Anybody here of this company?

[Chuck]

Scuff plate

Where else good we get this?

Man they do look sweet.

http://members.shaw.ca/wwwtrading/

[Bumble G]

They look nice.

too bad thier temporary site sucks. No contact info of any kind.

[mronions]

RE: the scuff plate....
I was just checking this out last night on the www.protegeclub.com message board. Door-Sill thread (http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12591)

The place that manufactures these things can be found at..........hon-yu.com (http://www.hon-yu.com.tw/frameset2.htm)
Here are the pertinent excerpts from their discussion on a group buy situation currently in progress: ( it's lengthy)

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Is the "set" of door sills all four of them? What's with the two sets of prices - is that $38 front and $25 rear or something? IMO, it'd be silly to have just the fronts, no matter how cool they look.

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It's gonna take a pretty good group buy to offset that $200 extra ($160 duty charges plus $40 shipping) - not to mention the cost of then shipping individually inside the US - these things might wind up being $60+ per set (front OR rear - together, upwards of $100) once all is said and done. at .7 cu/ft each, the 35 cu/ft shipping container is for 50 sets.

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I got the same response, $38 is for all 4 neon sills
$25 is for the one with out the neon. The prices are great, but the shipping is a B$%ch. We need to start a group buy.

Protege5 door sill plate with E.L. light ---------- USD$38/set

Protege5 door sill plate without E.L. light -------- USD$25/set

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Sunridge Mazda here in Calgary has another set for sale, they are the indiglo and say "Protege'5." I think they're asking $210 CAD.

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To anyone who is interested in the door sill, I know the Canadian distributor. Give Stephen a call at (403)888-9289.

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I have just spoken to Stephen with WWW Trading Ltd. in Calgary (Who Sunridge and Kramer Mazda gets them from). If there is a big enough order, he will sell them to all Protege Club members at the following price:

1999 & Up Protege Sills (Set of 4 pieces) - USD$75
1999 & Up Protege Sills with blue light (set of 4 pieces) - USD$120
2002 & Up Protege 5 Sills (set of 4 pieces) - USD$75
2002 & Up Protege 5 Sills with blue light (set of 4) -USD$120

Shipping will be extra. He will ship it by UPS for USD$15.00 flat.

For anyone who wish to order them he has over 1000 sets in inventory. He can be reached at (403)888-9289 or email him at wwwtrading@shaw.ca.

Hope this information helps everyone who is interested. I have it on my car, it looks COOOOOL!

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This is good information, but the price seems a bit high. This guy is going to make a killing if we buy from him. It is my understanding that they can be bought for $50/set plus shipping for the EL ones. Or maybe that is for the standard ones. Can anyone confirm if this is an alright deal?

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OK, here we go...

Each set is an average cost of $32. There are 50 sets per 35CuFt "Crate". The Freight on that "crate is $200. Total for one "crate":
32x50=1600
Freight=200
Total = 1800 or $36/set
So, if we buy 50 sets off this guy at $100/set not including shipping he is roughly making almost a 200% profit. That is not a killing? I wish I had $1800 to get a "crate" shipped to me so I could sell them to you all!

I am just ecplaing myself, that is all. I understand this guy runs a business to make money and he is obviously doing a good job at it. It sure as hell makes it easier to buy off of him instead of trying to go another route.

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Maybe if enough people are interested we could also initiate a group buy situation utilizing this pre-info.....? The scuff plates look very nice in either the indiglo or the simply plain metal versions. Hope this helps.
Door-Sill thread (http://http://www.protegeclub.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12591)

[03bluP5]

Wow, that last post was long. Smoley hokes.
I picked up the non-illuminated ss ones @ Kieswetter Mazda in Kitchener. They are $149 - not cheap, but they don't look cheap either. They make the car look classy, especially a dark blue or black car. Wouldn't be as noticable on a silver or white car I think. (Oops, sorry Ian, just noticed your car is silver - just my opinion though - you obviously like the look.)
Personally, I feel illuminated ones will only work temporarily as the rocker panel/door sill area gets wet and grimey on a regular basis and this would short out anything electrical in time, unless they are some space-age indiglo waterproof invention. Besides, do we really need lights on our door sills?
Kieswetter offers 15% discount to TOProtege club members. How you go about this, I don't know, as I had them installed on my new car, but you can contact Steve Craig @ 519-653-2540 to discuss. They will arrange shipment if you're not interested in driving to Kitchener/Cambridge.

[mronions]

Hey,... thanks for the info 03bluP5!

Yeah, you're probably right about them not "showing" too well on a silver car, but I think it'll be a subtle sophistication that just adds to the classy-ness of the car.

[Fhemto]

This topic is in the wrong section, no wonder I never saw this thread.

Is anyone else interested on this item?

[KDawgONE]

I was at Kieswater today and the DO look really good. They have "PROTEGE" ones too aswell as the P5 ones, hell, they have them there for tributes, mpvs, miats....

[Fhemto]

Do they have illuminated ones? if so, how much?