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- 03' Mazda Protege 5
As some of you know I got rid of my 03 Protege 5 so I could get rid of my car payments. I have been saving for the last few months for a Subaru and today is finally the day where I can say I am a subaru owner. Yesterday I took a long 8 hour bus ride to Tacoma from north Idaho to take a look at a 99 Impreza wagon. After a long ride back home over some insane passes through blizzards and storms I finally got here home. Say hello to my 99' Impreza wagon!
1/04/09:
Pic taken right after I got over Snoqualmie pass on I-90 through the most insane snow storm you will ever see. Had to stop and get my sanity back after that ride. She did amazing though:
After I got here tucked in to her garage for the first time at 4am:
All stock but hopefully not for long:
So anywho I created this thread give you guys updates for the many plans I have for it and to keep sort of a time line on this first post of all the changes it will go through. Hope you all enjoy! I know I will! lol This is kind of what I am going for with a few changes here and there:
TIME LINE UPDATES:
1/11/09 UPDATE:
Found some transluscent red paint and I tinted the orange part of my tails red:
Also my buddy Andy(aka obsnw) gave me a great idea of tinting my windshield washer flood container red to match the car, looks great! great thing is you can still see through it to see the level of the fluid:
Installed some black corner lights to replace the stock ugly ones:
Removed the roof rack:
1/13/09 UPDATE:
I removed my Impreza badge and after lots of detailed tapeing I managed to paint my subaru badge black:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
1/15/09 UPDATE:
Got my windows tinted today. 20% in the front, and 5% in the rear:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
1/19/09 UPDATE:
Installed a home depot front lip, and tinted the turn signal lights set in the bumper as well as the side markers on the fenders:
I added a little JDM touch to my tail lights with some spray tint. Still desciding if I like it or not:
Painted the alternator and power steering cover gold:
Painted center console and radio surround:
1/19/09 UPDATE II:
Installed my hybrid intake tonight with the help of obsnw. I got a full cold air intake for it but was told that CAI or SRI's don't work well with the MAF on my car. So I improved the air flow on the stock intake by removing all the plastic piping and torque box. Here she is. I will eventually powdercoat the intake pipe gold:
1/20/09 UPDATE:
Got my new head lamps today to replace my broken ones. I also blacked them out before installing them:
1/26/ UPDATE:
Installed my TWM short throw shifter today!
STOCK VS. TWM
BEFORE:
AFTER:
As you can see it shortened it quite a bit(2.5") squishing my accordian shift boot so I ordered a nice leather one from www.redlinegoods.com . Will post pics when I get and install that.
2/03/09 UPDATE:
I got ambitious last night and decided to beef up my pitch stop. Took some window weld and filled in the large open end and filled in grooves in the center of the mount(although I know that probably wont add much to the strength of the mount). It is not pretty but it will definitely help the performance of the car and will out last any OEM mount:
I also played around with Les Schwab's wheel simulator to see what my car would look like with some black wheels with a red lip. Try an imagine the car all red. Would look sick IMO:
2/11/09 UPDATE:
I got my shift boot installed and a few doors covered with new fabric. I also cut out a piece of diamond plate aluminum, painted it gold(was going to paint it black but did not have any black paint), and put it in the tray of my shifter surround. Check it out:
SHIFT BOOT:
DOORS:
BEFORE
AFTER
Now I just need to get a new shift knob and arm rest cover(that match's the shift boot) to finish this area of my interior.
For all who are wondering I got the shift boot at www.redlinegoods.com. They have great products for your interior for just about any Impreza, Legacy, Forester, or SVX. If they don't currently make a product for your car they will custome make one for you car for FREE! Here is a link for some info to do so: http://www.redlinegoods.com/notsupported2.shtm
3/5/09 UPDATE:
Sorry for the lack of updates but I lost my internet at home for a little bit. So first update is I got some different wheels. My buddy(obsnw) gave me some oem 97 impreza wheels which I got powdercoated a gloss black then painted a red lip on them.
