Simply put, ProtegeGarage was dreamt up, started up and is run to this day by the same types of people that view this site - the Mazda enthusiast.
ProtegeGarage was founded in 2003 by Ken Miller and Bryan Kaminski, with the goal of bringing the best parts and customer service to the Mazda community - whether it be aftermarket performance or replacement parts, OEM spec equipment, accessories or otherwise. As we enter our third year of business, we have been voted as and ranked the #1 Consumer Rated Mazda Site on the Internet according to Top Mazda Sites.
You can feel confident that when you shop at ProtegeGarage, you have the wealth of personalized support and experience you will not find at bigger box stores on or off the internet. The staff at ProtegeGarage is dedicated 110% to Mazda performance and is backed by years of personal and professional experience with these vehicles and the parts that go in them not only to fix them, but make them faster!
In early 2008, ProtegeGarage redesigned the site and went with a faster, more secure host to better and safer serve our clients. Part of this included large increase in exclusively stocked merchandise to reduce lag from dropshipping. We look forward to improving overall service and response time, expanding our selection, bringing new products to market and continuing to serve the Mazda community.
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Dont Take Our Word For It - What Our Customers Are Saying About ProtegeGarage:
Thanks Ken just want to let you know that this womnt be the last thing i buy from protege garage -Eduardo
thanks alot ken, your store rocks
p.s. my wife hates you for making me spend our money
haha -Matt
Thanks again for taking care of all this for me and making sure I got what I paid for. You dont know how many companies I have dealt with who would never even try to get me the right item because they completely assume that they always send the right thing no matter what. Let alone pay for the shipping and resend it this quickly. I really appreciate the support and quick responses that you give here and in the forums. Your company is fantastic, keep up the good work!
- Nick C.
Protege Garage is super best most happy vendor (poorly translated from japanese)
I have dealt with PG 2 times They have exceeded my expectations both time (2nd time was out of stock but kept me informed, gave me options, and shipped in a timely manner) if you no likey the web ordering thing just call ken, he is most super excellent
I ordered my gauge pod a few months ago with no problems at all!!
Definitely order from them. Got some springs and an intake mani from them, awesome customer service.
Protegegarage is the shxt. Ordered rotors and pads and asked them if they could ship quickly as I had a race that weekend. Ken called I missed his called and I still got the parts within 3 days. When I get more money I will be ordering from them AGAIN and AGAIN.
I called and ordered from PG and my experience was great! I ended up calling them. They said it would take about 2 weeks for me to receive it because they have to fabricate the midpipe and all. I received in 10 days! Hoping to install it tonight.
You have nothing to worry about i have dropped about 4 grand in my motor and all was spent at his site, and this was all within the last 4 months and i have had no problems at all and got my stuff quick.
Ordered a motor mount online, yesterday something was wrong with my information and Ken called me personally less than 12 hours later. I would and will do more business with ken and PG
I have dealt with ProtegeGarage before, and it was the best experiance I have had with ordering parts in my 8 years of building cars. I wish more automotive vendors were like this.
Thanks Ken, appreciate the quick response. Will be working with you
guys soon for my next purchase. Have a good weekend. -Jordan Greenwood Ken, I just wanted to say thank you for trying to contact me. That would make
you guys the first company to ever try to work with me on such short notice. -Derrek
As long as PG keeps selling parts. I will keep buying them.
AWR motor mounts, Injen CAI, Tokico Blues, Eibach Lowering Springs
AWR 22.5 Rear swaybar, PG Big Brake Kit, OBX headers. probably missing
something but the list will get bigger as time goes on.
Always good customer service and will always help a brotha out,
never had any problems with any of the parts coming through Ken.
You are the man.
God I wish I lived closer to the Shop- Mike Zelusky
I just recieved my badge on Wednesday and I wanted to thank you for your
service, the badge looks excellent, no scratch or anything. I will reccomend
you and make future purchases. - Nick Sondagar
Received the boost controller today. Thanks for all your help Ken. I have bought numberous products from you in the past two or three months, and I know that I havent left any feedback for them. The thing is I havent installed them yet. I wont forget bud. If I ever manage to get the turbo on, I will leave feedback and reviews for all the products on your website as well as in the review thread on the forums. I do sincerely thank you and your staff for every thing that you all have done and for your dedication to the Mazda community. Protege Garage rocks!!! - Adam Murphy
I have ordered a lot from Ken - AWR mounts, Underdrive Pully, Big Brake Kit, Clutch anf Flywheel to name a few...and i have had no complaints at all. Communication has always been excellent and i usually get what i ordered before i expect it. And if there is an issue (although very seldom there is) Ken is quick to fix it. Awsome person to work with. i very highly recommend him to anyone looking for parts. - Justin Thorkildsen, United States Military Academy West Point
I made my first purchase from protege garage and I must say that Ken and his buisness are the best I have purchased from. Not only are the prices pretty much a steal but the time turn around is awesome. Ken goes out of his way to make sure you are taken care of. If you are considering a place to purchase quality parts, why not purchase it from a quality company like protege garage. Im glad I did. - JD
Ken is really THE man! I ordered form it a pricey AWR parts and they all been shipped quickly to my house in Quebec, Canada. Best of all Ken find AWR parts that even AWR doesnt have lol! PROPS TO PROTEGEGARAGE!
