92 Protege, its a work in progress.

[92protege5spd]

Hi
Im a proud 92 Protege Owner.
let me know what you think.

I sure hope this posting isnt too long lol
its just been a long haul for My protege and I
Ive had her for over 3yrs and havent been able to drive her on the road.


Bought the car for cheap(100 bucks lol) it ran like garbage so I spent some time fixing the mech issues.
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then I decided to spend some time cleaning her up and fix whatever was wrong with the outside
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after a few weeks I decided she needed something extra to make her look a little different,
so decided to look into getting a body kit, with no success(no one makes a body kit for the BG series)

so I tracked down some kits for other cars
and found these
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of course nothing fit, the front bumper was way too wide, the side skirts were too long and the rear bumper was too small

But I decided to make them all fit, apart from the rear bumper, gave up on it and found another one
after a whole lot of fiberglass, filler, sanding and primer here is what I ended up with
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but I wasnt done there, Found a nice set of Alloy Nissan Wheels and primed her whole body
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I got tired of the colour after so long and found myself a couple spoilers
and here is what Im left with today!
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Like my title says, shes a work in progress, I still have a couple things I want to add/change to the body,
but need to take care of my exhaust first before I start adjusting things on the outside.
I had a bit of a mishap a couple months ago, I was driving her and catalytic converter got extremely hot, so hot that it melted the exhaust pipe off.
So Im stuck at that point, havent had time to fix it cause of work and lack of funds.
But on the up side of working so much, I'm finally coming up to a clearing in my schedule and a nice fat pay cheque next week
So I'll be taking care of the exhaust first chance I get

[bogaut]

that top spoiler doesn't look half bad. What's it off of?

[92protege5spd]

It came off a Protege 5

[night shadow]

Sorry but barf. Lose the kit and get some power.

[323Permin]

Hey Nightshadow you can be a bit more polite with your opinions ..

So its it not to your taste just say that .. no need to be hating on the guys ride.

He has done a lot of work on it to get what he has.

I dont see your Build thread .. how aboit you show what you are driving ... Hmmm !!

[MazdaNoob]

actually for body kits ( which i am not a fan of ) this isnt that bad . nice work

[Turpro]

Hey Nightshadow you can be a bit more polite with your opinions ..

So its it not to your taste just say that .. no need to be hating on the guys ride.

He has done a lot of work on it to get what he has.

I dont see your Build thread .. how aboit you show what you are driving ... Hmmm !!

Don't mind him. He's a bit of a Dick but he's a good guy. Everyone does have a right to their opinion though. If someone posts up their car they better be ready for positive and negative reactions. Ijs

Definitely not my cup of tea.

[tireboy]

I actually like the top wing .. welcome to c.p. i think i have seen this car on the street .. just can't remember where..

[night shadow]

Hey Nightshadow you can be a bit more polite with your opinions ..

So its it not to your taste just say that .. no need to be hating on the guys ride.

He has done a lot of work on it to get what he has.

I dont see your Build thread .. how aboit you show what you are driving ... Hmmm !!

It's just criticism relax.

[92protege5spd]

I forgot to add in my thread that I do have a cold air intake and a Greddy muffler(which is in my signature lol)

Thank you for the comments everyone.


@night shadow, your barf comment is a bit uncalled for. have you ever tried to find a body kit for the BG style? good luck finding one other than the one made by mazda lol
or try making one fit that is from another car or 3 other cars in my case. its a lot of work like 323permin said.
as for adding power, thats not why I bought the car in the first place, I bought it for fuel economy, plus it was dirt cheap.(refer to my signature if your confused lol)
Also I'd like to see what you have, shouldnt criticize if you have nothing to show for.

@tireboy, Thanks for the welcome. I doubt you've seen this on the road as Ive only ever had a couple permits on it since I got it and those were this year, unless you've been out to langley a few years ago. had it parked in my driveway at the house I was living in.

Just to update everyone, I took her in to Johnson's Custom Exhaust in langley, removed the resinator and had all new exhaust piping installed from the cat to muffler. He did an awesome job on it, let me look before he started and left the hoist up once he was done so I could see how everything looks before I left. she sounds so nice now!

[night shadow]

So at first you say you've had it for 3 years but never drove it then you said while driving it the cat got clogged. Which is it? And if you're really going for good mpg adding a big bulky body kit isn't the right thing to do. That kills the airflow. There's plenty of guys on here that will agree with me on this, when they added a turbo to their cars it increased their mpg. Why? Because the less the motor has to work the better mpg you'll get. Hell some big turbo people are getting upwards of 40 mpg. I'll give you credit on making the kit. Never said anything about your work. Big body kits aren't my thing and I'll say what i want because you posted your ride on a public forum. If you can't handle other peoples criticism then don't post pics of it. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. as for my car, I'm not ready to show it yet as its in a billion pieces being rebuilt and its going to be a few years before its done. Listen, I may be a little bit of a Dick but i have plenty of knowledge about this platform.

[93BlkOnGreenPro]

It came off a Protege 5

How did you attach it? And do you have access to a few?

Nice build and how many hours did you put into repairing that front bumper?

[The Pile]

whoa that body kit needs to go, i can appreciate the work... the craftsmanship is pretty good...

theres a reason that theyre isnt a bodykit for these cars.. or a million reasons actually

scrap the bodykit, get some stock bumpers, and put your bodywork time into making it look mint again and paint it...

bodykits and primer are soo... high school

[monoxidechild]

i def respect the work. but the front bumper itself is just horrible. but thats not your fault. that body kit looks horrible on every car ive seen it on. lol.

the OEM euro and JDM bumpers cant be beat. they flow with the cars, and arent made of ****ty fiberglass. that pro5 upper spoiler looks GREAT!! I even like the trunk spoiler. but it looks unfinished being not wide enough.

[Mazda_Powered]

welcome to CP! I see what you're trying to do, because trying to find stylish add-ons for the BG chassis can be either hard to find, or extremely expensive (as most bumpers for sale are in the U.S. so shipping would be murder alone), or not available anymore.

Keep in there man, I'm sure you're not 100% happy with the outcome so far, as you're constantly changing/upgrading things as you go...I'm sure the final picture will be more stream line and tasteful.