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Robotaz, That info really helps give some perspective on age and mileage regarding the bushings, thanks.

Yeah, everything I've read pointed to the bushings. Starting on them first makes sense. As for the dealer... What I was quoted for the rear shocks, I daren't post! Thanks for the help Secondtyme.

With just 29k on my '07 I was shocked at having had to replace the rear shocks to pass state inspection. The persistent knocking/clonking from underneath has diminished a lot with new KYBs on the rear. The car has been so noisy for so long I was just used to it, but now I want to try resolve it...

I hope you got this fixed up by now! But when I was faced with putting the AVH-3400 in my Mazda 5 the dimmer/illumination confusion came up too. I call Pioneer support and they said the input the 3400 HU was looking for was 12V to dim the HU display... which is, basically, an illumination...

Okay - Got the HU and steering wheel tie-in in and buttoned up in a rush before a road trip so no pictures sorry. If you've seen the Crutchfield masterguide, it looks like that torn apart! I will say that it wasn't helped or made easy by Pioneer's installation instructions, or the differences...

Pioneer support told me, on the phone, that the head unit harness Orange/White wire is expecting a 12VDC. The head end presumes this means the car's headlights are on, the dash instrumentation is illuminated, it is dark outside, and the brightness of the display on the head unit should reduced...

I've been at this all evening and I've come across a gotcha. The Crutchfield pin-outs detailed in this thread... http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?123701738-Mazda5-Stereo-Wiring-Information Show the Pin 4 as, "Dimmer." The Metra harness shows Pin 4 as, "Illumination," and wire color...

It's been about 25 years since I last replaced HUs. These newfangled HUs are a new beast! I'm using the Metra 7903 harness and mating that to the harness from the Pio 3400 and I've got some questions. From lurking about I've know this is the right place to ask! Here goes... Is it so nessecary...