace]

Let's hear that spooling Mark!

[2003newlyack]

washed her up a bit, and is looking fine.. i wish i had the money for a turbo (headshake

[altspace]

Don't we all....oh wait, I have 2 of them, doh.

[bazooka joe]

Let's hear that spooling Mark!

i'll be going out in while...if it works i'll post up a file tonight...

[Boston5761]

ordered my shorty antenna....

[bazooka joe]

i'll be going out in while...if it works i'll post up a file tonight...

too much peripheral noise...:(

[aMaff]

too much peripheral noise...:(
damn.

Took her out for a drive in the outskirts of town. I figured 4:30 would be late enough here, but there was still traffic and I got held up in some of the more fun parts. Oh well, there's always tomorrow

[altspace]

ordered my shorty antenna....

Took off antenna, now it's short. hehe

[Boston5761]

Took off antenna, now it's short. hehe

haha, I took mine off for like a week or so back in Jan to see how it looked and how reception was affected.

[bazooka joe]

Took off antenna, now it's short. hehe

pic?

[altspace]

Aw come on Mark. Just go to your car and unscrew your antenna. Poof! Live action viewing. hehe

[bazooka joe]

Aw come on Mark. Just go to your car and unscrew your antenna. Poof! Live action viewing. hehe

i though you replaced it with something new?

[altspace]

Hehe...nope. That was sarcasm.

[bazooka joe]

Hehe...nope. That was sarcasm.

(glare)

[fonzinator]

Had a small dent pushed out of my roofline this morning. The PDR guy did a great job given the fact that the dent had somewhat of a crease in it. It's not 100% perfect, but it looks FAR better than it did before. I'll probably be the only one who can notice it now. Best of all, he only charged me $65.

Dent pic below. No pic yet of the dent removed.

[Kansei]

ow that looks like a tough dent to fix, how did he manage to fix it?

[fonzinator]

ow that looks like a tough dent to fix, how did he manage to fix it?He drilled a small hole on the under-side of the roofline, just below the dent. He prepped the paint with some rubbing compound, heated the paint slightly and used a tool to slowly work the dent out. It took him about 20 minutes once he got started. It still needs a tiny dab of touch up paint.

[Kansei]

Oh no this thread is dying!

I've been waiting to say this for quite some time. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I used my Protege5 as a grocery-getter :). My hatch swallowed up the BJs unit of paper towels like a champ.

That reminds me. I should put my trunk back together, it is still apart from installing my struts last weekend.

Tonight I'm going to clean out my garage so that I can get my snow tires put away in the garage closet. Then I'll probably vaccuum out the car and maybe do a little carpet cleaning post-winter. The Mazdaspeed floormats will be going back in :)

[CTt3P5]

Filled her up........296 miles even on the trip odometer and $28 even at $2.31 a gallon for 24.42mpg. Damn I haven't broke 26mpg since I got her. Well the end of winter gas is here so I got high hopes for the 30's (thumb)

[anarchistchiken]

Washed, clay bar'd, and waxed her. Sometime this weekend I'll detail the interior.

[Salmon_Rob]

what is a clat bar?

[anarchistchiken]

Blow me

[Salmon_Rob]

(blowjob)

[Rosshole]

yesterday i drove to IL and met up with ken and brother from protege garage for lunch.

I picked up my new bumper, got home, installed it.

The color actually matches.
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zerorossi/newbumper.JPG
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zerorossi/newbumper2.JPG
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zerorossi/oldbumper.JPG

[NJP5Guy]

changed the oil last night. shes got some fresh blood now. all ready for the auto-x on sunday.

[NJP5Guy]

Oh no this thread is dying!

I've been waiting to say this for quite some time. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I used my Protege5 as a grocery-getter :). My hatch swallowed up the BJs unit of paper towels like a champ.

That reminds me. I should put my trunk back together, it is still apart from installing my struts last weekend.

Tonight I'm going to clean out my garage so that I can get my snow tires put away in the garage closet. Then I'll probably vaccuum out the car and maybe do a little carpet cleaning post-winter. The Mazdaspeed floormats will be going back in :)

make sure you know where all the clips go. i had one left over when i had my struts installed and damned if i know where it goes.

[snowblazin]

Picked her up from the body shop. They did an amazing job! Putting the Nezarts back on tomorrow!!!

[i12drivemyMP5]

New hi beams

[Kansei]

make sure you know where all the clips go. i had one left over when i had my struts installed and damned if i know where it goes.

I have quite a few missing clips back there.. I'd say most of them are missing. In fact, I recall removing all the interior trunk trim without needing to remove any of the little clips. :P

I should probably order a bag of like 4 dozen of them.

