Braggin' Rights Test Thread
 

I know a few members have mentioned some interest and due to slower traffic some may think its a waste of time but why don't we see. I don't think there is nothing wrong with giving it a shot and having a friendly competition among those who love to visit this site and participate on the forum.

I've never started anything like this before so if I'm way out of line, firstly say so, I take no offense but why not start a Ride Of The Month on a test basis as merely a friendly contest and change the name to BROTM - Braggin' Rights Of The Month. Any Mazda is welcome to put up their rides, from modded to completely stock, its the love of the car that matters and owners of stock cars are just as proud, 2 pics please. If this thread busts, oh well, no worries. And if the mods feel I have overstepped any boundaries please just ban me and get it over with. lol. I don't want to create any extra work to an already workload of the mods as I'm not in a position at the moment to actually monitor this type of thread, so gauging interest at this time.

I will start if I can be so bold to see what happens. I'm relatively new owner so mods are slowly coming.

Model
2003 Protege 5
Starry Blue

Engine
Stock 2.0L
K&N Filtercharged
Vibrant Cat Back System
Kartboy Hangers

Interior
Leather Equipped
35% Tint - Limo Sunroof
BQuiet - Entire floor cavity Doubled

Extra Mods
Silverstar Lighting

Suspension & Tires
Completely Stock

http://usera.imagecave.com/DMIMAGE/M...ille2_full.jpg

http://usera.imagecave.com/DMIMAGE/M...kerville_3.jpg

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nice photos!

Here's my baby, I've never submitted her for one of these before, thought I'd give it a try. Click the images to see the flickr page with much larger version available.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/210/5...2fa32a8af1.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/170/4...1bd5d73c93.jpg

she is quite dirty under the hood almost always, but at 86,000 miles (138,500km) I do what I can. It's a daily driver, I'll never be able to fully hide that.

Link to garage page
Link to cardomain page (very outdated)
Link to Flickr account with lots of photos (mostly/all from 2007)

Mod List:

Engine and Exhaust
2.0 FS-DE-T
- Garrett GT2554R turbo
- Callaway turbo manifold
- Corksport 2-piece downpipe (cracked already)
- MAM catted 2.5" midpipe
- Racing Beat catback (the catback for the P5, not just the stupid msp muffler lol)
- HiBoost FMIC (not hiboost piping)
- HKS SSQV BOV (with purple insert)
- JDM FS-ZE intake cam
- VTCS removed
- throttle body coolant bypass (stole the coolant supply to send it to my turbo)
- SRI with dirty and dented old injen filter haha
- NGK plug wires, NGK ZFR7F-11 plugs
- SLS Performance front and passenger side motor mounts.

Fuel System and Engine Management
- MSP ECU (9.1:1 Air/Fuel ratio in boost FTW!)
- Turbosmart manual boost controller :P
Suspension, Wheels, Tires and Brakes
- Tein S-Tech springs
- Tokico HP struts
- Racing Beat rear sway bar
- AXR clunk fix bracket
- Brembo blank rotors
- Hawk HPS pads
- Goodridge stainless brake/clutch lines
- ATE Super Blue Racing brake fluid
- Exel Speed 17x7 +45mm wheels (gunmetal)
- Bridgestone Potenza RE750 tyres (205/40-17)
Interior, Exterior and Electronics
Exterior:
- Canadian black headlights
- Upper strip on grille painted JDM style
- MSP front bumper (no sidemarker lights)
- Fiber Images full CF Evo-vented hood, painted to match the car
- Mazda6 wagon rear wiper
- Mazda CX-7 antenna
- 30% tint sides, 20% rear and moonroof
- door bump strips removed
- "323" rear badge instead of "Protege5"
- black rear badges

Lighting:
- Helios 6000K HIDs
- Silverstar turn signal bulbs (front)
- LED turn signals retrofitted into taillights

Interior:
- Silver trim pieces painted gloss black
- Greddy counterweighted shift knob
- hand-stitched 4-seam shift boost (black leather, silver stitching) with matching e-brake boot.
- real CF covering the stock fake CF
- MSP pedals (03.5, the ones that say 'MAZDASPEED" on them)
- MAZDASPEED floormats

Audio:
- Pioneer Premier P880PRS head unit
- Kenwood Excelon front door speakers (the MSP ones)
- Infinity BassLink (the original black one)

Gauges:
- Stock 02 (not 02.5 like my car) cluster with DaveB polished rings
- NGK Powerdex AFX wideband Air/Fuel ratio monitor
- Prosport boost, oil pressure, and egt gauges (all electric)

Misc:
- Beltronics Vector 985 radar/laser detector mounted up at the driver sun visor and hardwired.
Miscellaneous
- TWM short throw shifter
- Kartboy shifter bushings
- Kartboy exhaust hangers
- black painted intake manifold

Some Fluids:
- Redline MT90 gear oil
- Redline 10W30 full synthetic motor oil
- animal safe coolant
Credits
Thanks to Mazda for making such an amazingly fun and at the same time functional car!

