orange to... silver?

[CHICO2003]

Apparently I've been hitting the crack pipe tonight... ONLY because I'm looking for a more conservative/professional LOOKING ride (that better suits my new job) I'm seriously considering having my drop dead gorgeous orange msp painted a boring ass, mundane, extremely conservative... SILVER!!

It would be sweet as hell to be able to see what my 03 MSP would look like in Silver. I realize there are plenty of 03.5's to go from... but with the slight differences in body style, it's not as exact. If anyone with photoshop skillz can hook this up that would kick ass.

Also, any of you guys have any clue as to how much a quality paint job would cost? If it's like 3 grand... well, let's just say there's no need for the photochop cuz that's borderline insanity.

[UnNaturalinc]

A complete color-change paint job of good quality will run 3k easily.

From reading this and your other post maybe you should just sell your car and get a 2003.7 MSP. Those came in silver. :)

[Protege52003]

If it's like 3 grand... well, let's just say there's no need for the photochop cuz that's borderline insanity.
i love this line. getting a good paint job is expensive. you can't get the $249.00 job from maaco and expect it to last long and look good......

[Shane-O]

I'll trade ya! how many miles you got?

[garretts77]

boring ass, mundane, extremely conservative... SILVER!!
I'm offended...:(

[SpeedProtege]

I'm offended...:(


Me too! I like my silver car, keeps the dirt outta sight.

[Projekt Tuner]

yeah but doesn't pop like orange or blue

[CHICO2003]

LOL come on guys! how can you be offended by someone who's interested in having their car painted SILVER??? when I said it was boring/mundane/etc. I was partially kidding around. I mean, the conservative nature of the color and relatively low maintenance it provides is part of the appeal!

[CHICO2003]

I'll trade ya! how many miles you got?

u serious? 20k miles... Injen CAI, Dave B gauges... only modz. if you truly are serious, I'm THIS close to making a deal on another ride TONIGHT so... give me a call. I'm sending you a PM with my #

[sickspeed94]

boring ass, mundane, extremely conservative... SILVER!!

(second) silver rocks, if you want something to suit your new job but still be nice, you should look at the new G35 dark blue.

[garretts77]

I know you were kidding. So was I. But I love the Sunlight Silver... With a fresh coat of wax it looks wet and about 3 inches thick.

[sXe]

I know you were kidding. So was I. But I love the Sunlight Silver... With a fresh coat of wax it looks wet and about 3 inches thick.

I love that... it looks so damn deep

[ChiMSP]

post a pic of your msp. And I'll try my best

[CHICO2003]

thanks man! really cool of you to dohttp://www.msprotege.com/members/CHICO2003/untitled3.bmp

[ChiMSP]

Enjoy :D
http://www.msprotege.com/members/ChiMSP/orange%20msp%20copy.jpg

[CHICO2003]

dude.. you rock!! you even managed to change the fogs to yellow (something I'd actually do if I had my car painted silver) thanks man! great job!

[ChiMSP]

Eh! I try :)

[ChiMSP]

Chico... So do you still wanna do it? Personally I think you should leave it orange. I've never seen an orange as hot as the ones they threw on the msp.

[mspdfreak]

A really good complete paint job will set you back 5-6k. Leave it orange!

[CHICO2003]

5-6k? I'm movin to Phuket at that price.

[xtrememps]

5-6k for a paintjob? That's a bit steep.

[ONRAILS]

exactly!! wtf!


I'm offended...:(

[nattyboy513]

in the future i will prolly paint my msp white... white msp with bronze te-37's is hot

[raku]

i used to not like silver very much(which is what i have, but i realized something when i saw an audi a4 with the reiger kit: silver with red accents(like the evo 7 style taills) and dark rims w/ a polished lip looks amazing.

[Newf]

you have a good factory paint job now. You'll never get the same quality from a autoshop without spending WAY WAY too much money. You'll be fucking yourself in the long run anything less then that

Sell the car. It would be a real shame to have one of the few orange's defaced like that.

btw, there are a few lx's and ES's here that have done the mp3/MSP conversion. Front bumper/skirts/wheels etc. Search in the photo section and you should come across at least 2 silver ones that look identical to a 2003 MSP in silver.

[L8R]

white msp = hot

u say a lot of silver/grey, but no whites :)

[JHew84]

Sell the car. It would be a real shame to have one of the few orange's defaced like that.


few? orange was one of the most produced colors :p for the MSP anyway...

and you dont see very many whites because there is no such thing as a white MSP :p, it would be kinda cool to have, but half the appeal of the MS Protege to me, as opposed to a P5, or a regular protege, is the colors and body and shit, if i was going to have a fast car i would have gotten a P5 for much cheaper, and modded it, but i wanted the cool limited productionness of the MSP, so i would never even dream of painting my car, besides the fact that blue is my all time favorite color, so if i were to repaint any of my cars, it would be blue :p...

but i do agree, sell the car or trade it for one with the color you like, but it appears that is your plan anyway, good luck with whatever you decide to do (thumb) :D...

[mspdfreak]

5-6k for a paintjob? That's a bit steep.No, not really. Consider that you have to do the engine bay, door sills, underneath the trunk, etc....it will really add up.

[Dexter]

few? orange was one of the most produced colors :p for the MSP anyway...


no it wasnt.

