Need a second opinion

arcaneex

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Mazda protege5 99
I've got the European P5 (323F Lantia GLX) which I'm pretty sure are pretty similar, no fog lights tho

It's 1.8l 112bhp and I love it to death.
Problem is, I really want to make it prettier.
You know, change the ugly faded away silver paint, get new wheels and a small front lip

The thing is, I paid around 2.7K bucks for it and doing all of the above will cost me almost as much as the car itself.

I would do it in a heartbeat if not for the fact that it is an auto, I don't really care about it but I don't want to get looks and then people bashing me for 'ricing' an auto slushbox

What are your thoughts guys?

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Keep it clean, no rice. Auto doesnt seem to matter as much to people nowadays if the car is nice. Or manual swap someday.
 
If you're into DIY'ing, you can roll or spray on a decent paint job for a hundred bucks. Not professional quality, but a lot better than faded and peeling paint. Silver should be easy to match up too, Google "50 dollar paint job."

Who cares was somebody thinks about cleaning up a car with an automatic, your name is on the title. If you're happy with the auto, that's all that matters.

There's a difference between rice and and giving the car a refresh.
 
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