RaiderFab Bumper Fitment Fix for Mazdaspeed Protege Development

[Raider]

Had the pleasure of doing some R&D on 2003 Mazdaspeed Protege lady weekend. Front bumper had several measures to keep it flush with the body, but it never worked well. Took a couple pairs of my 1st gen Mazdaspeed brackets as did some testing, along with the American Made Quik-Latch.com latches. First day was a successful proof of concept. Will need a better way to secure it to the body. A little more hardware is needed. But the idea is that 2 MS3 kits will give the 3rd Gen Protege a better bumper fitment without rubber bands or even rivets. If all goes well, these will be added to the Mazdaspeeds.org Store!

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[Littleloogy]

Looks good, but it does seem as though you got a little carried away with that drill on that fender.


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[Mauro_Penguin]

Looks good, but it does seem as though you got a little carried away with that drill on that fender.


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That's what I thought too at first glance, but those were from the owners previous attempts at a bumper fix.

Nothing some ricey carbon fiber band aid shaped stickers cant fix.

 

[Raider]

Looks good, but it does seem as though you got a little carried away with that drill on that fender. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

I blame @StealthWyvern, he did it.

 

[StealthWyvern]

I blame @StealthWyvern, he did it.

I like to think you did it.

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[Littleloogy]

I like to think you did it.

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#RaiderFail


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[StealthWyvern]

#RaiderFail


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To be fair i had a bracket riveted in place because that area of the bumper the tab is completely gone but I still like to think raider got carried away.

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[Raider]

Life got in the way, but I think a pair of ms3 Gen1 brackets and some hardware will fix 3rd Gen Protege! News to come!

 

[Raider]

2 years later...

Progess!
Mazdaspeed Protege Owners! More testing completed on a 2003 MSP. Using a 1st Gen MS3 RaiderFab kit and Quik-latch.com latches, we got a secured bumper! A set of stainless steel hardware to an existing hole in the fender got it held well. There is no crash at, fender liner, nor undertray, so a solution was needed. Will be installing 1 more latch, which will use standard QL-25 mini latch, up near the headlight. Drilling will be required however. Pretty excited for a production release soon! DM me with any questions!