I'm going to go to the ripoff dealership and buy an oil filter so I can do my oil change today.

[Rosshole]

I just witnessed a group of business-knobs leave the building that i work in and do a walk-around on my p5. (they must be used to seeing ricers (ricer) , not hott ass mazdas!!) i am glad that I got the new bumper put on it last night.! (thumb)

[Boston5761]

shorty antenna and fog overlays are on...

[NJP5Guy]

I have quite a few missing clips back there.. I'd say most of them are missing. In fact, I recall removing all the interior trunk trim without needing to remove any of the little clips. :P

I should probably order a bag of like 4 dozen of them.

I'm going to go to the ripoff dealership and buy an oil filter so I can do my oil change today.

buy from here. ajusa. i get k&n filters for $9. no shipping on 25 or more...which is three filters. with thos filters you need a 1 inch socket

[bazooka joe]

I just witnessed a group of business-knobs leave the building that i work in and do a walk-around on my p5. (they must be used to seeing ricers (ricer) , not hott ass mazdas!!) i am glad that I got the new bumper put on it last night.! (thumb)

thats happened to me too! cool!!:)

[bazooka joe]

Picked her up from the body shop. They did an amazing job! Putting the Nezarts back on tomorrow!!!

pics...pics!

[bazooka joe]

Picked her up from the body shop. They did an amazing job! Putting the Nezarts back on tomorrow!!!

pics...pics!

[snowblazin]

pics...pics!
I'll post before and afters tomorrow. I'm gonna put the wheels on and give her a good cleaning! My baby's back! I can't believe how much I still love this car after having it for over a year now(I usually get bored with cars fairly quickly, hehe).

[bazooka joe]

I'll post before and afters tomorrow. I'm gonna put the wheels on and give her a good cleaning! My baby's back! I can't believe how much I still love this car after having it for over a year now(I usually get bored with cars fairly quickly, hehe).

my love affair is still going on after 4 1/2 yrs!!

[hellbillypro5]

got her ready for the auto-x 2marrow

[Protege52003]

thats happened to me too! cool!!:)

i always walk around your car when i see it mark..........

[bazooka joe]

(hah)

i always walk around your car when i see it mark..........

hahaha(thumb)

[Hy8us]

thats happened to me too! cool!!:)
Its the best when a group of girls do it and start saying how cute it is, for some reason the shape of the 5 makes them spit out that phrase automatically (thumb)

[CTt3P5]

Took my daughter to softball practice, then drove to Dick's to buy a bat, bat bag and protective cage for her helmet. Then drove home in the rain. Did see a yellow P5 in the parking lot....anyone here?

[Yaggie1]

Put on the Injen, installed my Pirana chrome coolant can. Need to get some gaskets for the newly wrinkle painted valve cover and intake manifold.

[Kansei]

Put on the Injen, installed my Pirana chrome coolant can. Need to get some gaskets for the newly wrinkle painted valve cover and intake manifold.

What color did you do the valve cover? I think I might give that a try some weekend when it is a little warmer so that I can take my mountain bike places if I need to go somewhere.

I'd like to get it powdercoated but I might as well try the wrinkle paint first, I've seen some pics of a red one and it looked really good.

[Rosshole]

took the p5 on a 'space cruise'

[Yaggie1]

I did it in the red. I thought about powdercoating too, but, I really like the look of the wrinkle finish. Need to get the gaskets and mine is going in....... My stock wheels will be powdercoated soon, if I can ever get a hold of the guy who is going to mediablast them for me............

[meinp5]

That looks really nice...what kind of paint did you use to get that finnish?




I did it in the red. I thought about powdercoating too, but, I really like the look of the wrinkle finish. Need to get the gaskets and mine is going in....... My stock wheels will be powdercoated soon, if I can ever get a hold of the guy who is going to mediablast them for me............

[Kansei]

! that looks awesome. I need to get myself some of that wrinkle paint asap. Where did you get it from? If there is a store around here that has it in black I might just start on it with my car tonight :P

[Yaggie1]

It's the VHT wrinkle plus red. Their part # is sp-204.




That looks really nice...what kind of paint did you use to get that finnish?

[Yaggie1]

I ended up ordering it from www.carshopinc.com (http://www.carshopinc.com)

But, I know that some of the Saturn dealerships are "Saturn Motorsports" dealerships and I have heard that some of them stock it. My local dealer didn't so I just ordered it. I don't know of any store that actually carries it. Autozone, Advanced auto parts,etc. around me don't have it. Didn't look at like NAPA, they might carry it. Might just have to call around and see. It looks cool though, I really like it. I know VHT makes it in red and black, not sure of any other colors.



