Trent188's SP20
 

Hey Guys,

After finally getting my car loan approved I bought my first car a blue 02 Mazda 323 Astina SP20 :). I bought it in april 2010 and am loving it.
Mods are slowly getting there struggling for cash on a first year apprentice wage as an auto electrican.

Mod List:

Brakes & Suspension
Front - Super Stiff No brand Lowered 55 mm
Rear - Lovells Lows Lowered 45 mm

Interior
Tuning Expert Alloy Gear Knob With Blue LED's
Tuning Alloy Pedals
2x 9 White SMD LED's In Roof Interior Light Sides With a 12 SMD White LED In Centre
Central Dash Backlight Changed to Blue Single SMD LED's
White 5 SMD LEDs Put In Glove Box
White Festoon 2 SMD LED Put In Boot Light
Instrument Cluster Back Light Changed To SMD LED BLue
Carbon Fiber Cluster Surround
Carbon Fiber JBS Customs Shift Boot
Short Shifter

Exterior
13 SMD LED Parker Globes
Phillips Crystal Vision H1 High Beam
6000K 35w HID H7 Low Beam
6000K 55w HID H3 Fog Lights
T10 Precision 5 SMD LED Number Plate Lights
Blue Valve Caps
Removed Black Side Trims And All Sp20 Stickers
Smokey Side Indicators
Black Altezza Headlights With SMD LED Reverse Lights And Indicators
Center Of Bonnet Sprayed Black
18" Mazda 6 MPS Wheels Powder Coated Black With Nankang 215/35/R18 Tires
Sprayed Front Grill Badge Black
Blue Mushroom Doll On Tow Point :)
LED Headlight Indicators
Carbon Fiber Streetline Stubbly Antenna
2 X Sickspeed Red Horns
Subaru WRX Front Lip
Sprayed Rear Spoiler Gloss Black


Engine
Injen CAI
Painted Matt Black Extractors Heat Shield
X Force Mini Cannon
Blue Mazda Speed Oil Cap

Audio
JVC KD-G845 Head Unit
Focal 6.5" 165A3 Splits In Front Doors With Custom Wooden Bracket
Focal 6" 165CA1 Speakers In Rear Doors
Kenwood 640 Watt 4 Channel Amp KAC8401
Kenwood 12" Subwoofer In Kenwood Box KFC-W3010
Fusion EN-AM4502 2 Channel Amp Bridged

Plans:
Paint Calipers Red Or Blue
New Steering Wheel Mazda MX 5
Blue or Black Number Plates
Front 2 Windows Tint As Dark As Back 2
Carbon Fiber Or Black Mirror Covers
Carbon Fiber Passenger Panel Above Glove Box
Hose Cover Kit

Pics
This Is What I Started With
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...nt188/car3.jpg
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...055105a2_o.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...g/DSC_0417.jpg

Installed a Sub
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMG_4042.jpg
Installed Rear Door Speakers
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMG_4041.jpg
Installed Front Door Speakers
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMG_4036.jpg
Installed Tweeters
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z38/trent188/144.jpg
Installed a 2 Fuse Splitter
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMG_4032.jpg

Cheers Guys

Need pics. Sounds like a good project car. I did the full blue led replacement inside the car but went back to normal as the brightness was lacking for usefulness. The black in the bonnet looks hot, just look at brisbane boys ride as he has done this.

Any performance mods planned?

Pics or bannage. (well not really but seriously pics :p)

What kind of rims should i get im tossing up between 5 spoke ones like these

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...nt188/sp20.png

Or black ones like these

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...mg7107copy.jpg





And with the door trim how do you take it off ? Do you need to paint where it used to sit ?

nice car man :) to take the trim off use a heat gun or a hair dryer with a tub full of patience. u wont need to paint it after u take it of assuming u didnt yank it of and striped the paint :p

Those black ones are in fact Mazda MPS 6 rims powdercoated black, and they would indeed be hot :D

so if i can find a set of Mazda 6 MPS rims they will fit in all proportions ?

yep, actually all the new mazda rims will fit our cars, you probably need tyres to remain within legal requirements ;)

is this going to fit ?

http://carmate.com/product_details.p...id=MZPRO02MNFG

because im thinking of getting this and making it black so it looks like this

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMGP1343.jpg

is any one selling an autoexe grill ?

for the love of god, stay well away from Carmate...

Check out ebay.com for protege grille

if u can make the trip to sydney than they arent bad to deal with, but dont go thruough post with them, they are total fuking bastards

Installed Blue LED Gear Knob, Central Dash Lights And Glove Box
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z38/trent188/064.jpg
Installed LED Boot Light
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z...8/IMG_4044.jpg
Installed Pedals
http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z38/trent188/138.jpg

thanks you just saved me a bucket load of money

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/86-95...item20b14aa93b

would that fit ? i know it says only up to 95 but couldn't you just attach it with out the adapter ?
or would some thing more like these be better ?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mazda...item439a44d919

if they fit ?

Grill:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-M...item20b105e0c8

defiantly buying a grill from the US but i am still deciding whether to make the car blue and black or blue and carbon fibre on the exterior. :)

Installed Crystal Vision Globes in hi beam low beam and fog lights.
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...g/DSC_0401.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...g/DSC_0416.jpg
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/m...g/DSC_0386.jpg

If your interested ill be making a big protege garage order in a month or two need to get some gear :)

Might be cheaper, would have to enquire.

Nice stance on it - lowered nicely :)

That's the grille i'm using in the pic you posted above, the seller is great to deal with, the only problem is the grille doesn't fit perfectly. There's a gap in the bottom corners and it took a bit of work to get it to sit level as it was a little twisted. Worth the money but not a great fit :D

For a short ram intake I'm now using this one. eBay intake. It comes with a K&N pod filter which sounds amazing. Much like this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpGN_PuFYyk Also given me a few more HP down low :D