2003 Mazda Protege5 Walk Around
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- First video only fitting for the car that has cost me enough money for a house down payment. This is the walk around of my 2003 Mazda Protege5. It has been modified inside and out. Under the hood and under the chassis. Very close to my heart, I daily this car and have taken many trips with it across the country.
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thanks for supporting Signature Products! Looking forward to getting your coolant tank done and seeing how the intake manifold looks once installed. great job on the video.
"it handles better than it accelerates" lol Mazdas in a nutshell tho...cool video man
Isn't that the truth. They will kill a corner which is handy since they get smoked on the straights. haha
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Just got mine today and already obsessing over it haha
Just wait. Look up Funkalicious Protege5 on Google. The guy that built that did so much work for mine. Signature Products. Its dream worthy.
I was looking for a Genesis but I found one of these near me now I can't wait to go pick it up. Nice vid btw I could learn from you.
Well thank you. They aren't fast stop light to stop light, but you for sure don't have to slow down too much around those corners. I have had a ton of fun in it especially since I started auto crossing it.
Rage Fueled well my first car was a protégé and it was fun, second was an Rx8 and its being swapped for obvious reasons, so in the meantime Im going to invest in a reliable daily :)
"For obvious reasons" lmao very nice. These are very good. The 2.0 FSDE is a good little engine if you don't go about boosting it.
Nice Bro i have a crap Protege' 5 i bought for 400 just replaced the shifting assembly and the trans and clutch. slowly but surely i will keep investing. ordered lights and tints coming soon. prob plasti dip stock wheels til i get your type of money. thanks for sharing. Beautiful Engine btw. dope all black. like the yellow foggers
Thanks buddy. Appreciate the compliments. I have been working it over for about 18 months. They can be really nice for little wagons. Don't expect to go fast unless your forging and boosting which I am not. My next car will get that treatment. This is my daily. No more rear seats or AC. Fun and sporty. Quick enough to get in trouble but not enough to get hurt.
Good day to you sir. Am wondering if you can answer my question
hey this is probably a dumb question, but idk alot about cars...what's the gauges on the driver's side called if I want to buy them? what do I look up? Thank you
That is called a pillar gauge pod. I bought just the pod from a guy on the facebook pages. The gauges I ordered separately and wired them all in myself. I would look on the appropriate parts pages on facebook. That's the best place for stuff like that. I know a guy selling an extremely rare carbon fiber interior set on there.
My miata got totaled this morning. A utility suddenly jumped in my lane... Always wanted a hatchback & want to keep it mazda so I have been consider this as a daily is it realiable?
The non turbo cars run forever. Just keep them maintenanced like you should. There are lot's of people with over 250k on their cars. The engines are very tough. The speeds tend to blow more. They need a tune to survive even 7 psi if ran hard. I have 150k on mine. The last 20k have been hard miles. Me racing and running it hard. Sorry about you miata though.
Rage Fueled Thanks for the reply man good to know, & really appreciate it
You're welcome. Good luck to you.
I own an 02 p5 and i love it, ive had it for 2 years now and other than issues that werent told to me by a previous owner ive had no issues with it once i had gotten those parts replaced. The only pain in the butt with these things id say is changing passenger side bulb for your headlight because of the resivuar (cant spell that word) thats in the way.
went and bought a 2002 protege5 last August. new bugs I had to work out, but she runs like a dream. looking to possibly turbo, any suggestions?
Daniel Grim the MSP turbo parts will all bolt on. You can safely run 6-7 psi without risk. Anymore than that you risk zoom zoom boom.
thanks. will definitely look into that
Hit up JP Perera or M Patrick Ryan on the FB Mazda Protege Parts page.
Looking nice. Very clean not ricey. I personally like handling over speed. Obviously I like both but if I had to choose...handling
Appreciate it. It does good on the track with this setup. I have my FRS that will be fast enough for me. In fact, today on my way home I got this little Mazda to 122 haha. Poor thing was struggling.
Rage Fueled nice. And most welcome. Are you gonna mod the FR-S? I have a soft spot for wagons. Granted I own a rare lancer sportback wagon...04. Handles decently, not even the ralliart.
Yes. It will get a half cage, JDL turbo kit, full exhaust, etc. Goal is around 325 hp to the wheels.
