Big Hairy Gino

Yay or nay? I like it. One of the cleaner ones Ive seen as most of them are pretty ricey.

LDY KLLA

front mount and lipped rims FTW

FuzzyLS BRO

that does look clean, the only thing i'd do to it would be to take off the front emblum, it'll look 10x cleaner. MS paint chop yO:

Big Hairy Gino

^ +1

Thats a Protogay5 Front bumper and I just noticed the shaved moldings or do those cars not come with moldings?

JDM_gsR

Also take off the windshield sticker.

Big Hairy Gino

^ and tint...

Smartass pHO

The eyebrows have to go

engsr

That looks more like an 03.5 MSP sans the STi wing.

They don't come with mouldings. At least mine doesn't have them.

Jonn - do the fog lights annoy you? The more I look at mine, the more I want to take them out.

Big Hairy Gino

I dunno, I kinda like the fogs..the more I look at them the more I want to paint them. But I dont feel like taking off the bumper and ----..

engsr

It's not that hard to take off, actually. Doesn't take more than 10 minutes, from my recollection. You'll need to take it off anyway when you do the retro.

JEFFOS69

I like it.

PoLiShPrInCe

its clean

marty18

Eyelids have to go. And I'm not such a big fan of that colour for some reason.

Buff4Prez Yo

iTrader: (2)

if you do take them out i think vince will buy them off you

clockwerk

still a protogay

JDM_gsR

Those bumpers come factory on a Mazda MP3 and the Mazda Speed

Eyelids do have to go.

Big Hairy Gino

MP3 Yes, MSP no, MSP 03.5 yes. It kinda throws it off since it doesnt have the wing. Usually the regular sedans didnt come with wings so I assumed it was one.

Ive seen regular Protege Sedans do the P5/MP3 front bumper conversion.

engsr

They all use the same bumper. The difference in the 03.5 MSP is no fogs and that big *** lip on the front.

Looking at that pic again, it may not be an MSP - the lip is different.

Big Hairy Gino

I know MSP's didnt have the fogs, to my knowledge the only ones that had the fogs were the MP5 and MP3 right?

The yellow one I originally posted could be either a regular sedan with the MP5/MP3 front with boost or just a MSP with the MP5/MP3 front. Im not sure which though..

The lip on the yellow one is the Autoexe Lip, I know this for a fact because Im putting one on the P5 today.

FuzzyLS BRO

^oh is that the lip you got?

Big Hairy Gino

Yup, its gonna look sick with the drop thats on the car right now.

engsr

Wow, and here I thought you weren't going to mod the P5 ...

Big Hairy Gino

^ LOL I didnt think I would, but it was like driving an SUV everyday..it pisses me off!!

At least now I can actually say I "somewhat" like driving it. Im on the hunt for the Autoexe grill and some Mazda 6 or 5 Oem wheels.

Solid GSR YO

Solid GSR YO

FuzzyLS BRO

hey john, do we need to drop the bumper for that?

Big Hairy Gino

For the lip?? Nah! We just need to drill holes into the lip and the fender lining and throw it on. I need to buy a couple of bolts as well.

engsr

You might as well drop the bumper so you can paint the fogs.

FuzzyLS BRO

i got bolts yO

marty18

I'll say it again BHG. Look for the RX-8 rims!

Big Hairy Gino

Sweet!!

RX-8 Rims are way too big. The ride quality is probably ***** on those rubberband tires. Plus its gonna slow the car down quite a bit, its already a dog on the highway as it is. It fills up the wheel wells nicely though. I love the look of it.

team_AMAZING

This guy at my work has one just like that in black. With the front lip on it, looks mint he has 18" stock mazda wheels not sure from which model. His is turbo'd supposedly real fast. Looks mint, i should get him to swing by a meet sometime.

engsr

I've seen that car before - it's the RX-8 wheels. They're way to big for that car, though. The tires are literally rubber bands. I think his set-up is a tuned MSP set-up, but I can't recall.

tdot2gteg

it looks good for a protege. y r ppl hating?