P5Scott

P5chick... blue tint? have u got any pictures? im still deciding on what tint to get for my blue P5...

Thanks
Scott

Protege5chick

i have pics but have yet to get them goin...i'll try in the next few days k! the blue tint was pretty much the deciding factor when i got the car...it's perfect with the blue car but would look weird on any other colour!

P5Scott

Could u send me an email with the pics when u get them online? Id really like to see it!
Thanks!
Scott
scottvwguy@netscape.net

Loyal2Mazda

Until this evening, I thought wagon. Granted I love my car, and I accept it's wagon status (as I mention in another post, her name is Radio Flyer). But tonight in the parking lot at school was the first time I realized just how small the car is length wise. It's almost the comparable to my RX-7, which I thought was the smallest car ever!

I love my car. PR5's are way nicer looks wise than the sedan IMO however as they become mass produced and more popular, they will not be as trendy. I am glad I have one now while they are still hot.

The only thing that will seriously **** me off is if in the next few years they turn them into AWD... This car would kick even more *** then!

Lance

My pro is stock, not even the windows are tinted, and when I drive it around town, I drive it like itz da shizat! I would have liked to get a P5, but I didn't, and I'm very happy with my Sedan.

And whoever said the P5 handles better then the Sedan, you are correct (I'm sure). But if you're like "TheMan" and you add a little yellow bar to your engine compartment, you'll fix that Sedan right up.

MYFBPEX00

If by yellow bar you mean a strut toweer bar, it is going to take more than that to make a noticable difference in a cars handling. The difference one bar by it self makes is very minimal.

jmauld

I've seen somewhere that the rear roll center on the P5 is about 24mm higher then in the sedan, and the P5 is 100lbs heavier. Unless the sedan's rollcenter is too low, then there's NO WAY a front strut tower bar is going to improve the handling enough to compensate for those two facts.

Are there other differences in the suspension of the Protege5 and the sedan?

njaremka

i think you would be suprised how much the handling changes when that strut bar is added. beforre i knew that the pro5 comes with the strut bar, i drove one and then drove a sedan. i thought there was something wrong with the sedan's suspension. the pro5 handled MUCH tighter than the sedan.

i think you should go and drive the two your self before you make a statement like that.

Lance

HEY! TheMAN said it was SO! So it's SO! And that's that!

Makaveli

how much are those strut bars anyways?

JJB

for Mazda pricing it was in a prior post:

http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/sho...=&threadid=339

$165 USD

Makaveli

165$ US? What? That's crazy, I was expecting somewhere around 50$ for that piece of metal

Makaveli

but honestly, after they make the mold, how much does it cost them to produce one? How much are you paying? 165

Makaveli

17 pieces? I'm not forgetting it, I didn't know that hehe, okay, fine, 125 would sound like a reasonable price for that then hehe, but I guess everything is overpriced these days