JDM_Pro5's Build Thread

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #1

Name:Cameron Cook
Location:Tobaccoville, NC.
2002 Protege5, manual 5-speed, Midnight Blue Metallic.
Built in Hiroshima, Japan on November 13th, 2001 .

Ultimate goal: A good looking, fun to drive DD, family car, and grocery getter

I received my P5 bone stock. It was equipt with the sunroof/SRS airbag option

Interior:
Mazdaspeed Protege Gauge Cluster
Mazdaspeed Protege Door Sills
Mazdaspeed Protege seats with original P5 side airbags
DG Motorsports CF Glovebox Cover
Dave B brushed gauge rings
CR3 Dead Pedal
Alpine CDA-9856 Head unit w/ remote
30G Ipod Video (acts as stereo hard drive)
B&M short shifter
Custom Crown Royal Black shift boot
2010 Mustang Shelby GT500 Stock Shift Knob
White LED Map lights, Dome light, and trunk light
MPV Intermittent Wiper Stalk
Defrost Mod


Exterior:
Xcelerated concepts ZX2 Carbon Fiber hood (Refinished with blue metaflake and pearl clear)
Aerocatch Plus Locking Hood pins with PasswordJDM Flush Mounts
Mazdaspeed front Bumper
DG Motorsports Fiberglass Grill
Custom front crash guard with fmic mounting points
03.5 MSP lip
s204 Lip
AAC Bumper Sag Brackets
Morimoto H1 mini Bi-xenon projectors with Mini Gatling Shrouds
DDM 35W ballasts
XB35 5000 K H1 bulbs
Tail lights tinted and cleared
Full Custom exhaust
2.5” pipe
Cat delete
Resonator delete
Flomaster 2-chamber Muffler
3.75" Stainless Exhaust Tip
Sickspeed Carbon Fiber Antenna (Black)
Sickspeed horns (Champagne Mist)
LED License Plate Lights (White)
LED Projector reverse light bulbs


Suspension and Handling:
2008.5 MS3 wheels 18x7 +52.5 (Champagne mist)
Bridgestone Potenza RE97 AS 225/40/18
Camber bolts (-1 on all four wheels)
Megan Racing Springs
KYB Struts
Mazdaspeed Protege brakes (calipers, rotors, lines)
Mazdaspeed Protege Axles
Racing Beat rear Swaybar
Energy Suspension Front Swaybar Bushings
Street Unit Rear Swaybar Bushings
AWR adjustable Rear Endlinks
Ford Escape Front Endlinks

Engine:
VTCS deleted Intake manifold (Ceramic Coated Black)
CR3 Radiator Brackets
CR3 ADP with Latch delete
Custom Intake

 

Last edited: Dec 8, 2014

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bikingpro5

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03 Protege5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #2

woot.. glad to see the thread and build.

 

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Cleverfrog

Binford Tools

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1989 RX-7 GXL Blaze Red

• Jun 25, 2012

• #3

Bout time!

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #4

Had a fun weekend
I've had a bit of a vacuum leak and decided to check all of my hoses, etc. to see what the issue was. Went to my parent's house to use their well lit garage

Found quite the beat up intake

The culprit

So the process began

cleaned up the damage and taped the inside of the hole

mixed my JB Weld

Applied

Let it sit

Sitting without

Began cleaning the surface with steel wool

Best way to paint

After the JB weld had hardened and the paint had dried, I reassembled my intake with a new Black hose to the Valve Cover

 

Last edited: Jun 25, 2012

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RicoP5

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2002 Mazda Protege 5, red

• Jun 25, 2012

• #5

finally lol

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #6

Hood was shipped out this weekend via grey hound. I get paid This Thursday so I have some parts to order:

Camber bolts
Aerocatch Locking Hood pins
PasswordJDM Flushmounts

Got some side projects going to make some extra money. I'll hopefully be ordering a 2003.5 MSP lip from Mazda, then having the lip, bumper, and hood painted

 

Last edited: Jun 26, 2012

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #7

Over $300.00. just too much to spend on a lip. However, I am selling my old tires for $300.00 ( just waiting on the money). As soon as I get the money for the tires, you can bet I'll be buying that lip

 

Last edited: Mar 31, 2014

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Cleverfrog

Binford Tools

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1989 RX-7 GXL Blaze Red

• Jun 25, 2012

• #8

Yeah it's not an easy find

 

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Cleverfrog

Binford Tools

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1989 RX-7 GXL Blaze Red

• Jun 25, 2012

• #9

MidnightProtege said:

no problem dude i have a buddy whos sitting on a ton of front lips. im sure itll be there whenever your ready lol.

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Too bad he doesn't have any 03.5 rear lips

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #10

what kind of price is he asking?

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #11

Is that with/without shipping? Where is it located?

 

Last edited: Jun 25, 2012

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Cleverfrog

Binford Tools

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1989 RX-7 GXL Blaze Red

• Jun 25, 2012

• #12

MidnightProtege said:

I have only found one place which has that BNIB so far, at 500 bucks.

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Yeah 500 for a lip is a little much lol

 

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OGLaughtzalotzz

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2002 Mazda Protege5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #13

i like the progress so far. cant wait to see pics with the CF hood

 

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JiggaBro

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Mazda Protege5

• Jun 25, 2012

• #14

sub!

 

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OGLaughtzalotzz

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2002 Mazda Protege5

• Jun 26, 2012

• #15

midnight blues taking over!!!

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jun 27, 2012

• #16

Like a baws

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jul 2, 2012

• #17

Quick update. Got a call from Greyhound that they received my hood yesterday. Finally got down there at 10pm last night and they had a sign up saying "Sorry, Closed until 11:30"
Complete and utter bullcrap. There hours on their website are 9:30pm to 11:59pm. That was a wasted hour-roundtrip. I'm picking it up after work today

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jul 2, 2012

• #18

It's what you really want though. You'll eventually forget about the price but still have the lip

 

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RicoP5

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2002 Mazda Protege 5, red

• Jul 2, 2012

• #19

badass on the hood .

question i remmember or think it was you that put on the horns with stock grill and mentioned that it had to be cut/shaved down a bit to make them fit properly? if it was you do you have a pic of what part you had to modify on the grill?

 

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JDM_Pro5

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2002 Proteg5

• Jul 2, 2012

• #20

MidnightProtege said:

yea haha.
btw i forgot to mention the hood makes your top front end very light.
if you dont have one you should consider a Gtspec lower arm bar (the one that ties the lower control arms together).
helps alot.

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Thanks for the heads up, I'll look into it

RicoP5 said:

question i remmember or think it was you that put on the horns with stock grill and mentioned that it had to be cut/shaved down a bit to make them fit properly? if it was you do you have a pic of what part you had to modify on the grill?

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I did make it work and I later saw another member do it too but alot better than I did. I wasn't too careful since I plan on getting a DG motorsports CF grill, plus my grill was broken in a few places so I didn't plan on re-saling. I basically used a drimmel tool to cut away the plastic that interfered with the horns. With the horns installed I put the grill where it would be installed and marked the plastic where it needed to be cut. I went to town and cut most of the plastic out.

P.S. hot plastic getting slung everywhere gets uncomfortable