big wheels
 

i have 20's on my 2002 protege 5 and it is a great smooth ride!

pics?

not yet, waiting for my camera to get fixed. i shall have pics soon

whaaaaa 20's thats crazy but sick i would love to see the pics

yeah man, i'd definitely like to see that one too!

20's on a protege 5 that is sick are they chrome or racing style you will need a turbo just to pull those rims

I hope you upgraded the brakes cause you added a ton of rolling weight.

A guy in our local protege club is rolling on 19's right now with a 2" drop he has NO rubbing issues. Althought he did mention how much slower his car was now ad that he gets eating alive by anything he tries to race.....for me the cost outweighs the benefit!!

yea it will get slower for a couple of reasons. First the added dimention of the wheel and also because of the weight.

Here's a good example:
Let's say you change your wheels from 16's to 19's. And the wheels you bought are LIGHTER than the 16's. Even though the wheels are lighter, the weight you added is farther out to the edge therefore the rolling weight will increase and HP decreases. I saw this on a show and they demonstrated with a dyno run, then changed out LIGHTER larger wheels and larger LIGHTER brakes, the car actually LOST hp cause of the weight added to the outter edge of the rolling mass of the car. This is not opinion I saw it happen. One dyno run right after the other.

I agree....He admitted it slowed his car up a lot. I informed him that they needed to start selling turbo kits with a set of big rims like that to make up for it!!

my car
 

here is my car the way it sits now.
as u can see this is not an mazda front, i have put on an 02 honda accord front and fenders, hood an 1 piece headlights, please let me know what u guys think of my car.

is that a R32 GTR front bumper or the kit that was made for accords to look like the skylines?
It's diffrent but i kind of like it.

wow, thats crazy...paint it all to match then i think it'd look good.
Big thumbs up for doing something totally creative and new!

that is the skyline r33 front for the accords and slr fenders

yea im trying to finish all the body work before i paint it and shave the tailights and the whole roof things and then i might be done till i think of something else