n00b from Los Angeles Ca
Hi All,
New to this site and figured I'd pop in and say hello. Hope you dont mind. :) Seems like a nice chill place. about my car: Mazda P5 5 Speed suspension: BC coilovers gt spec front tie bar gt spec lower 4 point ladder bar gt spec rear v brace and panel gt spec upper rear strut bar awr racing trailing arms awr end links racing beat rear sway bar xxr 002 16x8 +0 offset w/ Falkin 205/40 (mild stretch) -3.5* camber front about -4ish* camber rear lol performance: mp3 ecu mam catless midpipe custom modded stock airbox with k & n filter 1sty grounding kit racing beat rear axle back muffler kartboy short shifter with bushings no ice...bone stock. lol Im sure theres more that I forgot and will add as I remember. lol Still have some more work to do, but this is how she looks now. pics: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5095/...b40ae3ac_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5266/...c2b47551_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5103/...6abf8c1f_z.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5070/...050c1630_z.jpg a bit lower this past weekend: :) http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5226/...d994fb30_b.jpg http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5147/...3f55631c_b.jpg a local meet: http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5063/...3ea1c325_z.jpg hope its ok that I attached all these pics. :p |
Usually I'm not a fan of that much camber, but you pull it off well :)
Looks very well done, and welcome. :D |
i love the carpark pics. they all look like model cars.
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Welcome to AGT mate, didnt know you were a fellow Team Pro5 member as well!
Absolutely love the stance - sits perfectly, and yeah the car really does look like a model car in the carpark pics :p Cheers Marc |
thanks guys very much for having me here and for your warm welcomes. :)
usually, Im not a big stance fan myself either, however as I get older, I find that I just want to lay back and cruise. I have been to road racing school here in CA and have tracked my car many times. I have canyon raced more time in the last 20+ years than I'd like to admit. Now Im 42yo and would like a change of pace. So, I purchased these wheels dirt cheap, threw some tires on there, did some chassis adjustments and alignment, and now I have a whole new look and feel. Surprisingly, the ride and handling is much better than I thought. Coming from a road racing background, I thought for sure setting my car up this way would send it into a tizzy. Having so much camber on the street seems a bit odd for sure. But I was wrong. Car drives nice and straight, handles really nice and flat, and just seems really driveable. I aligned the front and rear to 0 toe and I have yet to see weird tire wear. *knock on wood* Not what I was expecting at all. So, yea Im happy so far. :) I get way more compliments now than I have ever since I bought it in 2002. hehe Sorry to jab on like that. lol Hi Marc! Nice place you got here. Mind if I stay awhile? :) Always been a fan of yours on 24/7 sir. Go Team Pro 5!! Oh, and yea, I love to freak people out with pics like that on meet pic. hahaha microminis haha! have a look at my cardomain. some older pics of how the car looked prior. http://www.cardomain.com/ride/223470...mazda-protege5 |
aw your Pro5 looks awesome. makes me want to buy one now :(
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Im surprised it was able to fit 0+ 8's on there! Whats the factory offset anways?
I smuggled 0+ 8's on my cressida and snug just under the guard, but that was with a factory offset of positive 22 Looks good. im a bit of a stance whore, you have some good poke, without going rediculous. |
Man loving the stance looks awesome. I could steal a few ideas aswell :P
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Welcome !
Nice car, and yes the two pictures below look like its from a little matchbox model cars lol Nice photo's ! Plus the picture with all the car - your one really stands out - lol - only yellow one i see Quote:
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pic look sick :)
saw them on your car ages ago on car domain |
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all of those cars you see are there for local car meets. good turn out! may even go tonight. Quote:
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Welcome to AGT! Love the tilt shift pics :)
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thank you! :D
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Welcome, love the pics that look like model cars! Do your tyres rub on the guards at all?
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thanks very much. :)
I dont hardly rub at all now. but when I first installed these wheels, I was rubbing over every little bump. so I added some camber, rolled/flared/hammered the gaurd/fenders and its so much better. It does still rub, so this weekend I'll apply some masking tape to the inside wheel wells, then drive around to make it rub so I can see where it actually is rubbing. weird there are no marks that I can see. hope that works. |
I noticed one thing about the P5s. You get a different rear bumper to us. Is it P5 only or all 323s?? I love it I want one lol.
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yes our rear bumpers stick out a bit further than yours. but I do like that underskirt you guys have that I dont. I want that portion for my rear bumper. hehe
the P5's and the sedans rear bumpers are a bit longer than our overseas cousins. :) |
recent pic. not great but I like it for some reason. lol
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5069/...3df9a9f6_z.jpg |
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