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install thread - 12/5/2007 4:48:54 PM

wsoape281

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subscribe here if you want to see my full install. here is the start. the car is a bone stock 2002 protege 5 except for the carbon fiber grill and stainless shift ball. here is the car. and the aftermarket parts. i will show some install pics as these things get installed, but i am waiting for motor mounts and exhaust wrap.

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RE: install thread - 12/5/2007 4:52:00 PM

wsoape281

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that is an AEM cai with a dryflo filter, OBX header, stiff shift bushings (can't remember the brand), MSP short shifter, and platinum +4 spark plugs.

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RE: install thread - 12/5/2007 4:53:42 PM

jaimie08mazda3

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your new car... you smashed up your other one right?

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RE: install thread - 12/5/2007 5:32:27 PM

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yeah, the old one met it's final demise when a lady ran a red light while i was doing 40. there was no chance of me stopping.

but this is the new one. the wife kind of forced me into getting it in white and it has grown on me. i will mod this one for the next year or two until the new rx-7 comes out, then she can have a heavily modded white pro5.

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RE: install thread - 12/5/2007 6:47:08 PM

jaimie08mazda3

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k if that was my car i would have cried. as for the mods.. better not to do them till spring time.. because judging from your picture you live in a place wehre there is snow. which is why you should put mods on in the spring. because if you get alot of snow there is really no point in it.. but i bet that your car will look good after all that. that and be faster..

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RE: install thread - 12/5/2007 8:34:24 PM

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i was on the verge of tears for DAYS after it happened. i think the only thing that kept me from breaking down and crying is the pain medication that i was on afterwards. i am in houston texas where you can go out on your front porch christmas day in flip-flops and shorts so the weather doesn't effect my installs much. in the spring i am planning on putting a carbon fiber hood and spoiler, both OEM style, and getting it painted to match the 2007 rx-8 white. i think i may rip off the roof rails and paint the top black to match the hood and spoiler.

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RE: install thread - 12/7/2007 10:21:44 AM

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i think it will look good if u take the roof rail off and paint roof black. i wanna do that to my 00 sedan with carbon fiber hood and trunk

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RE: install thread - 12/8/2007 11:24:37 AM

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yeah, that is the only reason that i would like to have a sedan. they don't make an actual, full-framed carbon fiber hatch for my car. if they did, i know they could sell the hell out of it.

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RE: install thread - 12/9/2007 5:44:24 AM

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Not only because I own a white 3 do I say this, but I think P5's in white are soooo Hawt!!
Red ones (w/CF hoods) too.

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RE: install thread - 12/9/2007 7:31:41 PM

wsoape281

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thanks. i got the windows tinted this weekend and i will have to put up pics when i do the install.

does anyone want me to do writed ups on any of my work? i know a lot of people have problems with motor mounts on these cars, so i think that i will do a photographed write-up on that, but does anyone need one on the header, intake, shifter, or shift bushings?

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