I have a picture of the front of my P5 with the stock front end, except I dont know how to put it inside the post. Can someone help me. I want you guys to see what I have so i'll know if i can get a speed front end.

 

Here you go, but I stole it from KrazieFox, so give him the credit:

If you have the pics saved to your computer somewhere, you can simply attach them with your reply.

Click the Post Reply button, and when the message box comes up scroll down. You'll see a button that says "Manage Attachments" .. click it. New window comes up in which you click to Browse for the pictures on your PC, and once you've found them all just click Upload. Wait a few moments for it to finish and then Submit your Reply.

If the image is too large to be uploaded, you'll have to upload them somewhere like www.imagestation.com that offers free web hosting for uploading pictures. Once you've uploaded them into an album just post a link to the picture and it will come up. Let me know if you have further Q's.


~K-Fox~

 

K-Fox FTW!!

Just upload the pics to imagestation and right-click on it, then go to properties. Copy the URL from the picture and paste it into your thread.

 

Ok i put it on photbucket, heres the URL

http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...0022Medium.jpg

Oh, sorry the picture sucks, i took it with my phone

 

hmm. i thought the speed fronts/p5's were almost identical? (if not identical)

 

looks like it could be a older style mazda 5..lol..man you drive a station wagon hahaha..lol..sorry j/k

 

thats odd, i've never seen a P5 like that before.

Every one I've even seen has the msp front end, not the sedan.

What year is that?

 

For real, something's not right there. That's definitely a sedan bumper of some sort .. maybe from a DX or LX? You don't even have P5 headlights, the ones in your car have only one bulb for both regular and brights, whereas the P5 has a separate bulb for each. Also, the P5 grilles didn't have the chrome on top, that only came on sedans as well, so you pretty much have a sedan front end my friend ..


EDIT: Yep, it's a DX bumper/headlight/grille alright!! Here's a pic of the front end on a DX vs. P5.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'd say thats a one-of-a-kind P5 right there.

 

did you by any chance run a car fax report before you purchased the car?..i thinking one of two things..front end replaced do to accident or the person before traded front ends with a buddy..happens.

 

Most likely option 1. The Pro sedan and P5 front ends are not simply swapable. Takes some modification to have a sedan rock the P5 kit. The side skirts and rear are bolt on, but front end takes some work.

 

its a bit of work but not too too bad. only things that are required are the bumper w metal bar ( reinforcement ) and the wheel well skirts and the grills if you want but are not nessarary. the fender,hood and headlights will interchange between the 2001-2003 mazda protege and the protege 5 so dont even need to change those if you didnt want to. like when my car was in a front end collison i was just going to buy the msp bumper w/ the bar and the wheel well skirts and make my own grill but the wife didnt want to spend the extra $250

 

Haha, yeh I wanted to change my sedan front end, but the cost of headlights+grill+new body kit+side signal blinkers = too much cost for such a small change

 

it adds up after a while, most people who go with the msp/mp3 conversion have a friend or relative that works at a dealership..makes life a bit easier and much cheaper...the thing that ruined my chances are the fact that the wheel well skirts are like $64 each that just isnt right. ..there alot of options just have to choose the right one for you.

 

The car was in a front end accident, I know that. Since it has all the protege grill, bumper and headlights, I should be able to throw on an 2003.5 MSP front end. I can get one for $200.

PS I hate the front end on it now, it sucks.