! that looks awesome. I need to get myself some of that wrinkle paint asap. Where did you get it from? If there is a store around here that has it in black I might just start on it with my car tonight :P

[Kansei]

It's the VHT wrinkle plus red. Their part # is sp-204.

I'm going to go to Lowes and/or Home Depot to check out if they have a high heat wrinkle paint, even if it isn't the VHT stuff. I already searched the Autozone, Advance Auto Parts, and Pepboys web sites for "vht" and they didn't turn up anything. :(

[Kansei]

thanks for the link Yaggie1. Amazon.com has it too haha. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006HPL06/qid=1143325545/sr=8-2/ref=sr_1_2/002-4352552-1928010?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=15684181

[meinp5]

sweet...thanks!

[anarchistchiken]

Put a third coat of Zaino Z-2 on and started detailing the interior.

[Kansei]

Tonight I'm going to have some nice 1-on-1 time with my Protege5. I bought some Mobil1 gear oil (might as well give it a try, I'm running with the redline MT90 right now and didn't notice anything changing from my stock gear oil at 50k miles to the redline stuff), some flat black spraypaint, and some other little items.

I'm going to finally attach the CF piece above my glovebox, I searched long and hard and got my hands on some of the proper 3m adhesive for the job.

Other than that little bit the rest of my work will be under the hood. I'm finally refinishing my cold air intake; right now it is "brushed aluminum" style because I sanded it down but never painted it. I am painting something else under the hood but I'm not telling what it is until I finish (if I even do it tonight).

Oh and the Duplicolor wrinkle coat paint is available at Advance Auto Parts (and via www.partsamerica.com) but it isn't high heat as far as I can tell.

One very interesting thing that I saw was something new from Duplicolor. Spray on Temporary Car Bra!

It comes in a clear color and some other color and it says it gives you the protection of a bra but washes off with just soap and water. I'm a bit skeptical about taking a rattle can of any kind to the exterior of my car but if it really works I'll buy a dozen cans!

[Kansei]

...

http://www.msprotege.com/members/zverg/zverg_saturday.jpg

.. 5 minutes ago.

[smurfedpro5]

finally washed it
http://i2.tinypic.com/saxx6q.jpg

[snowblazin]

^^ Looks beautiful. I put the summer wheels back on finally and got her aligned. Couldn't wash her, still too damn cold for me.

[meinp5]

This is what my car looks like every time i need to change a low beam light bulb.




...

http://www.msprotege.com/members/zverg/zverg_saturday.jpg

.. 5 minutes ago.

[Salmon_Rob]

good for you!

[Kansei]

doot doot doot. I'm still down in the garage workin on stuff, here's a couple pics so far...

[AbsoluteSwed]

I need help painting my headlight. I just to afraid to mess up and be out big bucks, maybe over the summer someone can help me out or have a "paint my headlights" (boobs) NEPOC event.

[Kansei]

Yeah it isn't that bad, this marks the third time my headlights have been in the oven. This time I just needed to get some glass shards out :P

ok last pic for the night. I'm not done, but I'm pretty close. My rear calipers are still red though because I can't have both ends jacked up at the same time. Also, my exhaust header is not in the vehicle so although it looks completely normal right now, it definitely wouldn't run (no oxygen sensors plugged in). I'm going to do a shoddy job of putting the header back on tomorrow morning because the spring bolts that connect it to the stock exhaust manifold suck. I broke the welds on both of them so the studs are still attached to the midpipe. It just needs to be able to get me through the week until my MAM midpipe comes in without sounding like ass.

:)

So tonight I did the following:
1. made my brushed aluminum cold air intake into a flat black cold air intake.
2. Touched up a few little things under the hood with the flat black paint - specifically the top brackets for the radiator and the bracket for the coolant overflow bottle. They were looking really gross.
3. Coated my header. The paint specifically says "suitable for exhaust headers" and "1200F" so it should last. If only I had washed the header down before I first started the car up after installing it, it was all unevenly bronzed and gross looking.
4. Attempted to change my gear oil before remembering that I don't have a 23mm socket in my Craftsman set.
5. took off my front bumper and headlights and baked them to get the glass shards out of one headlight.
6. attached the carbon fiber trim piece above my glovebox since I finally found the proper 3m adhesive strips.
7. painted my front calipers silver (just the front ones tonight though). It took 5 coats to get them looking as they are in the picture. Maybe if I had sanded down the red a little it would have been easier. The paint was very runny so it took three coats to get them to look more silver than red. I don't know if I like how it looks though, it looks very empty now. Maybe I should have just gone with black after all. It's not like I have a BBK or anything.

[Brian MP5T]

Ordered these for all of my cars..

http://72.51.37.160/pimpstar.html

[bazooka joe]

wow, you did a lot of work yesterday chris!!

