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I did notice on the highway the engine sound is less prominent. However, the wind noise is still there and my tires are well used. Plus, I just updated my head unit, so I am just driving around with the music turned up :)

Don't bother from the inside route. You should be able to get the rear shocks off from the outside without having to deal with interior. I had both of my rear shock mounts fail on my 2013 two winters ago within two months of each other. To get the that area from the inside, you have to take...

Those are good looking wheels. I had them on my 2004 Mazda 6s and do remember that they have a crazy 60mm offset. 215 tires would be nearly half an inch closer to the inside of your vehicle. 205s is a good choice to resolve that.

I am pretty sure the 16 inch wheels with 205/55 tires are freely interchangeable with 17 inch wheels with 205/50 tires.

Hello, I sometimes experience something similar to your first issue. It does happen only when the engine/tranny is not warmed up. However, it is not really a hard shift that happens, it's just the transmission hangs on to 1st gear a little longer than usual (1-2 secs) and then shifts to 2nd...

Hello. It has been too long since I have been around here, but I still have my 5 and why not work on things it sorely needs. One of my biggest gripes with the car is NVH. Today, I've installed the Hoodliner (by Dynamat) under my hood. The process overall is fairly straight forward. First...

It has been too long since I have been around here, but I still have my 5 and why not work on things it sorely needs. One of my biggest gripes with the car is NVH. Today, I've installed the Hoodliner (by Dynamat) under my hood. I'll post just the final step here, but I will add a separate...

I just did Noico stuff on my trunk and doors. I am hoping that, if anything, the effort helped with making the speakers work better. However, even after all this effort, even with just doors and the trunk, it did not help too much with all the regular noises. The rear suspension is still...

What is the size of your bank? As KW_DA said, you will need to get something like Noico or Kilmat, etc. I just did my doors with Noico 80 mil sound deadening with Noico Red 150 isolation materials. The front doors are a PITA. Well, all doors are a major PITA. On the front, at least, you can...

I just finished applying Noico (80 mil sound deadening and Red 150 thermal) to my doors. Mazda's efforts at NVH on this car are absolutely atrocious. I had to remove all the stupid styrofoam and felt they had in the front doors. On the front doors, access to sheetmetal is very restrictive...

I am not sure about the BOSS unit, but from my personal experience, I would recommend Alpine's KPT-445U inline amplifier. I have the KTP-445A version, however, the only difference between the "A-Alpine" and "U-Universal" version is the wiring it comes with. Since I also have Alpine HU, the "A"...

Sounds like you have bad relay in the fuse box (engine bay). Just look on the fuse cover box which relay covers your locks and headlights. There should be several identical relays in there. A quick test would be to swap with a known good relay and see if your lights and lock will be working...

I am not sure how, if at all, sheetmetal for the firewall differs between LHD and RHD markets, but I think the area behind the glovebox is where the harness from the engine enters the interior.

Its the Mazda's hybrid (hydraulic/electric) power steering. I hear it every time I pull out of the garage and at very low speeds. It is what it is. You will just learn to live with it and other NVH intricacies this car is known to have :) Welcome to the forum!

To make bluetooth work the stock stereo unit, is not worth it. You would have to separately buy the bluetooth module and wire it in. The cost and time do so is not worth it, IMO. I just replaced my stereo unit with aftermarket that not only has bluetooth, but sounds a lot better than the OEM...