I have always loved wagons. I really wanted them to make the FRS Shooting Brake concept come to life but I don't think that will ever happen unfortunately.
Rage Fueled haha, yeah I'm thinking probably not going to be a shooting brake design.
Unfortunately. I suppose I will have to make due. Haha
what kind of suspension do you have on it? coilovers or lowering springs
It has Tokico Blue struts and eibach prokit springs. 22mm AWR rear sway bar.
where did u get ur 4-2-1 header
It is off a Probe. You can order one new from ebay. Mine was used that already had a magnaflow resonator made for it. It does take modification on the midpipe because the header is a lot longer than the stock one or the 4-1.
mine accelerates like crap too even with a new trans lol
Were you buy the fog light ??
How run the cat converter with a header ?
R34 those fog lights are oem with a yellow film over them. I have since replaced and relocated them with led lights behind the lower grill.
I do not run converters on this car.
what type of blue paint did you use for the interior plastics?
It was a metallic blue rattle can from Lowes. I sanded heavy and used etching primer.
I cant decide whether to buy a Mazda protege 5 2003 manual with low compression on cylinders 2 and 3 for 1000$. What do you think about it and is it worth buying?
Success51 if the body is solid, interior is good, then it’s worth it. Especially if it will still start and drive.
did you change the ignition coils and wires out? Looks like the coil/wires outta my 99' 1.8L protege
Yes I did. It has a 626 valve cover and the coils from the 1.8.
Wondering why... the position of the coil over the manifold tends to cook it every 50k ish miles... Ive had to replace mine twice already.
A couple reasons, first it is a much cleaner look and I don't mind replacing for the sake of a clean bay. With the header I'm running I'm hoping the heat will disapate a little better but I doubt it. Second is because the 1.8 coils have a slightly lower resistance. I'm doing a NA build on it so I need all the help I can get. Haha
How did you do the rear wiper blade delete?
I removed the wiper motor and blade. You can use a wiper delete plug from an Acura I think it was.
How did you do your PS delete?! I want to build my ES 2.0l N/A too
Basically followed the flyin Miata depower how to for a Miata. It’s so much better.
Nice Subie
Tyler Russenberger very funny haha
Your car has changed quite a bit since then
Yes it as. Basically the whole front end changed. Grills lights etc. lots under the hood changed. Interior. And STICKERS haha
Yes it has. Basically the whole front end changed. Grills lights etc. lots under the hood changed. Interior. And STICKERS haha
Just got a Mazda protege do you think 18 inch rims will fit
kibwe king oh yes. You have to run a really low series tire but lots of people run 18’s. Especially off the rx8. Just check your fender roll and offset before you buy wheels.
Where did you get the egr valve tube from bro
lalalala that my friend is a Home Depot special. It’s a 24” gas line for water heaters or dryers.
Thanks couldn't tell perfect home depot here we come
lalalala the 24” fit perfect for me. Best of luck!
Thanks bro
By the way nice ride I have 02 with klze engine swap v6
Do You think 16" wheels would look weird on this car?
WAKE VASH , 16s are slightly larger than the stock 15s. so not much of a difference..
This car has stock 16" wheels. I have 17" Enkei for the summer.
So what's numbers is it running now? Thanks!
It's a slightly less slow version of a slow car so don't expect much lol Last time I checked it, it ran the 1/4 in 15.2 at 79. It would probably be high 14's if I ran it now. Nothing impressive and frankly I am a little embarrassed to actually say how slow it really is. This car is a corner killer though. I never planned to have straight line speed with it.
Yeah man who cares how fast it is, my E46 325i is nothing special, it's all stock and likely not even making what it originally was suppose to but who cares. It's the way you drive and that counts, the car you choose to drive is purely personality and that's the fun part. If we all drove Porsches then people who drive them wouldn't matter because most people who own them don't drive them fast or with finesse anyway.
You're not wrong. I drive it very spiritedly and with manual steering and the upgraded shift linkage, it's a blast to haul ass in. I've never driven anything that feels like it does. That car probably lifts a rear wheel in a corner at least once every time its driven.
Do you know anyone who is a protege specialist?
Check the Facebook groups.
My dad says he'll give me his 150k miles but I'm not sure if I have room for another car right now
Lane Boy if it’s in good condition I’d take it. They’re amazing drive little cars. They’re getting harder to come by in good shape.