Shasta

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

_Kansei_

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.





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Link to cardomain page (very outdated)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 ****
- 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!

Shasta

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

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

_Kansei_

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.

dentinger

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





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)

black

i see busted water balloons on the ground!

dentinger

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....

Shasta

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.

jzoomer

ok heres the winner:

na but a different one none the less...heres my whipper





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

eggynatey

Here's my POS Protege5.



Above: Ft Ord, a defunct Army base near Laguna Seca raceway.
Below: N/A FTW!!

Below: At the Mazda toy store.


Above: DGM front lip, Canadian (black housing) headlights
Below: Fun time at Laguna Seca! (Did I just get passed by a station wagon??)


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/****
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.)

Shasta

^ Hows the ride quality on those JICS?

eggynatey

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

Roddimus Prime

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

_Kansei_

That's what I like to hear

mazdaspeed777

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