Armchair Bronco
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- 2007 Mazda CX-9 GT AWD
The UPS man showed up today with 2 big boxes of OEM parts from MazdaPartsOnline.net.
I got all-weather rubber floor mats, a cargo liner, roof rack rails, and some other minor parts.
The rubber floor mats looks great. They fit well and best of all: they don't have that horrible rubbery smell that a lot of other floor mats do. I noticed that the packaging they came in has perforations. Nice move!
The mats in the front connect to two hooks on each side and sit in the floor very securely. The 2nd and 3rd row mats are a little harder to install because they have rubber tabs and edges that need to be tucked under the metal runners that the seats slide on top of. It's a tight fit, but once you get them in there, they're held in place securely. On the downside, this makes it inconvenient to take them out for cleaning. I think they look A LOT better than the carpeted floor mats which tend to show much more dirt. Curiously, there's a 2-inch gap between the seats in the 2nd and 3rd rows. Why? Why not include a skinny strip of rubber with some velcro?
The cargo mat was a bit of a disappointment. It was curled up in the box that the roof rack came in, so it doesn't want to lie flat. I'm sure it will flatten out in a couple of days... If not, I'll use some industrial strength Velcro on the underside. Actually, I'm surprised it didn't come with some velcro. You figure for $78, they could throw in a few pieces. The biggest disappointment is that this OEM part doesn't fit the available space! There's a big gap on the left-hand side, about 4 or 5 inches. I was hoping for something that would completely cover the floor of the cargo area. It also came with some medium-sized plastic brackets that are supposed to stabilize grocery bags. I dunno. They seem dubious to me and I don't think I'll use 'em. Plus, they only came with instructions in Spanish.
The roof cross bars will get installed tomorrow. I ran out of light tonight.
I also got an "official" Mazda plastic cover for the towing coupler. It fits very loosely so I'm going to wrap some electrical tape around it to make it a snug fit. When I went to the Brown Bear car wash yesterday evening, the cover got pulled off by the rear brush. I had to drive back to the car wash and ask the kid running the place to hunt around for my new cover! He found it quickly then showed me a bin filled with at least a dozen similar covers from other cars! (freak)
I got all-weather rubber floor mats, a cargo liner, roof rack rails, and some other minor parts.
The rubber floor mats looks great. They fit well and best of all: they don't have that horrible rubbery smell that a lot of other floor mats do. I noticed that the packaging they came in has perforations. Nice move!
The mats in the front connect to two hooks on each side and sit in the floor very securely. The 2nd and 3rd row mats are a little harder to install because they have rubber tabs and edges that need to be tucked under the metal runners that the seats slide on top of. It's a tight fit, but once you get them in there, they're held in place securely. On the downside, this makes it inconvenient to take them out for cleaning. I think they look A LOT better than the carpeted floor mats which tend to show much more dirt. Curiously, there's a 2-inch gap between the seats in the 2nd and 3rd rows. Why? Why not include a skinny strip of rubber with some velcro?
The cargo mat was a bit of a disappointment. It was curled up in the box that the roof rack came in, so it doesn't want to lie flat. I'm sure it will flatten out in a couple of days... If not, I'll use some industrial strength Velcro on the underside. Actually, I'm surprised it didn't come with some velcro. You figure for $78, they could throw in a few pieces. The biggest disappointment is that this OEM part doesn't fit the available space! There's a big gap on the left-hand side, about 4 or 5 inches. I was hoping for something that would completely cover the floor of the cargo area. It also came with some medium-sized plastic brackets that are supposed to stabilize grocery bags. I dunno. They seem dubious to me and I don't think I'll use 'em. Plus, they only came with instructions in Spanish.
The roof cross bars will get installed tomorrow. I ran out of light tonight.
I also got an "official" Mazda plastic cover for the towing coupler. It fits very loosely so I'm going to wrap some electrical tape around it to make it a snug fit. When I went to the Brown Bear car wash yesterday evening, the cover got pulled off by the rear brush. I had to drive back to the car wash and ask the kid running the place to hunt around for my new cover! He found it quickly then showed me a bin filled with at least a dozen similar covers from other cars! (freak)
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