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 Posted: Mon Dec 18th, 2017 09:48 am
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 This is just an initial post. I've had my 2003.5 Mazdaspeed protege for almost 6 months now, Its been a fun car, and a ton of work. Its #2750/2750, hence the last, and the protoge was the first car to carry the "mazdaspeed" title. 


Some details on it.

The turbo charging system put together by Callaway cars - The people who do the corvettes.


The exhaust and suspension were done by racing beat


The body kit was made by Roush. 






Its one of a kind. the wheels are no longer green, that was just plastidip, and it came off. I need better pictures of it. I'm not really good at photographing, but I do run a youtube channel with a lot of video over there. 



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 So the wheels are silver now, I assume?



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 mhoward wrote: So the wheels are silver now, I assume?



Originally they were gun metal grey, but that has mostly worn off it a lot of places, and where it has it is black underneath. I need to get the wheels refinished, but That's a big expense. I don't want to go after market, since these wheels are quite rare, and I would hate to give that up. 



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 Would it be possible to get the matching paint color from a body shop or shop supplier?



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 mhoward wrote: Would it be possible to get the matching paint color from a body shop or shop supplier?



Probably, But I'm not sure if I want to go original, chrome, or some crazy color. They do need the curb rash cleaned up though... the PO was a teenager, and I swear he it every curb he came within 50 feet of. 



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 Sadly, that is the case when teens are handed a nice car without having and skin in the game... they use and abuse it.



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 So true, as a parent, I won't buy my kids a car. They have to buy their own cars.

I picked up a set of these http://amzn.to/2CaAF2g to start replacing the vacuum hoses with, a lot of them are pretty old and a few I've found cracked, so just going to start replacing them as I go along. along with some control arms going in this weekend. Bushings are shot, and need to be replaced.



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 My father gave me my first car, but I took care of it. But then, that was in the early 1970s (I'm 62). My son insisted he wanted to buy his first car and he did... a sweet 1999 Ranger XLT Extended cab 4X4. He knows how to spend money, but he takes good care of his stuff.



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 Wow! After watching you move so fast, I am thoroughly exhausted! LOL Nice video! :)



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 Edited your post to embed it, thanks for the video :)



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Here's another update. I should really put some music to the sped up parts. 



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 I've been slowly working on it, as time and money permits. its sitting in the garage costing me nothing (but taking up a lot of room, which annoys the wife). 

Here is the last picture I took. most of that is not bolted down just sitting in place for the picture. 



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 Wow, I haven't updated this in nearly a year, but I've posted a TON of new videos, for the work I've done, Playlist here:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9dqUkYjhVz-EvxoC_t7fM98C_dSwxpun

This is what I finished today:



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from a few weeks ago.



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 Close friend of mine has one, I think its a 2003 maybe. Charcoal grey in color. Its like showroom condition with light mods and has less than 16k on the clock.. STILL SMELLS NEW!

Fun car's. Basically as close to a slightly-watered down Cosworth Escort MK IV you can get on US soil in my opinion



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Close friend of mine has one, I think its a 2003 maybe. Charcoal grey in color. Its like showroom condition with light mods and has less than 16k on the clock.. STILL SMELLS NEW!

Fun car's. Basically as close to a slightly-watered down Cosworth Escort MK IV you can get on US soil in my opinion
it would have to be a 2003, since that's the only year they made them. 
If he wants to sell it.... Let me know... They are getting rarer all the time, but don't have much value.



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