Goodbye protege.....

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00protegees

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2000 mazda protege es
I was rear ended today, which in turn pushed me under a Mazda Tribute. Its totalled. I am pretty sad. Just got some great mazdaspeed seat covers from Jperera put in, just waxed it and put a full tank of gas in. I had recently put new control arms, tie rod ends, front and rear struts. It had a great stereo, carefully installed. Makes me wonder why even bother. None of that matters now, it'll all be in a junkyard /rant


 
Not sure yet. I might try to find an 03 pro5. This one will be an auto so my wife can drive it. I have a buddy that runs a dealership so he's going to search the auctions for me.
 
P5s are a dime a dozen around here, should be able to find one easily. Even MSPs aren't hard to come by at all, makes it a lot easier/cheaper to start with all the mazdaspeed goodies than buy them one at a time.
 
Yeah I thought about picking up a msp. There is a spicy for $3500 local to me. I'm 28 with a baby on the way lol. I need to be practical. I wish I could find a titanium like yours though. I'm a broke, full time student too, so that doesn't help. I really like the mazdaspeed6. Awd with 270hp sure sounds fun.
 
I guess I should say it hasn't been officially totaled yet, but it will be. The body shop was at $5200 in just the front, he didn't bother estimating the rear. But the whole trunk floor is pushed in. On a $2500 car it won't take much. It had 175,000 but it was clean, no rust. Very rare for a northern climate car. The bumper/radiator support/ both fenders all need replaced. A side shot shows it better
 
I'd like to say "that'll buff out" (it's a Jeep thing) to lighten the mood; sorry about your Mazda and hope you're able to find another.
 
Bump up to a Mazdaspeed 3 - hatchback for the family and 260 HP for when the family is NOT in the car!
 
It went to salvage yesterday. Got a great payout on it though. Much more then I expected. Buyback was only $350, so I thought about it, but it's time to move on. I really don't care for the speed3s, to be honest. Just don't do it for me. I'm looking at getting into an 02/03 maxima. They are old enough to be cheap, big enough back seat, and a 255hp V6.
 
00protegees said:
I was rear ended today, which in turn pushed me under a Mazda Tribute. Its totalled. I am pretty sad. Just got some great mazdaspeed seat covers from Jperera put in, just waxed it and put a full tank of gas in. I had recently put new control arms, tie rod ends, front and rear struts. It had a great stereo, carefully installed. Makes me wonder why even bother. None of that matters now, it'll all be in a junkyard /rant


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Stupid question: Do you know where the car is now? I liked the wheels!
 


Here is sort of a better view of the wheels. Dont mind the motorcycle on back, it doesnt look like that anymore. (rofl2)

 
00protegees said:


Here is sort of a better view of the wheels. Dont mind the motorcycle on back, it doesnt look like that anymore. (rofl2)

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I'm sorry for that accident. Both the car and the bike look nice to me. So I assume with 16" wheels you did not have any sort of rubbing? Do you recall what the width of the tire was? This was either a 99 or 00, right?

Best,
 
roughboy said:
I'm sorry for that accident. Both the car and the bike look nice to me. So I assume with 16" wheels you did not have any sort of rubbing? Do you recall what the width of the tire was? This was either a 99 or 00, right?

Best,
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Yes, a 2000. I ran a 205/50/16 tire with no rubbing. Pretty sure that is the stock tire size on the later ones that came with 16" standard. Those are 5 bolt and as I'm sure you know, the 99/00 are 4 bolt.

The 205/50/16 is also OEM on a lot of focus's and other cars so its a pretty popular and easy tire size to find as well
 
Any honda, vw, mini use 4x100. The Honda Fit's use a fairly nice looking 16" that can usually be picked up cheap. And there are a ton of 16"-18" mini wheels all over Craigslist that can be picked up cheap too.
 
00protegees said:
Any honda, vw, mini use 4x100. The Honda Fit's use a fairly nice looking 16" that can usually be picked up cheap. And there are a ton of 16"-18" mini wheels all over Craigslist that can be picked up cheap too.
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Temptation did its job and I bought these rims: https://denver.craigslist.org/wtd/5413163677.html

Now, I was wondering if I could run 205/55 without any problem. They're more abundant and I found better deals on them than 50's.
 
You probably could get away with 205/55, but I don't think I would. The 205/50 are already taller than the stock size. I would try t stick with a 205/50. They're not as common but still out there.
 
Thanks for your advise. I just wanted to double check and finalize my decision on tire sizes with you. Based on my search your R94 wheels have a 48mm offset whereas those that I got (Toyota part number: 4261152830) have a 51mm offset. Wouldn't that 3mm cause any rubbing with 205 tires? Rubbing is my only concern :D, I hate it!!
 
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