Good luck everyone! :) :) :bigthumb:

There goes the neighbourhood,,lol... ^^^ sweeeeeeeeeeeet.

Does that red top work with the factory hold down bracket?

Red tops come with a 1" plastic spacer that sits underneath them to make them normal sized. you can almost sorta see it in that pic of my engine bay. It's the red piece at the bottom of the battery.

alright, here goes.
2007 mazda3 2.0L, 5spd mtx

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and yes, i often park on an angle in my driveway lol

exterior:
-17" msr 138 rims.
-205/50/R17 kumho ecsta supra rubber
-blue LED license plate light
-red painted calipers

interior:
N/A

engine/performance:
-fujita F5 cold air intake
-magnaflow catback
-eibach sportline springs

other mods:
-blue LED glove box light
-xenon headlights bulbs
-2 12" JL W3's, with a kenwood amp

future mods:
-20% or so tint
-prolumen HID's
-grill, eyelids, front lip
-painted engine bay (still debating this one)

i see busted water balloons on the ground!

haha ya. thankfully my car was not in range... i parked it across the road. my sister had her bday party sleepover the other day... her and 5 other 15 yr olds....

You guys are going to have to do better than that is you want to beat me out....hahaahah

Oh yeah big tough guy shooting his mouth off behind his laptop. lol

I'm just waiting for KrazieFox to post up his new turbo installed yellow banana, thats if hes back from vacation. Keep them coming guys / gals. We need some more chickies in here.

ok heres the winner:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...e50201l1ra.jpg
na but a different one none the less...heres my whipper

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ya i know she is dirty but ive done 2 auto x events this week and havent had time to clean her

Here's my POS Protege5.


http://www.msprotege.com/members/Natey/5-7-6/ord5.JPG
Above: Ft Ord, a defunct Army base near Laguna Seca raceway.
Below: N/A FTW!!
http://www.msprotege.com/members/Nat...a%20header.jpg
Below: At the Mazda toy store.
http://www.msprotege.com/members/Natey/ard_N8.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...83_43_full.jpg
Above: DGM front lip, Canadian (black housing) headlights
Below: Fun time at Laguna Seca! (Did I just get passed by a station wagon??)
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...83_45_full.jpg

Mod list:
2002 Protege5:

Performance/bling:
JIC FLTA-2 coilovers
DGM front lip
Volk Racing LE37Ts wrapped in
215/40-18 Parada Spec2's
AWR 21.5mm rear swaybar w/ endlinks
Injen CAI
Wagner "shorty" header
JIC Bullet exhaust
CP Racing triangular strut tower brace
KartBoy Shifter/bushings/knob
SS brake and clutch lines
JDM tail lights
Polished valve-cover
CAD spec headlights
20% tint all around
5300K McCulloch HID headlight kit...After 4 dead ballasts, I gave it up and put in Silverstars. Steer Clear of McCulloch!!

Audio:
Alpine CDA-7897 HU
Focal Polykevlar 6.5" comps.
Alpine F-400 amp for highs
Rockford Fosgate 700s
2 12" RF HE12s

Interior:
MP3 pedals
Polished gauge rings by DaveB
Hand lathed Billet antenna
Wet Okole custom neoprene seat covers

Other stuff:
assorted wiring tricks(windows work w/ no ignition, fog lights come on w/ no headlights, killed door chime, etc.)

^ Hows the ride quality on those JICS?

^Terrible with a capital T. Great on the track, though. :)

I'm going to post some G'd up pics of my 1992 Audi...I'm BALLIN'... BLing to Da Bl1nG

That's what I like to hear

subbin

+234432223343425477889879

You guys just wait. In two weeks when I get home and can download pictures normally, I'll put you all on the trailer!!

This concludes the lesson in trash talking for today. Thank you.

Here is mine. The pics are a little out of date, I have made several changes and mods since then. So this is just to wet your pallet a little. I will try and get some new pics up soon.

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MAZDASPEED777
Dan

ENGINE/PERFORMANCE
OBX headers
E3 diamond tech. spark plugs
Magnacore spark plug wires
Duralast batterie
Port&Polished intake manifold w/VTCS removal
Thermal intake manifold spacer
Custome cold air intake
TWM short throw shifter
Kart boy shifter bushings
Weapon R coolant overflow tank
Painted valve cover, strut bar, batterie tie down
TB coolant bi-pass mod
Custome EGR tube
Rear strut bar
Performance Kevlar brake pads
Nexen tires
Carbon fiber oil cap
Mazdaspeed axleback
Weight reductions
Gatorback belts
Weapon R torque damper
NRG carbon fiber hood dampers
Apexi 1 air diverter plate
Removed cruise control

EXTERIOR
Blacked out headlights
Blacked out taillights
Billet upper and lower grill
M3 mirrors
Custome flame paint detail
Roof rack removal
Removed side moldings
Removed vinyl window coverings
Catz spot fogs
Yellow zenon builds(high, low beam, and fogs)
Black tinted altezza tails
Blacked out sidemarker lights
Billet intenna
DG carbon fiber eyelids
Painted rims
Painted calipers
2 forum stickers on rear hatch(reprezentin!)


