US P5 front bumper for european P5?

arcaneex

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Mazda protege5 99
I've got the European P5, 1.8L 1999 BJ wagon/hatch you name it, just not the sedan.
What I noticed most in trim differences is the front bumper, US has a shorter grille and fog lights while EU has longer grille and no fogs.

If I would order the US bumper is it as simple as plug n play?

I never understood differences between US and EU, can't find ANY info either.

Also I saw a lot of P5s with 17 inch wheels, how? mines stock at 14 and I can only dream of 17s.
Wheel spacers and wider, shorter tires?

And do mods posted here apply to the euro P5?

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Mind giving me a quick overview how? Doesn't it effect speedometer readings and wow 18s are huge how are you not rubbing?

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ms3 gen1 18s on 235 40 18 tires not rubber bands


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To run the US P5 bumper on a 99 you would have to swap the fenders, fender liners, hood and headlights to the 01-03 style.
 
Looks dope, honestly I think 18s will be too problematic.
16s would be amazing, I'm too worried of rubbing and false speedometer readings tho

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To run the US P5 bumper on a 99 you would have to swap the fenders, fender liners, hood and headlights to the 01-03 style.
Doesn't the 99 P5 have the same bumper?



To each his own. Thanks. I was going for oem+


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Looks very oem+, I dig it. Seen your build thread, wish mine wasn't silver and faded as hell haha
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Doesn't the 99 P5 have the same bumper?





Looks very oem+, I dig it. Seen your build thread, wish mine wasn't silver and faded as hell haha
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Thanks man. My son calls it the minion and my coworkers call it the banana. I call it the pussy wagon lol


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To run the US P5 bumper on a 99 you would have to swap the fenders, fender liners, hood and headlights to the 01-03 style.
I found an amazing website that made me understand more why my car looks like pure crap and yours looks amazing, 2001 had a makeover, shipping hood, fenders and everything else will be too costly.
There I was hoping to get a good looking P5, pre facelift doesn't look as good and probably not worth the effort I guess.

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I found an amazing website that made me understand more why my car looks like pure crap and yours looks amazing, 2001 had a makeover, shipping hood, fenders and everything else will be too costly.
There I was hoping to get a good looking P5, pre facelift doesn't look as good and probably not worth the effort I guess.

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Usually the 99-00 guys get the Sport20 bumper, I have seen a 99-00 with an 01-03 bumper but it didn't fit right.
Sport 20 sedan
Sport 20 wagon
99-00 Sedan with MSP/P5 bumper modified to fit.
 
Anyone knows by any chance where to get the sport 20 bumper? EBay yelds nothing.

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