zhy's progress followup [student budget!]

zhy · Feb 26, 2013

Today was a SUPER productive and a WONDERFUL day overall.
first of all, I hit the 160,000 km milestone (100'000 miles!), made me feel old!
secondo, secured myself a set of Tein springs & front KYB struts for MAD cheap (thanks jamie!)
third of all, i got accepted at the University of Sherbrooke (i LOVE chemistry) .. sooooooo stoked!!!
4th - did a few things today, went back to using VHT tint on my taillights, but only 1 coat, not 3 like previously, and used clearcoat to make it shiny!
How my tails were before (Yes, i did get tackled by the police lol)

Back to original

Wetsanded with 400grit

1 coat of VHT& clear + plastidipped front mazda badge!

Kitty i snapped earlier today and i just had to post it! Yes, shes missing a leg!

Also got myself a set of amazing wheels for cheapo, still wondering what color I should paint them

.. this summer will be amazing!

Also, i fixed my !%?&"/"& annoying rattling hatch with some insulation foam

inb4 rage about my matress cover

hat1018 · Feb 26, 2013

The new wheels look awesome. I'd really love to find a similar set myself.

zhy · Feb 26, 2013

hat1018 said:
The new wheels look awesome. I'd really love to find a similar set myself.

thanks man! appreciate it

zhy · Mar 2, 2013

Did a throughout cleanup of my p5 today! vacuumed + cleaned all plastic parts & windows with my Armorall stuff
also decided it was time to complete the blackout of my car!

Plastidipped the window control bezels & door handles

Boom! overall interior. All she needs now is a window tint!

zhy · Mar 12, 2013

...Ohh look what came in today....

Bastian · Mar 12, 2013

^ Ratty box?

Also, let me know how the plastidip on the door handles holds up... I've been debating doing that, but I'm worried about it wearing quickly.

hockeyryan · Mar 12, 2013

lowering springs?! lol

zhy · Mar 13, 2013

hockeyryan said:
lowering springs?! lol

you win

hockeyryan · Mar 13, 2013

nice how lower are those gonna bring u?
do you need the struts to lower or cant you do it without them?

zhy · Mar 13, 2013

hockeyryan said:
nice how lower are those gonna bring u?
do you need the struts to lower or cant you do it without them?

Tein takes the p5 down about 2 inches
and no you dont need the struts, but your OEM struts will wear out faster and i had a good deal on them, so i guess ill wait for my rear struts to blow! hahah

hockeyryan · Mar 14, 2013

nice. I just picked up some local lowering springs for my pro5. i thought they were 1.5" but turns out they at 2"

Cant wait to see yours done

zhy · Mar 15, 2013

Heres what i did today :

nothing.
**** winter
**** not having a garage

that is all.

zhy · Mar 22, 2013

oh hi! It was spring break this week for me so I got to work on my car!
remember those wheels? well i got them painted !

all primered up

Painted matte black /w 500C engine enamel, super strong & resistant without the need for clear!

Baking in the sun!

Guys at the shop putting brand new Toyo Khumo tires on my rims! (there goes my tax return..)

Mounted on the car! Looks sooooooooooooooooo good. I just got back from the car wash since we had snow 2 days ago & it was covered in dirt!

Clearance with the arches is pretty near, would maybe require 5mm spacers in front but no more, ill get a clearer picture later

Installing the drop tomorrow! I just rented spring compressors at my local Canadian Scam shop

Oh, and dont worry about the rust! I had a can of 22V paint made so i can try bodywork later this summer, I wanna get rid of all the rust on the arches and the doors!

thats it! Ill be back tomorrow with pictures of the install!

Bastian · Mar 23, 2013

wheels look good (2thumbs)

azuelke · Mar 23, 2013

Let me know if you decided to go with some spacers

TopGear5 · Mar 31, 2013

Your car looks great, and it's come a long way since you first got it. Keep up the good work, and keep those pictures coming!

nicqcrenaud · Apr 3, 2013

Hi,
got the very same protege 5 last january and I live in montreal studying at uni. So far I did the frond brakes including rebuilding the calipers, timing belt and the 2 other belts, switch to fake black leather seat trim (which looks great, highly recommend it if you can find some in good shape at the scrapyard) and just finished a front bearing today (all this outside through the winter). Also did a big fight against rust on the underbody, brushed off as much rust as I could and fully coated with Fluid Film (amazing stuff!). I have yet to attack the rust on rear quarter panels. I'm thinking the driver side will need to be cut and weld a new panel, passenger side could be saved with a bit of bondo.

