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chrishawthorne89 December-15th-2003 10:31 PM

Well, the whole project, comes to this....
 
I know I have been a lot of talk about my protege "the little car that could", as i call it...Well, Istarted my job today, and before long ill be huggin the road with my lookin lookin brand new...For anyone who wants to see all that im doing, I put together a page with cardomain.....


http://www.protegechris.tk

robux1 December-16th-2003 03:49 AM

nice
 
nice

Pro2Go December-16th-2003 06:14 AM

My only question/comment to you is this:
Why does it matter where you buy the rims/tires from? If you change the overall diameter of your rim/tire it'll screw up your odometer, no matter where you buy them from.

UCSBgeek December-16th-2003 02:35 PM

Just get an LX, a DX without even the convinience package sucks ass

chrishawthorne89 December-16th-2003 07:24 PM

Ok, first of all, If you get bigger rims, u have to get smaller tires... and im not sure HOW much smaller i need them....So I am going to let a pro decide....2nd of all, I dont want an LX, I bought a DX, and it was the best investment i have ever made, and instead if soending the money to buy aNOTHER car, i am going to spend it on this one....thanks for the opinion though..

robux1 December-16th-2003 08:10 PM

wait before you decide to let a pro decide, let a protege decide for you... hehe

there's some charts on the internet that you can enter you origional tire size and get a different rim/tire combo that will be the same diameter, thus saving you odometer f'ups

Pro2Go December-16th-2003 09:48 PM

basically, a good rule of thumb is to knock off 10 from the profile for every inch. I.E. if your old tires were 195/60R14, your new ones would be 195/50R15 or 195/40R16, etc.

UCSBgeek December-16th-2003 10:01 PM

http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html

chrishawthorne89 December-17th-2003 01:09 AM

thank you very much!

robux1 December-17th-2003 05:50 AM


Originally posted by UCSBgeek
http://www.miata.net/garage/tirecalc.html
that's the one!!!

demoninvictus December-19th-2003 04:53 AM

you had might want to watch who's pictures you are using bud, they aren't exactly public domain just because somebody puts them on their website :rolleyes:

chrishawthorne89 December-19th-2003 08:51 AM

as soon as I am asked to remove them, I will rremove them, im chaning my siggy newayz

jink December-19th-2003 01:04 PM

Nice plans, I have a 92 DX and am going to do extensive mods to an LX I am going to take a loan out for. My DX wasn't taken care of by the previous owner and myself in my younger years, but seeing that body kit and rims makes me want to go for the LX even more.

Are you doing any engine mods, dropping in a new engine, or is everything under the hood remaining stock?

chrishawthorne89 December-19th-2003 04:12 PM

im planning on putting in a DOHC engine instead of the SOHC, I am gonne get one with only like 100k miles on it, mine has 181k, I am going to get a new muffler, and thetail pipe, make it sound real pretty. My only problem is , in texas by law u must have a license plate on the front of your car, but I dont want to drill holes in my kit, I might tag it in arkansas with my dads address


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