[Yaggie1]

Good call on #2. I was about to give you a hard time over those nasty looking radiator brackets......(poke)


So tonight I did the following:
1. made my brushed aluminum cold air intake into a flat black cold air intake.
2. Touched up a few little things under the hood with the flat black paint - specifically the top brackets for the radiator and the bracket for the coolant overflow bottle. They were looking really gross.
3. Coated my header. The paint specifically says "suitable for exhaust headers" and "1200F" so it should last. If only I had washed the header down before I first started the car up after installing it, it was all unevenly bronzed and gross looking.
4. Attempted to change my gear oil before remembering that I don't have a 23mm socket in my Craftsman set.
5. took off my front bumper and headlights and baked them to get the glass shards out of one headlight.
6. attached the carbon fiber trim piece above my glovebox since I finally found the proper 3m adhesive strips.
7. painted my front calipers silver (just the front ones tonight though). It took 5 coats to get them looking as they are in the picture. Maybe if I had sanded down the red a little it would have been easier. The paint was very runny so it took three coats to get them to look more silver than red. I don't know if I like how it looks though, it looks very empty now. Maybe I should have just gone with black after all. It's not like I have a BBK or anything.

[Rosshole]

Ordered these for all of my cars..

http://72.51.37.160/pimpstar.html

Do they come with that blonde?

[Kansei]

Good call on #2. I was about to give you a hard time over those nasty looking radiator brackets......(poke)

Almost everything under my hood is nasty like that as you can sorta see in the blurry picture I posted. Winter hates me. My goal for this spring is to make my engine bay presentable. I need to get rid of the two red hoses, replace the coolant overflow bottle, do black wrinkle coat on my valve cover, and polish all the heavily corroded stuff.

[Yaggie1]

Yeah, I hear ya. Winter pretty much owns me as well. My engine bay looks like hell too. Need to get on the new valve cover and intake manifold and start cleaning and painting everything that will come off that looks like shit..........




Almost everything under my hood is nasty like that as you can sorta see in the blurry picture I posted. Winter hates me. My goal for this spring is to make my engine bay presentable. I need to get rid of the two red hoses, replace the coolant overflow bottle, do black wrinkle coat on my valve cover, and polish all the heavily corroded stuff.

[Brian MP5T]

New Toy From Canadian Tire.

Although I feel that Jobmate is like the bottom end of the world of tools, the price is simplu impossible to pass up.

With moving to a new house, the idea of a 2 Wide 2 Deep garage opens the idea of making an actual workshop more possible.

This week, this was only $149.00 Complete, I got the only one available. I finally have an impact. It should save so much time in rebuilding the 944.

http://images.canadiantire.ca/media/images/Assortments/PrimaryAssortments/Tools/CompressorsAirTools/Compressors/0587992_450_CC_50131.jpg

[Salmon_Rob]

very nice. im still waiting on my car to get back from the shop :(

[aMaff]

I don't think you're ever getting it back. They like it too much, and now they're takin it ;)

[Salmon_Rob]

i kill u

[pnfnj]

snow is leaving so a wash was in orderhttp://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g250/pnfnj/PHOT0006.jpg

[bazooka joe]

went for a "spirited" ride to F1....did okay....spirited ride home...she safe in the garage for the night!

[anarchistchiken]

pnfnj, is your car spicy orange?

[Salmon_Rob]

i think its red, just odd lighting

[Kansei]

Well I should have known it wouldn't last. The "Withstands 1200F" "suitable for exhaust headers" paint I applied like 6 coats of last night is almost completely gone already.

That was so many hours of work for nothing. At least I got quite a few other things touched up. Eventually I'll either have to polish the header so that it can bronze evenly or get it powdercoated or something. I even let it cure overnight. 5 minutes of driving to the store and back and it was already bubbling, and then driving to campus to study at the library and I get back and big chunks of it are missing and a lot of the rest is flaking off.

argh. damn you duplicolor.

I wanted to paint my rear calipers today but didn't get a chance to because I've spent 7 hard-working hours today on homework so far and I'm still not going to be done for a while.

At least I have my hopes up for my MAM midpipe coming before the weekend so I can finally get rid of those atrocious spring-loaded bolts on my exhaust system.

[Salmon_Rob]

Looking at pics and sighing heavily

[Kansei]

So that's what the stock muffler looks like. I had forgotten :)

When is your car coming back?

[Protege52003]

took her out for a 40 mile drive in the afternoon......down some back roads in my area!

[Kansei]

took her out for a 40 mile drive in the afternoon......down some back roads in my area!

I can't wait to get back to New England (not until the end of May unless I come back for the meet) for just that. The roads here bore me; just flat, straight, and pothole-ridden.

