Just picked up my cx9 today. I put in the 3D maxspyder mats for the 3 rows. Still need to get the cargo one at some point. Set up my 2 booster seats in the third row and a car seat on the passenger side second row. Put in the “drop stop” things between the seats and center console (prevents things like phones from falling in between the seat and center console). I have the led bulbs for the reverse lights and license plate lights. I noticed that the trunk light was halogen so I’ll need to buy one of those and install it too. Tweaked the infotainment settings to my liking. (I read reviews that people complained that the HUD would cut off if you sat too high but you can adjust the positioning of the HUD in the settings to rectify this...)
A few things that bother me are the location of the 12v port (I really thought the one in the front was an additional one for the passenger) as I wish it was located under the hvac controls, the lack of a 12v port in the arm rest storage compartment, and that the middle seats return to an awkward position after you pull them forward. Hope these things got fixed in newer models.
One thing I found really neat was the lighting behind the handles on the front doors. No review I saw mentioned that.
Edit a day later: installed both led reverse lights in about a minute. Incredibly easy, thanks for the tutorial @sm1ke. The license plate lights are coming in today. I did it pretty easily on my cx5 and it’s the same as the cx9 so that should be simple as well.
A few things that bother me are the location of the 12v port (I really thought the one in the front was an additional one for the passenger) as I wish it was located under the hvac controls, the lack of a 12v port in the arm rest storage compartment, and that the middle seats return to an awkward position after you pull them forward. Hope these things got fixed in newer models.
One thing I found really neat was the lighting behind the handles on the front doors. No review I saw mentioned that.
Edit a day later: installed both led reverse lights in about a minute. Incredibly easy, thanks for the tutorial @sm1ke. The license plate lights are coming in today. I did it pretty easily on my cx5 and it’s the same as the cx9 so that should be simple as well.
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