Recently had a body shop replace my rear bumper but the paint is a noticeably brighter white than the original. Front bumper matches fine so it is not the plastic taking paint differently issue.
Body shop wants to get it right and is mixing the paint to Mazda specs but it is still off. Appears...
The rails came mounted on my 2018 CX-5 and I just need to mounted some hooks or some thing to tie things to. Since the rails are flush, I can't carry anything without noisey crossbars.
Tom
I like it! Wish it had not taken so much time to first educate the dealer that this was an option/fix and then get them to realize it was going to save them a lot of money!
So the final fix, to be done next week, is to add this bumper Garnish and be done with it. I hinted that adding the cross...
The led headlights, especially the running lights, are a fail point. One replaced under warrantee. Second went out so I traded it it. $1600 to replace.
Tom
Thanks again everyone for the feedback.
The offer from the dealer was to replace bumper with one on cx-5 in inventory, take off hitch and give me a set of roof rack crossbars. A net loss of $300 to me and a bumper installed by the same people who screwed it up.
My solution and the one I am...
Makes sense, thanks. Yes, they admit the tech did not follow the template. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the template they used is for the Stainless Garnish bumper plate, which has the hole already cut out for the hitch. I suspect they installed the stock class I, which at this point is...
I think that there is a cutout on the CX-9 Class II installation. The picture shows the hitch high up close to the crease in the bumper. I requested that a Class II be put on my CX-5, which most likely resulted in a cutout although the Mazda installation guide shows a similar installation with...
Thanks alpha dog.
Looked everywhere for this, could not find the install manual. Dealer will be getting a copy.
My hitch looks identical to this one and they told me it was a class II, which I asked for.
And thanks to everyone who responded. Never experienced a mess up like this before. It...