Ok so I've had my car a little over a year(bought it used) and I've put an estimated 3500+ dollars into her. My 03 Protege lx. I had big plans as soon as I laid my eyes on this beautiful car. I thought "wheels, body kit, stereo, and much more" and like I've said, I've spent so much money already but so much of that money spent is now a regret. My biggest fault to date is my bc2 kit. I love how it looks but I didn't know the pain and such things that came with a body kit...
First of all, NEVER buy ANYTHING from EXTREME DIMENSIONS.com and other places that have their products. Body kits are flimsy and what not but mine was even more crappyer because I got it from extreme dimensions. It is literally paper thin.
ANYWAYS, I'm getting off my point.
I want to change my proty for the better.
Ideas that are currently floating around in my head...
I still have my stock front and rear bumper but my front bumper is dented in and all the holes for the bolts are broken because I was in a minor accident but it basically pulled my bumper right off the car.
Anyways, I'm thinking of totally trashing the bc2 kit, putting my rear bumper back on, repairing/repainting my front bumper and putting it back on then get the 03.5 rear lip, 03.5 side skirts, and front air dam.
Or
Picking up a Mp3/p5 bumper, picking up a 03.5 msp front lip with skirts and rear lip to start my conversion from a lx to a MSP and a white MSP at that =D.
I'm not sure which one I want to do at the moment, that is why I'm starting this post.
Things I wanna do FOR SURE....
OEM cf hood painted white on the sides...
6000K Bi-Xenon H.I.D. Kit...
Auto EXE cf grille...
Retrofit Black Project Headlights...
03.5 Wing...
17" wheels instead of 18" (not sure what kind at the moment)...
And many other things but I'm trying not to get ahead of myself because this is the part that sucks...
I'm 17(not sucky) and I have a job(not sucky) and I use to be scheduled 5 days a week but I currently am only scheduled to work only 2 days a week(very sucky) and I usually get sent home half a day early on one of my days(extremely sucky) so my checks are only about 150 to 200 dollars every two weeks if I'm lucky and thats before I have to take out 80 bucks for gas(straight bad).
Currently I have about 200 bucks to spend and I'll have another 200 on top of my dinky check in a few weeks.
No matter what I go with, a lip kit or a conversion, I know where to get the parts brand new but its expansive AS HELL so the only way I can do this is if I find all the body parts used.
First thing, I'm not totally sure of the difference of the 03 and 03.5 so can someone tell me the differences?
Second, Chicoloco, if your reading this, hit me up with a pm cuz those retrofitted projectors I want, I want them from you so I'd like to see if we could make a deal of some sort.
& also, I'll probably be hitting you up D-rock if I decide to go with the conversion if you havn't already posted on here...
When it comes down to it, I'm asking for opinions of which I should go for, lip kit or 03.5 conversion and also hook-ups, sellers of used parts I have listed and yeah just basic help so....
HELP =]
Current Status of My Protege...