Here is when I got them back from the powdercoater and started tapeing them:
Here is a pick of my awsome tapeing job. It probably took me about an hour per wheel:
And here is the finished product:
Installed!:
Sorry for the crappy cell pics. They really don't do the wheels any justice. I will post some better ones later.
Next update is I painted the face of my deck black so it does not stand out as much:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
There will be more updates soon(as long as my internet does not die again) for I have half my interior ripped out right now. lol
I got one good up date for you guys and one bad one. First the good one.
3/10/09 GOOD UPDATE:
I painted my pillars a gloss black and my headliner black with some fabric paint:
Also thanks to my buddy brian(aka Brisky) I got a new shift knob comming.
BAD UPDATE:
Last sunday my car was hit by a girl who lost control of her car on the ice. I was driving straight on a road and got to this corner where I saw the car start to slide. I tried to avoid it but I could not do so. The car slammed into my side and pushed my car in a ditch. Now both my left doors are toast! You can see in the pictures where the tire tracks start and how it pushed me in the ditch:
The damage:
The good news is an appraisor is going to access the damage soon and I will get a check shortly after that. I might try and do the repair's my self to save some money and use the rest for maybe an RS bumper or new paint all around. We shall see.
3/17/09 UPDATE:
Got a small update for you guys to keep your appatites at bay. Thanks to my brotha(a.k.a Brisky) I now have this lovely new shift knob by TWM. It is there "Bombshell" shift knob and it ways 1.3 lbs! Makes shifting a bit easier:
Also to let you all know what is going on with the repairs from the fender bender I had a few Sundays ago... The insurance company is having a local body shop (well known "Body by Scotty") give me a call to have an estimate made up. I will then get a check soon after. I will then deside after I get an amount if I will do the repairs my self or have them do it.
3/26/09 UPDATE:
I made some improvements to my suby's sound over the last few days. Installed some new 6.5" 400 watt component speakers to the two front doors. Had to custome fit them with a fiber board ring and they just bearly clear the door cards. They sound way better than the stockers of coarse. I don't have an amp for them yet plus I am going to have to swap everything over anyway when I get new doors. So here are some picks for yall:
Also I got my insurance check so I am beginning to get parts and checking out paint shops now. I also ordered some goodies: headers, shifter bushings, and an armrest cover. Thats all the goodies I will be buying for now until after I pay for parts and paint and see if I have any left over. Will keep you guys informed on how the repairs and goodies go. Dan
4/3/09 UPDATE:
I received my rear strut tower bar today and installed it:
4/9/09 UPDATE:
I got my carbon fiber grill and arm rest cover today. I just installed them both:
4/27/09 UPDATE:
Small update but here go's.
I got a better high flowing foam drop in filter for my intake("overnight parts from Japan" lol literally, except it did not get here overnight.):
While I had the intake apart I descided to paint the intake pipe gold:
Better and bigger updates soon to come
4/29/09 UPDATE:
I cut out the cross bars in my bumper to get ready for some fogs:
I installed my TWM shifter bushings. Much cleaner and solid shift. Anables me to shift quicker. Here they are compaired to the stock shifter bushing after I got it out:
Headers are going in on friday, and hopefully getting my fogs installed tomorrow so be bringing you another update soon
5/3/09 UPDATE:
Got a couple good updates for you guys and galls. First one is I got my fogs installed. It turns out the HID fogs I bought for the car did not fit in the car since they are so deep(unless I wanted to cut up the bumper beam) so I exchanged them for some Hella 500's. A big thanks and props go's out to obsnw for doing about 90% of the work:
Next up is I got my headers installed thanks to Rei_Akira who did most of the work as well. Went to his awsome shop at his house where we used his lift.
