After weeks of preparation, I’ve finally decided to proceed with a full Mazdaspeed manual transmission swap to my 2002 Mazda Protege. As many sports models, the Mazdaspeed Protege was a performance built car that can withstand considerate amounts of boost pressure and as a result outputĀ noticeable power. The mazdaspeed protege manual transmission is equipped with […]
I finished painting my front dash and door panels using plastic trim paint today. It was alot of work but I’m very happy with the black and beige theme. Here are some progress pics of the work I did today. I removed the two front seats to fix some rust yesterday and prepped the car […]
Long weekend update: Encountered some rust on my seat rails while prepping the interior for paint. So I ground off the rust to bare metal and painted the rails gloss black. The plastidip/clear coat combo isn’t holding up as expected on the door handles. So I will be painting my dash and door panels flat […]
My amazing gf bought me a set of racing hart wheels for my 24th birthday. š Thanks nando <3 Ā I couldn’t wait so I slapped these on to see how the car would look with new wheels. New tires, rotors, pads and a front caliper are on the way.
After a weekends worth of wrenching with the east side crew, we finally finished lowering and installing the 5 lug swap. Thanks for everyone that came out to help me with this project and special thanks to Gary and Kat for coping with me… I really appreciate the time and effort everyone put in. We […]
1147kms and ~17 hours of driving later, I came home from Montreal today at 1 am. I got a chance to meet CMQ member and pick up his 5 lug conversion and a new/used protege for my friend. In all the trip was pretty awesome, just the drive home was brutal since I got caught […]
Here are some recent progress pics of the open mouth grill. I just made some cuts to accommodate my sickspeed horns and get the face of the grill symmetric. I left a 1.2″ gap all around except for the 2 edges of the open mouth; 1.25″. Before: After: Ā Next up will be to apply […]