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Syflex has had AuxMod backordered for quite a while due to a connector availability problem. There is still no guarantee that it will be available in the next month or so, and I would like to get something earlier...
Any ideas?
Thanks
I have also noticed that while driving in the rain, I can see water drops strike the rear window. Which makes me think it's an aerodynamic issue.
I suspect that splash guards would help (especially on the back), but Mazda doesn't make any splash guards for the touring. So I'm screwed.
http://pagetuner.com/mazda5/mudguards.html
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Any help would be appreciated.
Also has anyone had the DVD player installed?
Now I did see a link to a european mazda part supplier that sold a rear splash guard, that I think may fit my touring.
269 CAD for the unit and 100 install fee.
Not bad considering it includes a displat screen and great remote. Get's excellent revuiews.
Worth looking at this instead !
Thanks.
I'm going to go with the Harmon unit as it seems a better deal and you can browse your artists/albums etc through the display unit. not bad for the price.
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Seeing how compromised the accessory roof rack is, I want to put my bikes in the same place. Just Google "Mazda 5 hitch" and you'll come up with a couple options.
The accessory roof rack doesn't clip onto the door frames with a tension system or anything like that--it screws into little inserts in the roof, which are in the rubber rain strips along the axis of the car. The inserts are only in one spot, so there is no fore-aft adjustability. PLUS, the load bars are very narrow, and do not extend out laterally past the towers, so there is very little "room" on the crossbars to mount accessories.
You could get two, maybe three bike carriers on there, depending on how wide they were. And you can pretty much forget about carrying anything in addition to a cargo box, if you put one there--you might be able to squeeze one bike mount if you got a narrow box (like a Yakima RocketBox or something shaped like it), but not a wider one. We're all waiting for Yakima/Thule/Saris fits for the car, but none have any compatible models that I'm aware of (and I check their online fit lists frequently). I'm not familiar with Packasport boxes, but good luck in your quest.
Earlier in this section someone was talking about doing just this, but I think backed out once he saw what was involved and what the rails looked like (IMO, they were butt-ugly). Some people have been trying to source the Euro-spec rails from across the pond, which has two problems: that proposition is expensive as hell, and the Euro-spec rails apparently aren't compatible with US-spec cars, anyway. So that route is pretty much a dead end.
Other people like the rails--I could personally take 'em or leave 'em, as I like the look of the car without them. I hate to use the word, but the lack of rails makes it look less "minivan-y". They would make the whole rack problem a non-issue, though, as your RailRiders (as well as comparable products from Thule and Saris) would fit perfectly. I would like a compression/tension-fit system from a major manufacturer, which would allow for more adjustability on the roof. I, and many others apparently, are waiting patiently. The Mazda rack is NOT on my shopping list.
My Product Planning contact and I went down to our parking lot and measured the distance of the side rails on the roof of the MAZDA5.
They measured in at approximately 39 inches. However my colleague did inform me that once the cross bars for the roof rack are installed they are adjustable and can be slide further or closer together. Once adjusted properly, this should allow you to use the box you currently have.
This sounds good, but not terribly technically confident about it. It also dawned on me that I need to know the length of the horizontal flat top of the Mazda roof bars. My Packasport's U-bolt holes span a width of 30.5 inches. So the Mazda bars must exceed that in length, or I'd have to drill more holes in my $1000 box. So I sent Mazda another question. We shall see.
The official Mazda5 ones are $350 (!) for cloth, two-tone covers. But cloth won't do us much good because we want faux/leather covers to protect seats from spills and dog hair. But I found possibly compatible ones in black faux leather on ebay for less than $100.
One possible problem:
- The airbags in front seat, anyone know if special seat covers are necessary so they don't interfere?
If anyone knows where I can get Mazda5 covers that aren't overpriced cloth, please let me know!!!
Thanks!
I'm not surprised you only got a straight answer from Mazda USA themselves, as local dealers seem to be pretty stupid. I think I know more about the car than all of my local dealers combined, and I don't even own one yet. This was most flagrantly obvious to me during the exhaust recall fiasco of last fall, when I called ahead to see if a 5 was available for test-driving, knowing about the recall. I was assured it was, only to be told that it wasn't when I actually got to the dealership. :mad:
Luckily, I also thought some more about my Packasport cargo box, and realized that although the centers of its U-bolts are 30" apart, the 5-inch span of each individual U-bolt allows me some installation slack. If I were to put my box on top of Mazda bars, the front half of the front U-bolt will touch the front Mazda bar, and the back half of the back U-bolt will touch the back Mazda bar. So it's the box that is "adjustable" not the car.
Thanks in advance for your feedback.
A lot of the Mazda3 owners are trading up to 18 inchers for their car and they're looking to unload their 17 inchers that came with the car.
Here is one selling four wheels and tires for $400.
http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=43016.0
The Mazda3 wheel will fit the Mazda5 perfectly.
Thanks aagin.
Tire pressure sensor?
I'm also trying to find mudgards that will fit the side-sill-equipped M5's - the factory mudflaps are for the Sport without side sills. Anyone found a generic option or modified the factory ones? I live in Oregon where it rains occasionally (ha!) and I'm finding the wheels throw up a fair amount of debris.
Lastly, I'm REALLY not happy with the factory roof rack Mazda offered in North America (yet another person who pines for the Euro racks) - Yakima doesn't yet offer a fit guide - another others who have tried to fit a Thule or Yakima rack?
Thanks!
Do you mind if I ask how much you paid per tire for the Federal Super Steel 595?
Thanks!
Right after I hit the post button I realised I'd forgotten to mention that. The tire was $130 plus tax (8.8% where I am). The "z" rating is what does it.
I'm zeroing in on buying a Mazda5 and one of my big reasons is that my husband is going to be posted to Europe for a couple of years and we want a car that will fit-in there.
I read some comments about a Euro-style luggage rack? Can someone tell me what that is? I was going to have the dealership here install the rack, but if there's a better one available, I could wait til we get there.
Also, does anyone know if the Nav system will work in a different country? Do you think it would be a matter of just buying a different disc? It would be really cool to have a nav system for a different country.
Thanks -- I love how much you all know here! I hope to catch up eventually!