ken is quite simply put amazing. I was in a huge bind and needed arias pistons stock bore 8.5 to 1 compression in 1 day and he was the man to accomplish this. Where i was DENIED service from Streetunit, ken was there to overnight the pistons for me for only 10 bucks more. Best thing about it was that they were in stock! It took me 2 months for my first set of JEs to arrive, and now i get these arias ones in less than a day. Kudos to ken and protege garage for being an amazing vendor whose know-how, and dedication to the protege community is head and shoulders above the rest. Good stuff ken! PS this comment was in no manner coerced or elicited in any way (unless you consider offering great service a coercive measure!)
-Bryan
I just ordered from Protege garage the Customer Service was great but i was going back and forth between two companys on the best and Protege Garage blew the other one out of the water with the price difference. So i thank Ken 110 percent he was such a good help and i recomend Protege Garage to anyone who is ordering parts to talk to Ken. - Phil
Hey Ken, just wanted to write you an email saying thanks. ive been in this situation before where i ordered something and i had to fly out of the country for a couple months and when i came back and called the business - they didnt have a clue and wasnt helpful. but i can tell that youre a man of your word and great business ethics. so thank you ken. - Chris
Protege Garage is def the best place to purchase the AEM boost controller. Ken was right on top of everything. - Blake
everybody in the forum said that your awesome
thanks - Edgar M.
Ken, Matt Grey here, I got a Injen CAI from you recently, its working beautifully.
Cheers, Matt from Australia
hi ken - just received my mazdaspeed bumper cover, looks stunning, and packaging was A1. im really pleased with the excellent customer service i received, as well
as your fast delivery! thanks, will buy again from you ! - Simon E.
thats great and thank you for the quick response, holy crap i have never gotten a reply that quick from any car site before - Bryan L.
Hi ken, this is craig t here. i talked to u earlier today, and gave my
order over the phone. thank you ken, u do a great
service for the protege community. - Craig T.
i will do buisness with you again thats for sure cause i know that everyone on the forums at msprotege have no probs and i always read up on good remarks. thanks for everything that you can do. - CB
I ordered the Hiboost kit (www.hiboost.com) last week and Im getting everything lined up for the installation. Really looking forward to it. - Jon G.
Thanks again for a quick and painless transaction. I cant wait to get my hands on those gauges! - Jon
ALSO THE SHOCKS LOOK GREAT THEYLL BE GOING IN NEXT MONTH. - Jamie
hi Ken, thank you very much for the update and thanks for your help.... looking forward to do more transaction with you in the future.... regards, Silas
Hey Ken thanks so much for the great service. I recieved the kit right before
the long weekend so I can drool over them until I get them installed. Anyway I
belong to a Mazda 3 forum so I will talk your service up to the other members.
Hopefully I can steer some business your way . Thanks again and Happy New Year - Brian B
I appreciate you taking the time to do this for me, you know how a customer for life - Liffick
Got the intercooler today, and installed it today too. Thanks for the great deal. I`ll always be checkin your signature on the forum for links. - Eric B
Ken, I received my package yesterday. Thanks again for a seamless transaction. - Duane
Ok, so now that everyone got to open their presents, I can give Ken his much deserved credit for getting me the part that I needed a.s.a.p. My fiance has a mazda6 and always wanted the angel eyes. Case closed. Ken had it to me in 4 business days, two full weeks before Christmas. If that wasnt enough, he corresponded five times to let me know the status of the order through every stage. I highly recommend and will be doing business with him again. Once again, thank you, Ken. Sorry it had to wait til she opened the present, but she loves em and the transaction went as smooth as can be. Everybody happy. - Sean
Just wanted to drop a few positive comments about ken/protegegarage.com
I needed some oem parts STAT and i got them as promised. Got me driving Mrs. Garrett sooner than if i had to source parts myself. Excellent pricing as well. Thanks again!! Pleasure to deal with. - Tony
yes i can comment on ken as well too, he shipped me my struts quickly without any problems and a great deal as well, thanks ken! i always recommend you as a seller when people are looking for things, dunno if thats helped business at all but every word of mouth helps.
