A Few Surprises from US 2018 Mazda CX-5
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- 2022 2.5GT
Here’s the front one fitted and although they barely extend a couple of inches, they do stop quite a lot of crud flying up the side of the car.
The awkward parts of fitting the front ones are getting enough trim off to slide this speed clip in.........
.......and the setting of this captive nut which the instructions show as being done with a special tool. You can do it by holding the nut while you wind the screw in but it would be easier if you were an octopus........
There is also a sticky pad which I used a solvent cleaner to prepare the location;
In my usual style, I went a bit overboard and used the nice day to completely remove the trim and apply a thick coat of Collinite (sorry I can’t help it);
Then sprayed liquid wax under the wheel arches. That has now set to a bulletproof coating;
The awkward parts of fitting the front ones are getting enough trim off to slide this speed clip in.........
.......and the setting of this captive nut which the instructions show as being done with a special tool. You can do it by holding the nut while you wind the screw in but it would be easier if you were an octopus........
There is also a sticky pad which I used a solvent cleaner to prepare the location;
In my usual style, I went a bit overboard and used the nice day to completely remove the trim and apply a thick coat of Collinite (sorry I can’t help it);
Then sprayed liquid wax under the wheel arches. That has now set to a bulletproof coating;
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- 2018 Mazda CX5 GT AWD
Wow! Great pictures and helpful detail and directions! Thanks for taking the time and effort to post and explain this job! (bowdown)
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- 2022 2.5GT
It’s one of those arcan 2 ton floor jacks. The market is flooded with them here. It works fine so yes, I’m quite happy with it.
I have a similar jack, but I don't have a suitable rubber for the lift, what do you use and do you have a link.
Foot on mine is around 3" to 4".
Foot on mine is around 3" to 4".
7eregrine
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- Land of Cleve
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- 2016.5 CX5
Suitable rubber? I've never used rubber on my jack.
Ok, now that just sounds wierd. [emoji12]
This is what I use on my floor jack with the CX-5 and the ST
https://zl1addons.com/collections/jackpads-magpads
https://zl1addons.com/collections/jackpads-magpads
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- Plano, Texas, USA
Few Surprises from US 2018 Mazda CX-5
Thanks for your very informative post as usual! (cool)
So the OEM mud flaps especially the front ones for gen-2 CX-5 have more involved for installation than gen-1 CX-5 - another little surprise I guess ⋯
Thanks for your very informative post as usual! (cool)
Gonna have to score me some of these.
I have seen some of those products before, but none that look as good as those. Those are nice!
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
i use hockey pucks... $0.99 at the local sports store. a few passes with a table saw and viola.... good to go.
apparently i was in a rush last year, as i found one of the pucks still stuck on the undercarriage!
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- 2014 QX70 AWD
i was surprised to see it still stuck on the undercarriage after 6 months of driving... for the life of me i couldn't think of where else i would have placed it... until i went to jack it up and found it sitting right where it was last used.
I'll have a look at a puck, the magnet type cost nearly as much as the jack did, and I was wanting rubber really.