What are you planning to do with the rust?
and how's is the paint you bought matching up with the original?

smyth76 · Apr 4, 2013

Loving how your P5 is turning out man! Very similar to how i want mine to shape up!

zhy · Apr 6, 2013

nicqcrenaud said:
Hi,
got the very same protege 5 last january and I live in montreal studying at uni. So far I did the frond brakes including rebuilding the calipers, timing belt and the 2 other belts, switch to fake black leather seat trim (which looks great, highly recommend it if you can find some in good shape at the scrapyard) and just finished a front bearing today (all this outside through the winter). Also did a big fight against rust on the underbody, brushed off as much rust as I could and fully coated with Fluid Film (amazing stuff!). I have yet to attack the rust on rear quarter panels. I'm thinking the driver side will need to be cut and weld a new panel, passenger side could be saved with a bit of bondo.

What are you planning to do with the rust?
and how's is the paint you bought matching up with the original?

Howdy fellow montrealer!
Well my car has been on jackstands for a week now... alot of problems came in my way when installing the new struts & springs.. fought the endlinks, ended up having to cut them, bought new endlinks, wrong size, couldnt work half the days because of the freezing weather outside.. Its coming along nice now, only thing in my way now is a stuck suspension bolt that wont get hammered out, ill borrow a friends impact haha

I need to do more research on the body part of the job, but basically it is just rubbing back to bare metal with an angle grinder & special disk, body filler, lots of sanding, antirust primer, primer, then your paint! I bought a can of the stuff already to paint my MSP lip and it matched pretty neatly, I have no doubt about it... Ill post more pictures when the whole thing is done!

CheeseHelmet · Apr 6, 2013

nicqcrenaud said:
Hi,
got the very same protege 5 last january and I live in montreal studying at uni. So far I did the frond brakes including rebuilding the calipers, timing belt and the 2 other belts, switch to fake black leather seat trim (which looks great, highly recommend it if you can find some in good shape at the scrapyard) and just finished a front bearing today (all this outside through the winter). Also did a big fight against rust on the underbody, brushed off as much rust as I could and fully coated with Fluid Film (amazing stuff!). I have yet to attack the rust on rear quarter panels. I'm thinking the driver side will need to be cut and weld a new panel, passenger side could be saved with a bit of bondo.

What are you planning to do with the rust?
and how's is the paint you bought matching up with the original?

Fluid film is great stuff for the inside of doors and other places where it's not directly exposed to the elements (it tends to wash off pretty quick). For the underside of the car, get yourself a big 4L bucket of this stuff and brush on a nice thick coat. It lasts very long and works pretty well. Don't be lazy and buy the spray-on version, it's even more of a pain to work with (getting that s*** out of your hair/skin is not fun) and you'll never get as thick of a coat. You'll use about 3/4 of the 4L bucket to do the underside of a P5

zhy said:
Howdy fellow montrealer!
Well my car has been on jackstands for a week now... alot of problems came in my way when installing the new struts & springs.. fought the endlinks, ended up having to cut them, bought new endlinks, wrong size, couldnt work half the days because of the freezing weather outside.. Its coming along nice now, only thing in my way now is a stuck suspension bolt that wont get hammered out, ill borrow a friends impact haha

I need to do more research on the body part of the job, but basically it is just rubbing back to bare metal with an angle grinder & special disk, body filler, lots of sanding, antirust primer, primer, then your paint! I bought a can of the stuff already to paint my MSP lip and it matched pretty neatly, I have no doubt about it... Ill post more pictures when the whole thing is done!

For that stuck suspension bolt, have you tried periodically soaking it with something like PB Blaster? I've had very good luck with that product in the past.

Regarding doing bodywork please be careful, once you grind down to bare metal you need to coat the metal with a "rust converter" product and then some primer before you start with the body filler. Otherwise your work will look good for 4-5 months and then it'll start rusting through again. Doing bodywork properly is pretty difficult and even after doing it a few times, I still don't have great results. Rust is a b****...

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