Looks amazing! I want to put in a recomendation for the grille... keep the rectangular part of the original grill and just cut the inside part out. then put in the mesh u have to fill in the gap. That's what I did with my old Protege and it looked great. I've seen another member do the same thing, I forget who it was though.
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Originally posted by SpoolinPro93Looks amazing! I want to put in a recomendation for the grille... keep the rectangular part of the original grill and just cut the inside part out. then put in the mesh u have to fill in the gap. That's what I did with my old Protege and it looked great. I've seen another member do the same thing, I forget who it was though.-------------------------
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Originally posted by pigeonwell if you're a fan of inaccuracy and uncertainty.... then by all means, go set your timing by feel and sound
while you're out there, you might as well adjust your air/fuel ratio by smell... and your tire pressure by ride height
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Did you buy those headlights brand new or pull it at a junk yard? How much custom work did they require to fit?
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dude that looks sweet! one question, what clears are those on there?94 Protege DX. Custom Intake. Kartboy Short Shifter. Grant GT Steering wheel. Shift knob and boot. Autometer tachometer and air/fuel ratio gauge. Eibach Pro-Kit and Tokico ZX2 Struts. Fog lights. Assorted neon lights. Rebuilt motor.
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Looks nice
I know what you mean when someome asks you how did u do that and when you tell them all the cutting u did, there like thats ok. The cool thing about it is u be the only Protege in Skokie with those lights.
Heres a close up picture of the lights on my 323. Had them on my car for three months now.
This 323 its' a frind of mine. I had put the projectors on and a week later they stole the car. He got the car back ,but they took the lights, rims and side mirrors. Tomorrow where going to put another set projectors on, but the black ones.
Last edited by foreword; 03-06-2004, 12:23 AM.own: 91'323 w/ angel eye projectors & 1.8 DOHC all motor
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The Mirage light look really nice, but I couldn't justify a '94 front end conversion just to make them fit.
Here's two pics that I took during the install. In the second pic, I've put arrows at all the places that required cutting or some sort of modification. I doubt you'll be able to use your stock headlights once you slaughter the car like that.
Darryl, I did weigh the headlights and the BMW ones are 3/4lb heavier. Not that bad, considering that I've probably reduced a lot more weight with all the cutting.-------------------------
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Originally posted by pigeonwell if you're a fan of inaccuracy and uncertainty.... then by all means, go set your timing by feel and sound
while you're out there, you might as well adjust your air/fuel ratio by smell... and your tire pressure by ride height
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Originally posted by whistlerman, the gap between the lights and the clears are not very visible, are they??
if they are very visible, what do ull plan on doing to reduce the gap??
Identity_X got any pictures with the lights on?Last edited by foreword; 03-07-2004, 03:30 PM.own: 91'323 w/ angel eye projectors & 1.8 DOHC all motor
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I actually did not modify the corners at all. I know what you're saying and it's probably a good way to get rid of the gap, but here's what I did with my headlights and it turned out pretty well:
Modify light so the corner can get attached to it:
Here's how they go together:
And the result- minimal gap and a solid way to hold the corner in place. Once on the car, there's no movement at all:
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'03 Mazdaspeed Protege #235
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Originally posted by pigeonwell if you're a fan of inaccuracy and uncertainty.... then by all means, go set your timing by feel and sound
while you're out there, you might as well adjust your air/fuel ratio by smell... and your tire pressure by ride height
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