Kev's '98 Protege Thread

[rusty]

thanks

[irishkev90]

Good info to know.

Also, I'll be picking up my wheels and tie bar in a few hours. Pics will follow afterwards of course

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[Turpro]

I'm grabbing your box today. hopefully this one is rugged lol

[irishkev90]

Hahaha, alrighty.
Also, I got the wheels and tie bar. Pics will be up the next time I get on a computer.

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[irishkev90]

Pics!

New wheels and tie bar:


Buckle up, it's going to be a long trip.


When I got home. Stuck the center cap in to see if I got the right ones. I did


I think it's seen better days.


You can still read this, though.


OEM Mazda center caps.


Oh no. It's just the paint chipping, though. No actual wheel damage.


Made by Enkei.


The whole gang. The color on the top two (especially the right one) is a little off (yellowish/goldish) compared to the silver center caps. The bottom two match perfectly.


Anybody know where I can find a refurbishment shop around upstate New York?

I might order one more from ebay as a fullsize spare.

[rusty]

Those wheels should look very nice, can't wait to see those installed.

[irishkev90]

Thanks. I want to get them cleaned up and matching perfectly before putting them on, though. I'll take a closer look at them tonight to see if they might just need a repaint instead of real repairs.

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[rusty]

Cool, hopefully just a repaint will be necessary.

[irishkev90]

After further inspection, it appears that a DIY repair and paint will be in the future for these wheels when the weather is nice. Only one wheel has some real damage to it, but still just minor scrapes at the edge of the rim. Some bondo or maybe aluminum putty will fix it no problem.

This the the worst of it all and it's not even that bad. It goes for about 8-9" around the rim (from one spoke to the next):


(I need an actual camera. I deleted probably 50 pics before finally giving up and using that one. The HTC Incredible has a great camera, takes amazing photos, but up close like that it just doesn't want to focus how I want it to.)

[rusty]

Doesn't look too bad at all, as long as they are not bent should be a fairly easy diy repair.

[monoxidechild]

does mazda, and enkei have some sort of collaboration? ive owned 2 sets of OEM mazda wheels that were stamped enkei. a set of mx3 wheels i had, and a set of 626 wheels had it.

[irishkev90]

Enkei is most likely Mazda's OEM wheel supplier. Or at least used to be, I don't know what Mazda uses now.

It also proves the quality of Enkei wheels. OEM wheels have a higher quality standard than just supermarket wheels. If a manufacturer can supply a company with OEM equipment, then their aftermarket products are also of a higher quality then a company that doesn't supply OEM parts.

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[Turpro]

I'm slackin bad bro. Sorry. I'll get the tote this weekend I swear. Your car will take on a whole new personality with new wheels showing off 4 wheel disks

[irishkev90]

That's okay, I'll have some other stuff to do until that stuff gets here.

Also, I don't think I posted it here, but I could be getting a g-series trans and some other small stuff to start a transmission swap. Still going to need the pedal assembly, clutch lines, etc. Can't wait to really do some work to this thing.

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[Turpro]

Rubbermaid ruffneck should do the trick lol. Picked it up today. Will get everything packed up and get you a full quote monday