Stock vs Aftermarket
Installed:
BEFORE & AFTER SOUND CLIPS!:
BEFORE(with just hybred intake and performance drop in filter):
100_1191.flv video by mazdaspeed777 - Photobucket
AFTER:
100_1201.flv video by mazdaspeed777 - Photobucket
ANY MORE UPDATES YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR AT LATER PAGES BECAUSE OF AN OVERLOADED POST. :mad:
1/04/09:
Pic taken right after I got over Snoqualmie pass on I-90 through the most insane snow storm you will ever see. Had to stop and get my sanity back after that ride. She did amazing though:
After I got here tucked in to her garage for the first time at 4am:
All stock but hopefully not for long:
So anywho I created this thread give you guys updates for the many plans I have for it and to keep sort of a time line on this first post of all the changes it will go through. Hope you all enjoy! I know I will! lol This is kind of what I am going for with a few changes here and there:
TIME LINE UPDATES:
1/11/09 UPDATE:
Found some transluscent red paint and I tinted the orange part of my tails red:
Also my buddy Andy(aka obsnw) gave me a great idea of tinting my windshield washer flood container red to match the car, looks great! great thing is you can still see through it to see the level of the fluid:
Installed some black corner lights to replace the stock ugly ones:
Removed the roof rack:
1/13/09 UPDATE:
I removed my Impreza badge and after lots of detailed tapeing I managed to paint my subaru badge black:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
1/15/09 UPDATE:
Got my windows tinted today. 20% in the front, and 5% in the rear:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
1/19/09 UPDATE:
Installed a home depot front lip, and tinted the turn signal lights set in the bumper as well as the side markers on the fenders:
I added a little JDM touch to my tail lights with some spray tint. Still desciding if I like it or not:
Painted the alternator and power steering cover gold:
Painted center console and radio surround:
1/19/09 UPDATE II:
Installed my hybrid intake tonight with the help of obsnw. I got a full cold air intake for it but was told that CAI or SRI's don't work well with the MAF on my car. So I improved the air flow on the stock intake by removing all the plastic piping and torque box. Here she is. I will eventually powdercoat the intake pipe gold:
1/20/09 UPDATE:
Got my new head lamps today to replace my broken ones. I also blacked them out before installing them:
1/26/ UPDATE:
Installed my TWM short throw shifter today!
STOCK VS. TWM
BEFORE:
AFTER:
As you can see it shortened it quite a bit(2.5") squishing my accordian shift boot so I ordered a nice leather one from www.redlinegoods.com . Will post pics when I get and install that.
2/03/09 UPDATE:
I got ambitious last night and decided to beef up my pitch stop. Took some window weld and filled in the large open end and filled in grooves in the center of the mount(although I know that probably wont add much to the strength of the mount). It is not pretty but it will definitely help the performance of the car and will out last any OEM mount:
I also played around with Les Schwab's wheel simulator to see what my car would look like with some black wheels with a red lip. Try an imagine the car all red. Would look sick IMO:
2/11/09 UPDATE:
I got my shift boot installed and a few doors covered with new fabric. I also cut out a piece of diamond plate aluminum, painted it gold(was going to paint it black but did not have any black paint), and put it in the tray of my shifter surround. Check it out:
SHIFT BOOT:
DOORS:
BEFORE
AFTER
Now I just need to get a new shift knob and arm rest cover(that match's the shift boot) to finish this area of my interior.
For all who are wondering I got the shift boot at www.redlinegoods.com. They have great products for your interior for just about any Impreza, Legacy, Forester, or SVX. If they don't currently make a product for your car they will custome make one for you car for FREE! Here is a link for some info to do so: http://www.redlinegoods.com/notsupported2.shtm
3/5/09 UPDATE:
Sorry for the lack of updates but I lost my internet at home for a little bit. So first update is I got some different wheels. My buddy(obsnw) gave me some oem 97 impreza wheels which I got powdercoated a gloss black then painted a red lip on them.
Here is when I got them back from the powdercoater and started tapeing them:
Here is a pick of my awsome tapeing job. It probably took me about an hour per wheel:
And here is the finished product:
Installed!:
Sorry for the crappy cell pics. They really don't do the wheels any justice. I will post some better ones later.
