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- 00 MSP , 16.5 CX5
Just thought Id start this tread for interested people and for any help and suggestions and guidance along the way., hoping to get this done by summer if all goes well and funds suffice! Being doing a lot and a lot of reading before I started this tread, and I must say there is a S*it ton of info from *YOU* guys and I thank you all for it. its sad to see it kinda deing and new aftermarket parts being hard to come by, but as to all cars that get old , people move on to new projects and ones that stay group together on message boards like here and keep it alive. (cheers) , I hope not to bore anybody, or any bashing or sorts just wanted to put my build onto this great forum. thank you, hope some enjoy and mabe make some new friends.
I guess ill start with how I came about owning the 2000 ES.. Back in 2008 , my mother wanted to get rid of her 1998 Acura Integra 2d 1.8L auto of course, but still a low km good condition car, just way to low for her to get in and out of in her beautiful older age (hippy) , plus imo I'm not really fan of Honda and working on the damn thing just got me frustrated, so none the less I proceeded to fix all the little things that would make it sell for the best buck. it sold for $2200 if I remember right,. being auto killed the retail value obviously. just glad to get rid of it., at this point we hadn't looked at any new cars not knowing how much we would get for this integra.. Then it was my job to look being the car guy , and living with her at the time, I checked the usual spots., kijiji, autotrader,, . Owning a Mazda already the MX3 , the first brand I looked at was mazda cars preferably 4 door for ease , in the 2-2500 range, did not find much worth buying for a mother. so I looked at VW , the lower models golf , jetta, and there was one a 2001 or 02 I almost pulled the trigger on was 99% sure till I realized it was 5lug and she already had 2 brand new sets of tires on rims , summer/winter 4 lugs from the teg! ahh nope so axe that plus I think the 4 lug was a different pattern aswell not 100% on that.. so back to looking in general at all makes, but this time in the 3-4000$ range being that she said id rather spend more to get a good reliable car, makes sense so okay, ,. take a look and sure enuff I find a lot better cars and this gem of a car sticks out at me , $3800 ,2000 mazda protg LX !? so the ad says, and the stickers on the Fender.!!?, Down in Toronto some private dealer pictures looked amazing, . and I didn't know a thing about protg but Mazda yes, so it was an instant call right now and make and offer. So I did and made and offer of $3200 cash, and he says come down, not yes, but come down.... we know what that means, so any way I got down I think the next day and so glad I did, this car was like new to me , I was blown away by the shape. so clean ,beautiful ., I didn't even take it for a test drive I was so love struck lol, plus the city is crap. I asked ok this is for my mom whats the best you can do .? 3500$, at this point I'm well into my moms budget and have to call her on this, of course she says, "if you think its a good car?" , . So I signed at 3500$ all in, picked it up 3 days later and it became my moms new car.! I had my MX3 so I was good but still loved the protg of course. didn't even think about owning a 4 door at that time..! She took care if it really good over the years , lots of car washes frequent oil changes, all the good stuff., I did 90% of the work so I knew the car. But come late 2011 it was hard for her to keep the insurance on it, being so expensive ffs., so it started to sit for a few months,. , still didn't think about owning it all... then one day driving on the highway in the MX3 the break decides it wants to go, damn rust was getting to it, at that point I was just gunna fix and move on with it as usual, . A few weeks go by still didn't fix it, just borrowing cars, then it became Thanksgiving , and lo and behold a great gift from Mom to go home in "Betsy" (named by mom) MY now 2000 Protg ES ! yes ES not LX at it says on the Fenders,! no Idea why . .. Funny I don't know what it was but when I drove it home that day it really was coming home where it belonged.! She was happy , and so was I , A new project with a solid base ,. Thus the mods started eventually after awhile and all the mechanical stuff was replaced back to my satisfactory, like new. heres a few pictures of the mods over the years. im sure you guys can see changes:
Then it came to owning a family vehicle :
and thus Betsy kinda got pushed to the side for about a year until I found this!!!!! a deal no passing down, Thank YOU PAUL ! cheers bro.
The START to the ES to MSP STATUS ! FUN!
Tear Down Began Immedately !! More to follow shortly.
I guess ill start with how I came about owning the 2000 ES.. Back in 2008 , my mother wanted to get rid of her 1998 Acura Integra 2d 1.8L auto of course, but still a low km good condition car, just way to low for her to get in and out of in her beautiful older age (hippy) , plus imo I'm not really fan of Honda and working on the damn thing just got me frustrated, so none the less I proceeded to fix all the little things that would make it sell for the best buck. it sold for $2200 if I remember right,. being auto killed the retail value obviously. just glad to get rid of it., at this point we hadn't looked at any new cars not knowing how much we would get for this integra.. Then it was my job to look being the car guy , and living with her at the time, I checked the usual spots., kijiji, autotrader,, . Owning a Mazda already the MX3 , the first brand I looked at was mazda cars preferably 4 door for ease , in the 2-2500 range, did not find much worth buying for a mother. so I looked at VW , the lower models golf , jetta, and there was one a 2001 or 02 I almost pulled the trigger on was 99% sure till I realized it was 5lug and she already had 2 brand new sets of tires on rims , summer/winter 4 lugs from the teg! ahh nope so axe that plus I think the 4 lug was a different pattern aswell not 100% on that.. so back to looking in general at all makes, but this time in the 3-4000$ range being that she said id rather spend more to get a good reliable car, makes sense so okay, ,. take a look and sure enuff I find a lot better cars and this gem of a car sticks out at me , $3800 ,2000 mazda protg LX !? so the ad says, and the stickers on the Fender.!!?, Down in Toronto some private dealer pictures looked amazing, . and I didn't know a thing about protg but Mazda yes, so it was an instant call right now and make and offer. So I did and made and offer of $3200 cash, and he says come down, not yes, but come down.... we know what that means, so any way I got down I think the next day and so glad I did, this car was like new to me , I was blown away by the shape. so clean ,beautiful ., I didn't even take it for a test drive I was so love struck lol, plus the city is crap. I asked ok this is for my mom whats the best you can do .? 3500$, at this point I'm well into my moms budget and have to call her on this, of course she says, "if you think its a good car?" , . So I signed at 3500$ all in, picked it up 3 days later and it became my moms new car.! I had my MX3 so I was good but still loved the protg of course. didn't even think about owning a 4 door at that time..! She took care if it really good over the years , lots of car washes frequent oil changes, all the good stuff., I did 90% of the work so I knew the car. But come late 2011 it was hard for her to keep the insurance on it, being so expensive ffs., so it started to sit for a few months,. , still didn't think about owning it all... then one day driving on the highway in the MX3 the break decides it wants to go, damn rust was getting to it, at that point I was just gunna fix and move on with it as usual, . A few weeks go by still didn't fix it, just borrowing cars, then it became Thanksgiving , and lo and behold a great gift from Mom to go home in "Betsy" (named by mom) MY now 2000 Protg ES ! yes ES not LX at it says on the Fenders,! no Idea why . .. Funny I don't know what it was but when I drove it home that day it really was coming home where it belonged.! She was happy , and so was I , A new project with a solid base ,. Thus the mods started eventually after awhile and all the mechanical stuff was replaced back to my satisfactory, like new. heres a few pictures of the mods over the years. im sure you guys can see changes:
Then it came to owning a family vehicle :
and thus Betsy kinda got pushed to the side for about a year until I found this!!!!! a deal no passing down, Thank YOU PAUL ! cheers bro.
The START to the ES to MSP STATUS ! FUN!
Tear Down Began Immedately !! More to follow shortly.