Recent content by mietaa

It does look strange, but it's supposed to look like that. I had a really nasty sound coming from the rear on each and every bump, and took the wheel off to investigate. I also thought that the bushing was shot. Anyways, I took my ride to the dealership, and they told me that the shock...

Just to make you guys jealous, I have to tell you that I have the 7th seat on my euro-spec :) It has a three-point belt, which comes from the roof, just beneath the 2nd row seat on the driver side. There's a clearly visible hump on the roof which hides the mechanics. To be honest, I've...

This is rather interesting. In northern Europe the OCI is 20000 km (~12,4K miles). This is normal for any new gasoline powered car, and then there's the longlife oils with up to 50000 km OCI (not on Mazdas though). Now, i'm not that much in love with my ride that I'd want to do an oil change...

OK, I'll try and clarify.. if someone else has better knowledge then please correct the following or fill in the gaps :) The linked picture shows the "external" connector on the back of the head unit, where you would connect a sat radio, an external cd changer or something else external &...

Hi, the cd changer connector has 16 pins in a 8+8 formation, and looks nothing like any ISO connector I've ever seen. It looks like this: http://www.discountcarstereo.com/images/pie/j-02.jpg The connector to which auxmod connects is as proprietary as it gets.

Hi there! The two first links look like the same product. Sounds cool that you would be able to connect any player that has an USB connector and control it as well. Can that really work? I have an 4G iPod and use a Dension ice>Link. Currently there are some compability issues with the steering...

Update on "what's available, somewhere": a company called Opti Mount in Netherlands carries 6 different mounts for Mazda5: http://www.optimount.nl/articleframe.asp?zoek=zoeken-autospecifiek&model=213808&tempdealer= Some of the models are available elsewhere, but they have two mounts suitable...

Update: I got the Kuda phonebase (the 3rd link on my first post) and installed it a few days ago. Looks quite nice, but needed some bending to get a nice and tight fit. The stealership here sells a similar fake leather covered phone-mount-thingy that is mounted about on the same spot as the...

The image is mirrored because the site is in UK, where they have the strange habit of driving RHD vehicles :) I found the same mount but unmirrored on a German site (sorry, no idea if these are available in US). Anyways, the product # is the same, so I suppose they're trying to convince people...

Hi, I'm trying to find out what the available options are for having a clean, professional looking mount for a cell phone, iPod, GPS or whatever into the dash. What I've been able to dig so far is as follows: Brodit ProClip Dashmount Kuda Phonebase For mounting a cell phone or iPod these...

True, the auction says "we ship worldwide", but the text is a copy/paste job on all the stuff he's selling. For the hardware it's Canada/US of A only - so no luck there..

Yep, I found the same thing yesterday on eBay.. that would be spot on. Unfortunately the seller ships only to USA/Canada. I'll have to ask what the part numbers are. Then again, as for my original masterplan is concerned: who knows what differences there are between USA/Canada spec and...

Hi, I'm currently waiting for my new Brilliant Black euro-spec 2.0 Mazda5, should arrive within 2 weeks.. and already I'm looking to get some goodies installed :) Due to whatever Mazda policy, the euro models (or at least the ones sold in Finland) do not have the OEM cruise control buttons on...