[Protege52003]

yeah, the meet at the end of april and then the cape cruise.....should be good!

[fonzinator]

Dealer fixed my fan switch on Friday (under warranty). It was only working on full blast.

Threw a new air filter in yesterday.

Wanted to wash the P5 on Sunday (really nice here in MN), but there is still melting snow around. Figured it wasn't worth getting her dirty the second I were to drive anywhere. I'll wait for the snow to disappear. :)

[altspace]

Installed custom cut carbon fiber for radio surround. Covered the faux CF. Also installed door sills.

http://home.comcast.net/~jhanley22/p5_dash1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~jhanley22/p5_dash2.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~jhanley22/p5_sill1.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/~jhanley22/p5_sill2.jpg

[bazooka joe]

nice josh! you're a modding nut this spring!!(thumb)

[Salmon_Rob]

apparently never :P nah, the body shop was waiting on a package from cork sport, which was delayed for almost a month. after wednesday though, no more broken sway bar, no more broken bumper, exhaust, and no more 1 sport 20 decal lol
So that's what the stock muffler looks like. I had forgotten :)

When is your car coming back?

[altspace]

nice josh! you're a modding nut this spring!!(thumb)

Thanks man. I've got to give props to our NEPOC buddy CrazeeD for the parts. We also installed DG carbon fiber for his interior this weekend. Pics to come of course.

[Kansei]

Now all you need is the CF piece above the glovebox. I love the pieces that cover the faux CF, I won them in a giveaway on these forums so I just had to pay shipping :)

They are just such a nice subtle mod that makes the interior look higher quality. Now I just need to get the gauge surround but it sucks because I'll have to relocate the LED for my OEM alarm (I drilled it in the position recommended in the installation guide, right in the center of the gauge surround) off of the gauge surround and maybe onto the steering column or upper dash near the VIN plate.

I can't wait to see all these fresh mods everyone is installing at the next NEPOC meet. Damn having to put a thousand miles on my car to drive home for a weekend and then drive up to MA for a meet. I really didn't want to drive home until the end of the semester but with the meet in April and my sister's graduation it looks like I'll be getting to the "high mileage" range sooner rather than later.

[Protege52003]

looking good josh.......

[dave45090]

Where did you/crazeeD buy the carbon fiber pieces?

[altspace]

www.dgmotorsports.com

[dave45090]

Thanks.... (thumb)

[Kansei]

I received a couple items today. First is my prized engine block heater. I can't freakin wait to plug my car in at night :) even though it's in a garage. I think I'll put it on a timer so that the heater just turns on a couple hours before I have to leave in the morning or something.

Second is another set of Luminics Ultra White bulbs. One of my previous ones shattered all over the place, hence me re-baking my headlights a few days ago. The bulbs are on national backorder but I managed to get my hands on a set through my asian correspondent in CT :P

pardon the terrible image quality, it's from my Nokia 7610 :P

[dave45090]

Received a goodie today! My AuxMod came in and I Installed this afternoon! This is a must have for Ipod/MP3 lovers. Great sound and easy to install.

FM modulators = bad
AuxMod = good

[Breeegz]

got my sub back & switched to silverstars...

[iLisa]

a set of Falken Azenis 115's installed over the weekend..

[Kansei]

I took some pics. Sadly I was just taking some quick shots so I didn't notice that I was using a really high ISO on the outdoor shots. Damn noisy photos.

first is the front calipers that I did silver. I still have to do the rears though, it looks really dumb because they're still red :P
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zverg/mods/zverg_calipers.jpg

Then just a couple shots showing off the black 323 emblem. I used touchup paint on the connectors between the numbers but only one coat so it doesn't look that great.
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zverg/mods/zverg_emblems.jpg
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zverg/mods/zverg_emblems2.jpg

attached is just a shot I took before I ran to class.

[bazooka joe]

lookin nice chris!!

[Protege52003]

looking good chris......

[Kansei]

thanks guys.

hehe I just noticed in the attached pic it looks like my car has some funky antenna on it but it's actually the top of a loft apartment building that my car is completely obstructing.

edit: actually it was just a streetlamp, found my other pic of it:
http://www.msprotege.com/members/zverg/zverg_rearshot2.jpg

[snowblazin]

Washed her, quick detailed. She's beautiful! My digi cam sucks so don't sweat the shitty pics, hehe.
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/DSC00503.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/DSC00505.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/DSC00507.jpg
http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y263/snowblazin/DSC00511.jpg

[bazooka joe]

nice lookin and clean car man!!!(thumb)

[snowblazin]

Thanks Mark. She was lookin so shitty all winter, thank god for nice weather! (first)

[dave45090]

Looks great Chris! Everytime I see your car it makes me want gunmetal wheels. First time I have seen the 323 emblem on a P5.