Next update is I painted the face of my deck black so it does not stand out as much:
BEFORE:
AFTER:
There will be more updates soon(as long as my internet does not die again) for I have half my interior ripped out right now. lol
I got one good up date for you guys and one bad one. First the good one.
3/10/09 GOOD UPDATE:
I painted my pillars a gloss black and my headliner black with some fabric paint:
Also thanks to my buddy brian(aka Brisky) I got a new shift knob comming.
BAD UPDATE:
Last sunday my car was hit by a girl who lost control of her car on the ice. I was driving straight on a road and got to this corner where I saw the car start to slide. I tried to avoid it but I could not do so. The car slammed into my side and pushed my car in a ditch. Now both my left doors are toast! You can see in the pictures where the tire tracks start and how it pushed me in the ditch:
The damage:
The good news is an appraisor is going to access the damage soon and I will get a check shortly after that. I might try and do the repair's my self to save some money and use the rest for maybe an RS bumper or new paint all around. We shall see.
3/17/09 UPDATE:
Got a small update for you guys to keep your appatites at bay. Thanks to my brotha(a.k.a Brisky) I now have this lovely new shift knob by TWM. It is there "Bombshell" shift knob and it ways 1.3 lbs! Makes shifting a bit easier:
Also to let you all know what is going on with the repairs from the fender bender I had a few Sundays ago... The insurance company is having a local body shop (well known "Body by Scotty") give me a call to have an estimate made up. I will then get a check soon after. I will then deside after I get an amount if I will do the repairs my self or have them do it.
3/26/09 UPDATE:
I made some improvements to my suby's sound over the last few days. Installed some new 6.5" 400 watt component speakers to the two front doors. Had to custome fit them with a fiber board ring and they just bearly clear the door cards. They sound way better than the stockers of coarse. I don't have an amp for them yet plus I am going to have to swap everything over anyway when I get new doors. So here are some picks for yall:
Also I got my insurance check so I am beginning to get parts and checking out paint shops now. I also ordered some goodies: headers, shifter bushings, and an armrest cover. Thats all the goodies I will be buying for now until after I pay for parts and paint and see if I have any left over. Will keep you guys informed on how the repairs and goodies go. Dan
4/3/09 UPDATE:
I received my rear strut tower bar today and installed it:
4/9/09 UPDATE:
I got my carbon fiber grill and arm rest cover today. I just installed them both:
4/27/09 UPDATE:
Small update but here go's.
I got a better high flowing foam drop in filter for my intake("overnight parts from Japan" lol literally, except it did not get here overnight.):
While I had the intake apart I descided to paint the intake pipe gold:
Better and bigger updates soon to come
4/29/09 UPDATE:
I cut out the cross bars in my bumper to get ready for some fogs:
I installed my TWM shifter bushings. Much cleaner and solid shift. Anables me to shift quicker. Here they are compaired to the stock shifter bushing after I got it out:
Headers are going in on friday, and hopefully getting my fogs installed tomorrow so be bringing you another update soon
5/3/09 UPDATE:
Got a couple good updates for you guys and galls. First one is I got my fogs installed. It turns out the HID fogs I bought for the car did not fit in the car since they are so deep(unless I wanted to cut up the bumper beam) so I exchanged them for some Hella 500's. A big thanks and props go's out to obsnw for doing about 90% of the work:
Next up is I got my headers installed thanks to Rei_Akira who did most of the work as well. Went to his awsome shop at his house where we used his lift.
Stock vs Aftermarket
Installed:
BEFORE & AFTER SOUND CLIPS!:
BEFORE(with just hybred intake and performance drop in filter):
100_1191.flv video by mazdaspeed777 - Photobucket
AFTER:
100_1201.flv video by mazdaspeed777 - Photobucket
ANY MORE UPDATES YOU WILL HAVE TO LOOK FOR AT LATER PAGES BECAUSE OF AN OVERLOADED POST. :mad:
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