After getting the calipers seals removed, I was able to get some help from my good friend at LLOYDS. He powder coats for a living, and he let me come over and give it a shot. First step was to strip the calipers to strip them and ready to be sand blasted. This is a photo of them fresh out of the stripper. Second step was to sandblast, that gets the surface rust off and the remaining paint and or impurities off and and ready for the powder. I have approx 60,000 miles on the car and the rod bearings went out and of coarse the crank is. I decided to go with a basic silver and alot of flake, and I added a hint of green just to see what would happen. 2003 Mazda MAZDASPEED Protege 4 Dr Turbo Sedan (2003.5). Rebuilding the calipers is pretty simple, but the trickiest part is re-installing the pistons back into the calipers. Initially I laid the seal on the piston and tried to press the piston in with the seal on it, and wrap the seal. It was very difficult and I ended up damaging the seals trying to put the seals on the ridges of the caliper. I watched a Youtube video, and found a easier method. Place the seal around the caliper, and then press in the piston into the caliper, and the seal goes right in place with minimal effort…. I was initially gonna re-use my Hawk HPS pads. Because I have been trying to find a harder compound, So I wanted to give the EBC yellows a chance. G-Loc makes a pad combo for the Mazda 6 calipers and P5 calipers in the rear. Purchase online or pick up at an Advance Auto Parts. The one thing about EBC is that they have a very intricate break-in period. Get 1993 Mazda Protege Trunk & Tailgate parts from our OEM and aftermarket inventory at a low price. The initial break-in period is 200 miles, and it continues on up to 1000 miles. Initially I wanted to sell the Work wheels, and get a set of RPF1s for the weight savings, and go down to a 16×7 from the 16×8.īut that 200 mile period will have it ready for use.įinal step for the brakes, was to get some fresh RBF 600. After a month they did not sell, and I didnt want to spend the money on a set of wheels if I didnt need to, so they are going back on. I went down in size from a 225/45R16 R888R to a 215/45R16 in the new Falken RT660 from Atlanta Speed Company. The R888R did well, but I have heard great reviews about the RT660s,and wanted to give them a try.Īfter powder coating the brake calipers, I was so addicted transforming things, I decided to get the Strut bar done. ENGINE TYPE: DOHC 16-valve 4-in-line, iron block and aluminum head, Mazda engine-control system with port fuel injection Displacement: 121 cu in, 1991cc Power (SAE net): 1 rpm Torque. Right now it doesn’t match what so ever, but when its all done it will make sense! We made a plan to start a transformation with everything and this is the main color choice with it all. I was finally able to source a long discontinued GT Spec rear trunk brace from a a Protege group member guy in Hawaii.
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Great upgrade from the Megan Racing strut bar. #MAZDA PROTEGE CAR THROUGH TRUNK UPGRADE# #MAZDA PROTEGE CAR THROUGH TRUNK UPGRADE#.
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