INTERIOR
Corksport Mazdaspeed gauge faces
Gauge rings
Chrome gauge background
DG carbon fiber dash pieces
Carbon fiber ebrake handle
Kartboy weighted shift knob
Painted headliner
Painted pillers
Painted center radio surround
Painted center console
Painted gauge surround
Mazda spair tire sub
Razo carbon fiber peddals and foot rest
Polished alluminum door sills
Yellow interior bulbs
Carbon fiber Mazdaspeed logo
MAM door lock bazell
Redline goods custome designed ebrake boot
Custome dual single din gauge pod(thanks to sport20)
Autometer carbon fiber voltmeter

Some of my new mods are:

New complete stereo system which includes new deck, component speakers with custome made fiberglass door pods, and eventually two subs in the rear with a custome made fiber glass enclosure.

DG motorsports carbon fiber gauge bezel

MAM catless midpipe

Apexr1 air diverter plate

carbon fiber hood dampers

I should have made my mod list longer by putting things like.. belts and a disconnected coolant line as mods ;) good stuff, though of course I can't see the pics while at work.. I'll just have to imagine haha

2 Eagle RS-A tires rear
2 OEM Dunlops front
2 silver/amber 194 side markers
1 Kartboy short shifter & bushings
1 Mazdaspeed Protege shift knob
1 Nardi Tornio leather steering wheel
1 Viper alarm
1 Weezer license plate frame

they watch me rollin! they hatin!

k here we go again...

ENGINE:

Fujita F5 Cold Air Intake
Buddy Club Racing Condensor
GTSpec Front Strut Tower Bar
GTSpec CF Engine Radiator Cooling Panel
Monzsta's Timing Mod

WHEELS & TIRES:

Motegi LC5 (Teflon Black) 18x7.5 45mm offset
Falken Ziex ZE-512 225/40/18

SUSPENSION:

Eibach Pro-Kit
Mazdaspeed Sway Bar Kit

EXTERIOR:
OEM Rear Lip Spoiler
Tint 35%
Axela Badge
Acura RDX Antenna
Shaved door moldings

SOUNDS:

Factory HU
Infinity Kappa 6x8 Front & Rear Spkrs
Alpine MRP-F450 75x4 4 channel amp
Alpine MRP-M450 400watt channel amp
Alpine 10" TypeR Subwoofer

LIGHTING:

XTEC HID Kit 6000K
XTEC Raptor DDE Lights
Xenon Store Led Fog Lights

http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j2...y/axela172.jpg
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If you saw my ROTM pics from June on the www.mazdas247.com forum you have seen these pics. Yah I suppose I should take those kind of mods off my list.

Also one of my new mods is a removed cruise control:3way:

aw man, guys. give me a break.

nothing says "best in show" like a nearly stock 2nd gen-er...

Exterior:
-"generic 90s aftermarket [14x6 same as stock] rims" (as my friend would say)...we bought it like that

Interior:
-really cool Pioneer CD deck
-really cool Kenwood amp
-JL Audio 10W0 sub

Engine:
-Spectre (oh ya, baby) cold enough air intake (well, parts came separately)

Handling:
-front strut bar (supposedly OEM from Japan...bs, long story, but it works)

In the ultimate get-lost-in-the-desert color combo (beige/tan), I present to all of you...a sweet ride:
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...7&d=1183875891
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...8&d=1183875891
https://www.mazda3club.com/attachmen...9&d=1183879842

Lolz!!

Since this got off to a slower start last month, lets just let it roll till the end of July and we can pick our favorite.

I'm too lazy to enter ..

^^^ And we are all waiting for your submission.....tick tock, tick tock

I'll post mine up next week..... I'm S.O.L. this week.

hurry up already!!
i cant wait to see some pics of ur car!!

i already posted some the original owner sent me of it in another thread.

oh i was hoping u were going to post pics of ur speed6....

speed6 pics.

woohoo!!
arent you pushing like, 340whp on that car now?

C'mon man, keep up! Matty's Speed is gone. On the other hand, I still have mine thank you very much. And once I get home, provided I am allowed out of my gf's grasp, I have some recently purchased tasty bits to install which I will be more than happy to share pictures of. Maybe even some pictures of the Mid-Ohio Touring Car race I'm going to next weekend (provided I actually get a relief), in another thread of course.

lol what?
the speed6 is gone??... geeze im so out of it....