[altspace]

Nice pics all! Is it just me or is this another NEPOC hang out?

[Kansei]

Nice pics all! Is it just me or is this another NEPOC hang out?

Where on this forum isn't? We have our own springtime revamp thread but we're always in here too. I say we claim the Protege5 Lounge in the name of NEPOC!

[Salmon_Rob]

im not in nepoc

[Kansei]

Looks great Chris! Everytime I see your car it makes me want gunmetal wheels. First time I have seen the 323 emblem on a P5.

Is your car sunlight silver too? gunmetal is teh sex on sunlight silver.

[Kansei]

im not in nepoc

gtfo?

kidding of course (thumb) (thumb)

Why not join? hell I'm in Western NY :P NC isn't that far away :D

[Salmon_Rob]

lol i do have chris here. its like nepoc removed.

on another note, im getting these :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/17-ADR-SOKUDO-WHEELS-RIMS-5-LUG-BLACK-WRX-STI-TSX-RSX_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43957QQitemZ8051114 027QQrdZ1

i know, cheap, heavy, blah blah. p5 isnt for fast or w/e. its designed to be sexy. its my dd, and i do autox it a lot, but ill keep stockers for autox. thoughts?

[Kansei]

I'm sure my rims are heavy but they look sexy so oh well. I figure 22 pounds for a 17 :P

I actually can notice a performance increase (at least straightline) when I switch to my stock wheels for the winter. It's not much but it's definitely noticeable. I'm happy with the performance of the car either way.

[Salmon_Rob]

yeah. im going for sexy

[02MazPro5]

Not sure if I said before. I got some rims on my P5 about a month ago. Finally finished getting my car fixed from my curb accident........

Over the weekend I gave my car a little color... Forget paint, I'm runnin Red Velvet!

Pics are in this tread.
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2382430#post2382430

[02MazPro5]

Oh I forgot to say I also did the rear strut bar from the MX-6. Love it, messed up the back panels a little but Eh I'll fix them one day... LOL

[Hy8us]

had some peeps ask me where my monkey got his lanyard at :)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MAZDA-SPEED-LANYARD-rx-7-rx-8-miata-millenia-mazda-6-3_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ50431QQitemZ805001306 0QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW
Sellers name is bobster_1234

nice lanyard too btw

[pnfnj]

pnfnj, is your car spicy orange?
yeah its just red and very sunny but thats not a bad idea...hmmm

[CTt3P5]

Washed her, quick detailed. She's beautiful! My digi cam sucks so don't sweat the shitty pics, hehe.


Awesome!!!(omg) Love everything you have done with your P5. I am not a big fan of black wheels on a black car but damn that looks good!

[CTt3P5]

zverg - Looks great! You sure have been busy lately. Like what you have accomplished so far this spring. Please correct me if I am wrong but didn't you used to have a Sport 20 familia badge on the hatch?

[Kansei]

zverg - Looks great! You sure have been busy lately. Like what you have accomplished so far this spring. Please correct me if I am wrong but didn't you used to have a Sport 20 familia badge on the hatch?

Yup. I had the sport20, then went back to the Protege5 badge for a little while, then back to the sport20, then to the protege5 badge blacked out, and then to the 323 badge. I didn't really like the 323 badge at first but it's definitely growing on me.

I am SO glad these forums are back!! :)

[wagonwhatmp5]

heres a lil looksy at wht gregs been doing and yes its real carbon fiber


http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-3/1166060/bezel1.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-3/1166060/car1.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-3/1166060/center2.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-3/1166060/center1.JPG
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-3/1166060/gauge1.JPG

[Kansei]

nice nice! I don't think I've ever seen your car in person without the CF hood, but I really think it looks good like it is now!

How is it working with the sheets of CF? I know it must be sorta flexible because I had a CF wallet but how is the raw material?

Oh also how difficult is it to remove that padded piece that you are putting the two gauges in?

[wagonwhatmp5]

thanx chris lol i hate my car w/o the cf hood lol to much yellowlol
the raw cf isnt to hard to work with im still tryin to get the hang of it but from what people have seen then said im doin f*in awsome the parts above the glove box lol tht was a pian in the ass to get out and i wish i never took it out but wht can ya do. the car will hopefully be at the hopkins meet but i dono if itll be all back together

[dave45090]

Chris gotta new avey and sig.....

[Kansei]

Chris gotta new avey and sig.....

yeah it happens, I get bored often. The sig pic is just shrunk down and recompressed. I wanna do something wider but I'll have to take some new pics, I checked the 1000+ that I have and didn't find just what I was looking for.

