'02 Bj-II hatch!
 

hey guys! newbie, ben!
this is my ridee!


http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/...ens1stCar1.jpg

How she started!

http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/...3196214171.jpg

the wheels

http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/...C04320copy.jpg

wheels on the car

http://i1254.photobucket.com/albums/...7/DSC04314.jpg

Future mods:
Lowering!
possibly a CAI
re-styled number plates (should be here sometime nextweek!)
Ecarboy Grille (hopefully here tuesday!)
exhaust
then some other subtle changes.

Mods:
clear side indicators,
scuff plates
kenwood sound system
16' mazda genki wheels
sprayed calipers now!

I've always wondered what the Mazda2 Genki rims would look on a Protege/Astina, but I must say they do look awesome! Nice car colour too!

yeahh i like the wheels too! ever considered painting them a different colour ?

Rims looks great, nice BJ mate.

i have thought of it, but at the time i'd prefer it to be a little bit lower. but the drive way is my main concern.. :(

cheers xenon8!

concerned about the drop in the middle of the driveway ?

at the top and bottom, it goes garage ( _/- ) street not that steep ofcause but it's an indication

I just had to have a play in photoshop ;)

http://i1186.photobucket.com/albums/...80/Lowered.jpg

i want that! i want! so bad :(

do itt! maybe not thatt low.. ahaha
getting up the gutter is sweet.. and the driveway dip doesnt look to bad from the photos

i'll take a better photo tomorrow for you smurfy!
it's not the decsent it,s the levelling out part.

So the car scrapes in the middle when the driveway changes its incline? Is that what you mean?

Sorry for my ignorance if I'm not understanding correctly :p

pretty well, so it goes from a down hill gradient to flat again. it's hard to explain..

park it where you think it will scrape and measure the clearance..

Ahh fair enough, definitely take a picture of it sometime! :)

i shall tomorrow! :)

Nice wheels man! I had been looking for those Mazda2 wheels for a while but couldn't find any!

Whatcha talkin about! Theres millions of them here...

Wheels look great - i've been looking for a cheap set for a while myself!

i got mine for 400 with 90% tyres!

Where did you find these?!

Welcome! Car looks good! Cant wait to see more :)

P.s, none of you pussies should complain about driveways until you've witnessed mine. Thats 1000% the reason why mine isnt dropped on its ass, it basically rips off my exhaust now :p

Poor Ben...:p haha jokes! Sucks when such factors prevent you from lowering the car.
The end of my driveway gradually rises up (before the curb) and gets to a point where its just a little higher than an average speed bump, then drops down to street level. Now my car is friggin high off the ground, yet it still manages to scrape; not heaps but enough. I'm still lowering my car though, it'll just be parked on the road for now... :rolleyes:

Some driveways are ridiculously high, the house that I rented before, I scraped my front bar every time I go in just a little bit faster than normal (stock height) because the street was pretty busy during peak hour and I didn't want to slow down traffic behind me so I can slowly get in the driveway :D

Just modify the driveway ;)

xeon, a guy off ozmazda, i knew what i wanted he had them for sale and then i got them! haha easy peasy

I liked our old driveway better, was flat as a pankake all the way through... Then the council decided to make a footpath, ripped up the end of the old driveway and now we have this one. Stupid council!

And thanks for the info Ben! I'm keeping an eye out for similar rims, but no luck so far :(

just keep looking!
you'll find some just look on all the mazda forums something will come up.

welcome ben.. liking the genkis on it !!! needs more low and you'll be set

i need alot more low! haha
i'm set on superlows, it's just getting in the garage

SP-20-DB is selling a set of superlows ;-) pm him see if his still got them

Ive got a spare pair of superlows for the front but not rear :-(

hahaha wooden planks ftw

yeah dane still has them, i was going to buy but not yet as i'm still unsure if i'll fitt

Protege and Astina springs are the same AFAIK :)

if i fit in the garage? haha
not in the car

Whoops :p

I'm a bit slow today..... haha

haha! we all have those days! :)

Not for all springs IIRC. Some springs are wagon/sedan only but I may be mistaken!

Well not only but using one vs the other makes the car look different.

so, i received my grille this morning, got home from school to see if it fits, before i paint it.
and it doesn't, what do i have to do to make an Ecarboy grille fit?
it's like buldged on one side so it won't fit in

Im pretty sure that theyre fibreglass, and if it is you could probably (easily) modify it to fit with a bit of spare time and the motivation :)

Also was the grille for a 1.6/1.8 or an SP20?