I have bought many things many different times from Ken, and every single time I got the product way before I thought I would. Always has super speedy service and is ready to help in any way. Thaks Ken for everything and I will keep my business with you for a long long time. - Joe
ken is great ! i bought my motor mount from him and he made sure that it arrived to me in an orderly fashion. great vendor to deal with and good prices, too ! hell answer any question you can pose him with, and he responds promptly
I just recently purchased a replacement foglamp for my MP3 from Captain KRM P5 of Protege Garage and couldnt be happier. First off, must I say, this has to be the easiest, most smooth transaction I have ever had on any message board. The shipping was fast, the item was WAY cheaper than what my Local dealership wanted, and the communication to the Capn was painless. Keep up the good work Captain and Protege Garage, these experiences are why I still come to this forum. - Erik
Ken I have to give you thanks also, because you were always able to provide me with helpful information. When I made my purchase from you were quick to process the order and get it shipped. So I wanted to thank you for the hours youve sat there and answer my questions on aim and the great customer service. I would like to let everyone know that this community is very lucky to have a vendor that is a good as Ken is. But I look forward to my further purchases from protegegarage.com!
great vendor!! i bought the obx header several months ago and it arrived in a fairly timely manner. i attemped to buy some lights also, but ken had problems with the manuf. and couldnt get them to ship. he kept me updated and gave me my money back when he couldnt get them. i have no problem ordering from protegegarage again.
Ken is an absolute pleasure to deal with. Entirely knowledgeable and heck, hes a mazdalover himself, HE KNOWS YOUR CAR. Everything Ive ever ordered from him has shown up MUCH faster than Id ever thoguth possible. Plus his prices are difficult to beat, and even if you could, it wouldnt be worth it. Whatever you need for your car, CHECK HERE FIRST! - Paul Y
Ive purchased a few items from Ken, and Ive always had top-notch service and pricing. Being in Canada can make shipping things a little more interesting to say the least, and hes always done his utmost to get the most cost-effective and quickest alternatives. I recently purchased the Mazda3 leather shift-knob, and even with shipping and exchange, his price was nearly half what the local dealers were asking. I also got the OBX header in one of his more recent group buys, and when initial shipping arrangements didnt work out as planned, he didnt hesitate to go above and beyond to get it to me as quickly as possible. Great vendor, excellent pricing and service, and a fellow Mazda addict to boot - what more could you ask for? - Andrea
Ordered all my stuff off Ken so mine will be complete real soon just minus the rear spoiler. Give him a call if you want to do the conversion I looked around he is the best choice. - John Jones III
I just placed a decent sized order with Ken and everything went smooth as glass. He is an awesome guy and great vendor. - Charles
Thanks Ken you are the guy to goto for protege parts. - John J.
Protege Garage Intake Manifold Is Awesome - Well the manifold is on and yes I know there is another thread for this but I just wanted to say my peice. Power is awesome. you can feel the torque from the get go. The pull is great, feels very strong. Install was a breeze for tech that did it. Said it all went together smooth. Sounds better to!! ALl in all the best mod I have done aside from the MAF relocate but that was free so you know how it is.
I received the Mazdaspeed shiftknob today. Thanks a bunch for the very fast shiping. You guys are great. I only placed two orders till this time, but there will be much more to come. - Pat
Thank you again! This is all very helpful information, and it is well
appreciated. - Justin
ken ,the header and inserts just got here.. looks great.. ya if the pads are
wed i can put them on that night before we leave for the weekend... ken ,
thanks for the good service, and getting back to me.. i bought a midpipe for
another company a week before the first order with you and still have heard
nothing,over a month... they wont even respond to my emails....ken youv been
great, i will buy from you anytime - Jason S
Received Exhaust Thursday. Installed Friday. Everything went great ken,
great shipping, Killer Exhaust, Great Product, Thanks alot. will order from
again - Max
Ken is the man.. Ordered 3 gaskets to use for my MAM manifold install at 12 on Tuesday. I come home from work on Thursday and there they are waiting for me. And best yet at a still reasonable price. Thanks - Paul
thank youi have received the engine mounts thank you for the speedy
delivery. - Josh G
i ordered an HVAC control unit from ken. his is the cheapest by about $10 and the shipping is included. also included are the 2 cables that manually change the venting and temperature - i was told by other members they would not be when bought from the dealer - which made it much easier to install. so my 02 p5 ac works on ALL four fan settings!!!! ....another protege garage happy customer. - Chris
again Ken you are the sh1t and I really appreciate your help in getting me the ECU and should I ever need anything else I will def. be getting ahold of you - Adam
dude, i am glad i bought the begi fmic - its all good. I have been matched up with msps with the same boost but different fmic and i own them by a car or more....ha ha its the smallest but packs a punch - Sander H
All my conversion bodys parts I got off Ken. I got my shift knob, intake gaskets, sway bar kit, struts, strut bar, short shifter, eibach springs, motor mounts, fog light brackets, MSP front calipers, MSM oil cap, and thats all I can think of for now. Whenever I order somethin from him I dont have to worry about if I will recieve it or not or if I made a mistake cause he has never disapointed me. - John
kens a great guy so is matt. I ordered a clutch, flywheel, and manifold.
great service, fast shipping, overall great company. #1 in my book - Pete
Got my OBX SS Header today, great shipping, great product! Cant wait to order more on Friday! - Chris
Just got the guage rings installed PERFECT. Ken is THE MAN. - Blake
good thing that I bought the motor mount from you. If you want to the old one, I took pictures of it and posted it in the p5 section. I didnt know it was worn out, I simply got the mount to help with vibration of the exhaust. Thanks Ken looking forward to the midpipe. - Adam
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