[dave45090]

I like the avatar but I got used to your black and red theme. It kinda stuck out....was original.

[Kansei]

It actually is still red in my avatar, it's just a bit too washed out to see. The morning sun was blazing over the mountain when I took the pics (both of them, sig and avatar, were taken at the same time).

But yeah, I still don't know how I feel about the silver front calipers. That's why I haven't gotten to the rears yet. I really think I might go back to red on the front. Some call it ricey but I just really like the way it looks, is there something so wrong about that? :P

Maybe I can find a red that isn't so bright or something.

oh wait. You're talking about that little .gif that I made for my old avatar. That was my point for making it really, because it was simple and easily recognizable. Even though the names are there, I get thrown off by everyone who uses the same avatar pics.

I plan on making something new, just thought I would toss something up until then.

[dave45090]

lol.....I do like the silver calipers.

I was really talking about the red and black gif......oh well do what you do. It's all good.

BTW.....wtf does zverg mean?

[dave45090]

heres a lil looksy at wht gregs been doing and yes its real carbon fiber

You are one brave m'fer.....maybe it's not as hard as it looks (yeah right). Good luck....can't wait to see the final finish.

[Kansei]

lol.....I do like the silver calipers.

I was really talking about the red and black gif......oh well do what you do. It's all good.

BTW.....wtf does zverg mean?

Yeah I sorta want to change my forum username (again, I was Myndfi3ld back in 2004). "zverg" is just a modified version of "zwerg", German for midget or dwarf.

No, I'm not a dwarf, but I was really short when I got the nickname like in 9 or 10th grade in high school (sophomore in college now). It doesn't really fit anymore, I'm like 5'9" / 5'10". I just haven't thought of a good username to change it to. I've been thinking about it for at least a year now haha.

[Kansei]

thanx chris lol i hate my car w/o the cf hood lol to much yellowlol
the raw cf isnt to hard to work with im still tryin to get the hang of it but from what people have seen then said im doin f*in awsome the parts above the glove box lol tht was a pian in the ass to get out and i wish i never took it out but wht can ya do. the car will hopefully be at the hopkins meet but i dono if itll be all back together

Yet another reason I should come back for the weekend for the Hopkington meet. Chris with the RX-8 wheels on his P5, your car with all this new custom work. bah it's such a drive.

Do you still have the rear lip you had on at the Spring Install meet last April? Kenwood lip or something right?

[MyZmZm]

Washed her up finally: nearly 24" of snow in 3 weeks, and now it's all melting = VERY dirty car, even with hosing her down each week. Oh, and took a road trip on Saturday and the rattles tagged along.... sigh. Hopefully the new rims, rubber, struts, springs, and rear sway bar go on in a couple weeks *crosses fingers*.

[Kansei]

Washed her up finally: nearly 24" of snow in 3 weeks, and now it's all melting = VERY dirty car, even with hosing her down each week. Oh, and took a road trip on Saturday and the rattles tagged along.... sigh. Hopefully the new rims, rubber, struts, springs, and rear sway bar go on in a couple weeks *crosses fingers*.

Eww snow GTFO! kidding of course, but I really don't like snow. :)

What is the weather like there now? It's supposed to be 74 here tomorrow, which is crazy for this area at this time of the year.

I win, two winters in Rochester so far and I've managed to miss a crazy winter both years. Hell, there wasn't even a food of total accumulation this year that I'm aware of.

[dave45090]

zverg" is just a modified version of "zwerg", German for midget or dwarf.


German huh? You Nazi bastard....


j/k

[Kansei]

German huh? You Nazi bastard....


j/k

That's the way I feel whenever I hear German too. :P

I'm actually 50/50 Italian/British :)

[MyZmZm]

Eww snow GTFO! kidding of course, but I really don't like snow. :)

What is the weather like there now? It's supposed to be 74 here tomorrow, which is crazy for this area at this time of the year.

I win, two winters in Rochester so far and I've managed to miss a crazy winter both years. Hell, there wasn't even a food of total accumulation this year that I'm aware of.
I hate it too - more and more each year. Though I will say, you do have to have snow at Christmas; it's just not the same without it. But otherwise, no thanks! Basically, 99% of the snow that's fallen this winter has been since the beginning of March.

It's been just above freezing all week, and is expected to stay that way for a little while yet (hopefully it just gets warmer and warmer). Therefore, due to all the melting snow, Morrigan is in a perpetual state of 'dirty', and will be for a while yet. :(

Oh yeah, another 'mod' from Saturday: huge friggin rock chip in the hood thanks to the truck in front of me riding the line and kicking up all the sand and gravel. Through the clear, paint and into the primer; I don't think it's down to metal, but I'm not sure. Pisses me off even more because the hood just got fixed and repainted last summer. (pissed) Time to break out the bottle of touch up paint... again.