[CHICO2003]

you have a good factory paint job now. You'll never get the same quality from a autoshop without spending WAY WAY too much money. You'll be fucking yourself in the long run anything less then that

Sell the car. It would be a real shame to have one of the few orange's defaced like that.

btw, there are a few lx's and ES's here that have done the mp3/MSP conversion. Front bumper/skirts/wheels etc. Search in the photo section and you should come across at least 2 silver ones that look identical to a 2003 MSP in silver.

just because I raised the question doesn't mean I was serious about doing it. I was merely curious as to what the costs would be. Since none of the dealerships I had dealt with were willing to give me anything close to my payoff (about 2k shy) I figured, as opposed to just throwing that money away by trading it in for far less than she's worth, why not just put that 2 grand into the car? Obviously it will cost a hell of a lot more than 2 grand... but it doesn't really matter. My perception on the whole color thing has changed quite a bit. I no longer give a shit about what others think... in fact, as was the case when I first bought it, I'm likeing the idea of being different.

btw... starting my new job tomorrow. the parking lot looks like a hertz rental car location. all these boring ass sedans... they NEED a car like mine (as well as the guy who drives it) to liven that place up!

I still say the silver looks hot... not really feelin the white but then again I've never liked white cars. call it... reverse racism.

[ChiMSP]

Yeah, I'm glad you chose to keep the orange, it's a hell of a color.

[JHew84]

no it wasnt.

it has been my understanding that the in 03 black and orange were the only 2 colors produced, split up between 2000+ units or so, in the later production years the colors were around 500 units apeice, if we are talking purely MSP's, orange isn't a rare color, but as far as protege's go orange is probably the only color that is specific to JUST the speed protege, but i was refering to speeds, not proteges in general...

please correct me if i'm wrong :shrug:...

[Dexter]

it is my understanding that there are only 650 spicy orange MSPs in the US.

[silverturbozoom]

The only color i would change my sunlight silver to be the MSM red!....i was at the dealer for some service and noticed a new MSM....the red paint on my car would be bad ass....who else agrees....A red mica MSP?!(thumb)

[mazdaspeedpower]

so, since you had the 2k to spend on paint, what are you gonna do to ur car with it?:D something that has to do with fastness? Maybe a slightly different look with some exterior mods? Or are you going to do something stupid like save it?:P

[mazdaspeedpower]

I personally think the car would look good in a nice forest green,

[Demonic-Speed]

Hey silver is not boring ass:)

[LASERBLUE135]

but it still looks good on some setups, I'm not feeling it on the MSP though. White is the hottness on a lot of rides (Mazda3 S sedan OMFG!) and I think someone will do a white MSP someday and be king shit for doing it. By the way I've been trying to trade for an orange for a while now. Now blue isn't silver, but it's defintetely not orange either. (I would need to keep my wheels and tires in the trade though/unless you have all season rubber). Let me know if interested.

[CHICO2003]

how many miles do you have? what's your payoff?

[JHew84]

it is my understanding that there are only 650 spicy orange MSPs in the US.

ya, and from everything i've heard as of lately there are only 500ish blues, 500ish yellows, etc, the 03.5's all were around 500 units produced, which is still less than 650, which would make it one of the more produced colors, black is probably the biggest obviously... is there a definite count tho? like an official mazda website that says? because it would be nice to have some EXACT numbers instead of going off everyones speculations...

[CHICO2003]

so, since you had the 2k to spend on paint, what are you gonna do to ur car with it?:D something that has to do with fastness? Maybe a slightly different look with some exterior mods? Or are you going to do something stupid like save it?:P
I agree, spending a few thousand to turn an orange into a silver would be insane. Turning any of our colors into something that doest' exist on the other hand... well, if you have the money, why not? talk about making an already unique car even more so! I for one would much rather put the extra dough into performance related crap.

That being said, to answer your question, I'm definitely the saver type. However, so that it wouldn't be as much of a hit, I'm starting to think about maybe getting a bank loan for a few g'z (at or around the same interest rate of my car) and hookin it up... not really sure what I'd put the money into (other than the obvious upgrades -exhaust & fmic/smic-) I'm sure there's more than a few threads about what to buy with X... time to go hunt em down!

[FSDET]

it has been my understanding that the in 03 black and orange were the only 2 colors produced, split up between 2000+ units or so, in the later production years the colors were around 500 units apeice, if we are talking purely MSP's, orange isn't a rare color, but as far as protege's go orange is probably the only color that is specific to JUST the speed protege, but i was refering to speeds, not proteges in general...

please correct me if i'm wrong :shrug:...titanuim is the most common and ugliest out of the msps

[ChiMSP]

^ in your opinion at least.

[LASERBLUE135]

first of all my car has 24k and payoff is 13K, if we traded I would just call my bank and ask them to swap cars on the loan as they are the same make and model and worth same value it shouldn't be a problem.

2nd color and number:
there are 500 blue and 500 silver, easy enough

I've heard 2 different versions of the titanium/yellow:
1)they were split half and half 875 each for a total of 1750
but I've heard a split that says there are only 650 yellows and 1100 titanium greys which sound correct as I notice there are a lot of titaniums on the street and on the forums.

I found the same thing for the orange/black issue:
1)orange and black were evenly split between 1750
so thats 875 orange and 875 black
or
2)I've also heard 1000 black and 750 orange

So if anyone knows the real story here please fill us in!?

(PLEASE NOTE THESE NUMBERS ARE FOR US CARS ONLY, A FEW HUNDRED MADE THERE WAY TO CANADA ABOVE THE NUMBERS QUOTED HERE)

ALSO THE NUMBER OF MSP's in the US is correct at 1750 03's and 2750 03.5s: that at least is a cold hard fact.

[CHICO2003]

if you lived in my area I'd definitely consider this... with the cost of transport, it probably wouldnt' be worth it. let me think about it some more though... a dewinged silver 03.5 would look freakin sick! mini last gen s4 anyone?