204vividPro5
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- 2002 Mazda pro5
Hey I was just wanting to start this build thread to help keep track of my progress. Anyone that wants to follow along please do!
I bought my protege5 last year in September for 3200$ safetied. It had the 2.0 with 180k. It came with the body kit when I first bought it but I wasn't a big fan of the wings west front bumper I didn't really care for the ed rear bumper but if it ever gets destroyed I'd go with a oem. It had recent paint a year ago but it's started rusting over the rear wheel wells (Yay! I know very common) I really enjoy this car but since it was a local car I wanted to make it my own and dig into it when I parked it over the winter. Couple months has passed I've been selling and buying parts. I'll let the pics do most of the explaining.
When I first bought it, I don't know what the previous owner was thinking with the purple accents....
First mod was resonator and cat removal and a cheap cold air
It had real nasty jdm chrome smoked tails that were filled with water I found a guy that traded me for some oem that I ended up tinting.
A friend lent me a set of 18s I ran for a couple weeks until I could find myself a set. I found some core racing drift rims with clear coat peeling so I sand blasted them and repainted gloss black with a gold flake in the clear, they look sick when the sun beats on them! Just picked up a cheap set of tires to get me through the season.
I couldn't stand the purple so I bought some carbon fiber wrap and wrapped all the purple accents. It was alright for a but knew it wasn't going to last long at all! lol
I found a guy 2 hours away who ended up trading the wings west front bumper for a new B2 ed front bumper couldn't pass the deal up! Drove home 2 hours bumper less and got it put on the next day
Then the car hit storage first snow fall after a great fall of crusing and local car shows
A few pics before I parked the pro5 for the winter
I'll post all recent updates later
Hope you all enjoy, this has been a very fun! I have no complaints!
I bought my protege5 last year in September for 3200$ safetied. It had the 2.0 with 180k. It came with the body kit when I first bought it but I wasn't a big fan of the wings west front bumper I didn't really care for the ed rear bumper but if it ever gets destroyed I'd go with a oem. It had recent paint a year ago but it's started rusting over the rear wheel wells (Yay! I know very common) I really enjoy this car but since it was a local car I wanted to make it my own and dig into it when I parked it over the winter. Couple months has passed I've been selling and buying parts. I'll let the pics do most of the explaining.
When I first bought it, I don't know what the previous owner was thinking with the purple accents....
First mod was resonator and cat removal and a cheap cold air
It had real nasty jdm chrome smoked tails that were filled with water I found a guy that traded me for some oem that I ended up tinting.
A friend lent me a set of 18s I ran for a couple weeks until I could find myself a set. I found some core racing drift rims with clear coat peeling so I sand blasted them and repainted gloss black with a gold flake in the clear, they look sick when the sun beats on them! Just picked up a cheap set of tires to get me through the season.
I couldn't stand the purple so I bought some carbon fiber wrap and wrapped all the purple accents. It was alright for a but knew it wasn't going to last long at all! lol
I found a guy 2 hours away who ended up trading the wings west front bumper for a new B2 ed front bumper couldn't pass the deal up! Drove home 2 hours bumper less and got it put on the next day
Then the car hit storage first snow fall after a great fall of crusing and local car shows
A few pics before I parked the pro5 for the winter
I'll post all recent updates later
Hope you all enjoy, this has been a very fun! I have no complaints!
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