[Salmon_Rob]

got my car back from the body shop today. new awr 21.5, mazdaspeed axle back, new sport 20 decals, fixed my loose intake bracket, and bought brake fluid for the big brake install tommorow :)

[2003newlyack]

today i get to cruise to rochester in it, and then give a nice wash and wax

[wagonwhatmp5]

Yet another reason I should come back for the weekend for the Hopkington meet. Chris with the RX-8 wheels on his P5, your car with all this new custom work. bah it's such a drive.

Do you still have the rear lip you had on at the Spring Install meet last April? Kenwood lip or something right?


yeah i still have the rear kenwood lip jst now its color matched to the car

[Protege52003]

filled up this morning......

228 miles on 8.1 gallons: 28.15 MPG.......not bad!

-R

[bazooka joe]

filled up this morning......

228 miles on 8.1 gallons: 28.15 MPG.......not bad!

-R

excellent....24.9 for me this morning!!

[altspace]

Good morning P5.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123630613

[iLisa]

filled up this morning......

228 miles on 8.1 gallons: 28.15 MPG.......not bad!

-R
I have been getting 28 or 29... :)

[bazooka joe]

I have been getting 28 or 29... :)

and knowing how aggressive you VA drivers are...thats amazing!!(shocked)

[iLisa]

and knowing how aggressive you VA drivers are...thats amazing!!(shocked)
me? aggressive? nah.. I actually take the metro into DC every morning.. so my car doesn't move during the week much.. but on the weekends, that is a different story.. last weekend I put 1000 miles on him. :)

[bazooka joe]

me? aggressive? nah.. I actually take the metro into DC every morning.. so my car doesn't move during the week much.. but on the weekends, that is a different story.. last weekend I put 1000 miles on him. :)

oh......:) ya, you weren't in VA....
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123621685

[iLisa]

56 in a 45 should NOT be speeding.. :D

[aMaff]

56 in a 45 should NOT be speeding.. :D
I agree...neither should 60 in a 35..... (boom07)

good thing they don't have cameras in Macon yet :p

[Yaggie1]

Picked em up last night fresh from the media blaster. Going to powdercoat hopefully early next week.

[dave45090]

Good morning P5.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123630613


Simple and yet so beautiful. Looks great!

[Protege52003]

Good morning P5.

http://www.msprotege.com/forum/showthread.php?t=123630613

man, looking nice!!!!!



I have been getting 28 or 29... :)


usually i average around 25-6 but i had my trip down to providence wed night that bumped me up a little. usually i am mostly city/back road driving!

[Rosshole]

in winter w/snow tires and ski rack, 21-22 mpg city, 23 hwy.

now, 25-26 city, 28 hwy.

[altspace]

Thx! Can't wait to get the DG grill installed.

[CTt3P5]

excellent....24.9 for me this morning!!

313.2 miles....11.453 gallons of petro for a whopping 27.35mpg. WOO HOO. First time I got the tripometer over 300 miles (to one tank) and first time averaging over 25mpg. Please excuse me for getting overly excited. lol

[Protege52003]

313.2 miles....11.453 gallons of petro for a whopping 27.35mpg. WOO HOO. First time I got the tripometer over 300 miles (to one tank) and first time averaging over 25mpg. Please excuse me for getting overly excited. lol

man, you still have 3 gallons left......another 70+ miles before you should really get worried.......

-R

[snowblazin]

Installed the DG carbon fiber shift plate and radio surround. Not really digging it...:(

[Protege52003]

Installed the DG carbon fiber shift plate and radio surround. Not really digging it...:(

any pics......?

[snowblazin]

any pics......?
Not yet, I did it last night and am working now. The shift plate won't stay on properly, even with copius amounts of double sided tape. It also has a couple minor cracks. Both pieces look very cloudy, and the radio surround just looks overall cheap to me. I think I'm going to cut the ends off, where our fake cf is now and just cover those. How does one go about cutting cf anyway, what's the best tool for the job? The shift plate is gonna go too, I think. I'll order it new one day. No more used carbon fiber for me.(pissed)

[altspace]

Dremel tool is best with a cutting wheel. Tape it off and use a steady hand.

http://home.comcast.net/~jhanley22/p5_dash2.jpg

[Protege52003]

man josh......you are posting some sweet pics of your car this morning!

exterior and interior......

-R

[Rosshole]

Dremel tool is best with a cutting wheel. Tape it off and use a steady hand.

http://home.comcast.net/~jhanley22/p5_dash2.jpg


you need to hide that fuzz buster cord somehow