BH owner newbie

[nomad]

I would just like to say hi to everyone...I have been a lurker years before and was able to find your forum again, then decided to register. You have a great site, volumes of information to go through here.

Here is my humble ride, currently in the Philippines being used by the better half as I am staying in the US for a few months:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/Nomad%20Protege/NomadMazdaProtege-resized.jpg

Had invested a lot into putting MS parts plus other upgrades, plus the paint. This is an old picture and had since changed the wheels, lowering springs, lower catchplate struts and engine swapped to JDM BP-ZE 1.8L. Here is a side shot I have:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/Nomad%20Protege/RSRJDMShoxDrop.jpg

[RustyKaos]

Welcome to the forums and a very tidy and nice car.

[marcs_sp20]

Welcome to AGT!

Saw those photo's posted on mazdas247.com a couple weeks ago, very clean BH you have :D

[NaughtyGT]

Welcome :) & very, very nice! ;)

[70NYD]

hello and welcome :)
correct me if im wrong but that looks like the 1.8T AWD version of the bha that i have seen only once before :eek:
very very tidy and nice car man :)

[project.r.racing]

sexy!

[Rupewrecht]

Welcome to AGT, nice BH :)


correct me if im wrong but that looks like the 1.8T AWD version of the bha that i have seen only once before :eek:


No such thing. 1.7 4WD diesel, or 1.8 4WD, but no petrol turbo variant in FWD or 4WD.

[70NYD]

ok my bad :) i read it on another forum AGES ago and i believe u posted the photo dan haha (i assumed it turbo cus of the pretty scoop)

[Rupewrecht]

ok my bad :) i read it on another forum AGES ago and i believe u posted the photo dan haha (i assumed it turbo cus of the pretty scoop)

Yeah, that's the TDi scoop :)

[70NYD]

:) i want that drive train haha

[nomad]

Thanks for the kind words, I consciously made it clean and simple..."loud" cars is not for me, so I focused on the interior, engine, and sound system.

On the AWD BH, I have heard about that too...but sounds like an urban legend to me, I've never seen one but have an AWD drive train in a BH is something to dream for. :-) BTW, the entire hood from a JDM TPIC turbo diesel.

[nomad]

ok...i am trying on new shoes, i'd be glad to hear your thoughts. go or no go?


current:
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/Nomad%20Protege/RSRJDMShoxDrop.jpg

new shoes (sorry, used a phone cam):
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/NomadP452.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/NomadP453.jpg

...missing centercaps, and maybe one of those blue lightweight kyoie lugnuts.

[Rupewrecht]

They look good :)

[project.r.racing]

They are sexy and I want a set.

[marcs_sp20]

Are they MS01S rims? Looks like a set of gold driftteks with MS stickers :confused:

[project.r.racing]

What ever they are, they make me horny.

[nomad]

Great! good to know you guys agree with my choice...old shoes are DTMs from Japan. New ones are Rota P45F that were manufactured Oct 2009 about 30kms from where I live ha ha ha.

I had MS-01S in mind when I got these shoes originally in bronze, then had a good friend work on it, he specializes in dressing up rims, and this set is a fairly simple one. I'll get new Pontenza Adrenalins for these shoes and take better pics. Much thanks guys, greatly appreciate it.

[nomad]

And yet other sets of rims recently acquired; I should stop buying these junk. :)

Mazdaspeed Astrals (came with MS BHA - 1996 to 1998)
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/323%20DROP/NomadonMSAstrals15s.jpg


MS-01 refinished to gold
http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/323%20DROP/NomadMS-012.jpg

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/NomadMS-013.jpg

...and latest addition to the family: 1997 Mazdaspeed BHA @ 65K+ km, got it from a bank manager who uses this as a weekend car, with ALL the MS stuff in it!!! MS steering wheel, MS Eibach Springs, MS Shocks, MS strutbar, MS bodykits, MS Wing, blah blah blah:

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a278/nomad_xtreme/PulaTrack.jpg