My Protege, lowered! updated 1-25-2007

[deadly_sleeper]

well im not his ****ing gf i wouldnt know all that **** but i understand my stepdad is the same he dont want to lower his corrola cause of a bunhc of reasons i dont even hear him off lol

i'm not, but i know what kind of person he is.

i agree with spen. i like my car a little lower. i like to fill the gap. not a fan of wheel gap here. drives me nuts.

[daze]

i like my car a little lower. i like to fill the gap. not a fan of wheel gap here. drives me nuts.

i agree

[SPENONE]

i want to paint these wheels black...but i got no $$ for that at the moment

[deadly_sleeper]

i want to paint these wheels black...but i got no $$ for that at the moment

powdercoat. there is a place here, that will do it for $25 a wheel. you can use any of the hundreds of colors you want. and if you want a custom color, you add like $10 on top of that. that would be the best to do instead of painting.

[MazKid]

lower it more!!!

No thanks. I think it's the perfect ballance between handling, ride quality, and loweredness. Any lower and I'd need coilovers and don't want to mess with that. Not necessary on my Protege.

ps....whose probe? - i thought your brother had an older mx6?

That's my dad's '93 Probe GT. ~220,000 miles on the original clutch even. Bought it for $1K from a nieghbor back in '01 and it didn't run...needed a couple of new parts(can't remember what exactly) but we had it running strong a few hours after towing it up the street. Great car all around - it makes me want to own a Probe.

My brother does still have his '88 MX-6 GT Turbo. Rumor has it he's going to buy another and transfer all of the parts as his car is rusting out slowly but surely. He moved out back in the summer, that's why his cars are no longer at my house.

thats a nice ass rx 7 i just noticed it!!

That's my dad's '86 RX-7 base. $275 back in '96. The car was autocrossed and the engine blew, that's why it was cheap. My dad ordered a rebuild from Mazda, and got lucky. During a 2 week period Mazda somehow ran out of rebuilt 13Bs, so he got 1 of 20 brand new 13Bs in the country. Needless to say the car runs great and is a blast to drive. Sadly, my dad doesn't take care of the outside of his cars like he use to, so it has some surface rust and faded paint. But it drives amazing so I guess that's all that matters to him.

you kidding?!?! the only reason it's lowered at all is cuz he got good deal on the springs and struts. this is a person who doesn't want a car lowered or sees any reason for it to be lowered. doesn't make sense to me, just telling ya.

Now now, I see a reason for lowering a car. My Protege is supposed to be my daily driver, and I have to drive it in the snow and on rough roads constantly. I hesitated on lowering it because I didn't think I could lower it and still have a nice riding car. Once I learned about the S/R Eibach combo I wanted to get it, but the price for new parts put it on the back burner. So I waited, and as usual it paid off for me and I found a set with 3,000 miles for $278 shipped. What can I say?

Looks good. I like my cars a little more lowered tho.

I'm going to lower the Miata eventually...I want the eibach springs but fear my stock shocks are too weak for them, so I'm playing the game and waiting for a set of Eibachs and tokicos or similar to cross my path. It's destined to happen.

Or a lot more lowered . You outta get darker rims, they contrast too much with the black IMO. Still, looks simple and clean.

I like the contrast - I'm odd like that. I like the contrast of my Miata's grey hard top too. It's different and appeals to me. In a day when everyone seems to have black or bronze wheels, I'll keep my factory painted silver wheels on both of my cars. I do plan on repainting my Miata's wheels as the finish on them sucks...it's rough and just collects brake dust. They will be painted silver again though, this time with the clear coat Mazda should have put on them.

[MazKid]

i want to paint these wheels black...but i got no $$ for that at the moment

I like the white. I must be crazy, it looks nice to me.

I wouldn't mind having my Miata's wheels powdercoated but that requires removing the tires and then putting them back on, and even though I have access to a tire machine and ballancer at the shop I don't care to do it. Maybe someday...

[FE3-323]

silver on black is the sexiest combo you can have IMO

[Jho]

Looks great Ryan!

Like Chris said, get some EDM headlights, Familia rear garnish, and JDM rear bumper, and you will be all set.

[96ProDX]

just like mcdonalds.... im lovin it!

[Jho]

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