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I picked up a 1st gen Mazda6 wagon, and the rotors, esp rears, look tiny. W/o removing wheels, they look like 11" up front and 10.5" in the back. The rotors in the Mazda5 seemed much larger and to fill the 17" wheel almost entirely. OK, so if they ARE bigger, any idea if they can be swapped out?

I understand this is an AW tranny that takes a different fluid than the near-universal Dextron/Mercon or Type-F. I also have heard its not pink. Is there any instance it would be pink? Besides when someone puts the wrong stuff in, I mean?

Not a whole lot of 1st gen owners around here anymore?

Looking at one of these. 204K miles. Any common issues to be aware of or look out for? I posted in the suspension/brakes forum because the LF bearing howls so loudly that I cannot hear if there are any other bad sounds. Hence, I am asking for clues to other issues since I can't hear them...

Lost 2 cars in 1 incident Saturday, so I just looked at an 05 Mazda6 GT wagon. Immediately clear was that it needs a LF wheel bearing. It was so loud that I couldn't hear anything else so I don't know if there are any other issues with the 204,000 mile car. It looks like these need to be...

Been gone for a year and a half since I handed the keys to the MAzda5 over to the MIL. Anyway, I see an 08 Touring within my search radius and I have to ask is the first couple years as bad as the 06-07 Mazda5s were?

I had packed 4 kids into mine all the way until last year, or a good 7 years. With all the seats up, road trips are not really an easy adventure, but its great getting around town, and the MT gets better city mpgs than pretty much any other 6+seater, so when its full, the cost per person is...

OK, I have to sell my 06 MT. Moving across the country and not enough drivers to get all the vehicles there. Kinda sucks because I have a real appreciation for this thing even though it is moderately underpowered. Brand new clutch, too. Sucks.

Alright then. Note to self: leave it tied up and out of the way. Anyone know where I can get a replacement fender liner CHEAP?

There are 2 types of lug nuts: acorn and round seat. The round seat ones are rounded where they meet the wheel and are AFAIK exclusively Honda OEM. Everyone else uses acorn nuts except Ford F-150s in the early mid-90s when they tried hub-centric wheels, which was very short-lived. You will be...

First of all, we need a chassis/body subforum. But since this is about something close to the RF wheel, I think this is as close as I can get. My MIL had the Mazda5 and something about grandkids, a telephone pole used as a parking block and mumble mumble, I learn that the front bumper cover got...

Any other simultaneous symptoms that might point to the fuel filter or pump? Hesitation, etc?

Pretty sure the 06-10 Sports had an exterior package that would add at least the side valences and a Touring tailgate which is where the spoiler comes from. I have a Sport with the valence, tailgate, fogs and moonroof, but black mirror caps and manual climate control, and no karubuki console in...

How much?

Silent, He mentioned the dark fluid, which when paired with Mercon, meeans he MOST LIKELY read the dipstick, which the MTX doesn't have. I'm surprised, as you are generally really good reading btw the lines.

transmissions are generally ECU controlled nowadays. Probably, but if so, your ECU will only take a unit with the same gears, ie a 4speed Mazda3 if you have an 06-07 or a 5speed if you have a 08-10, etc. If you try to put an unmatched unit in, you will probably need an ECU tune to get the ECU to...

Know anyone who might give away some time on a dyno? Tie it down, put it in gear, and get to listening. Maybe since you wouldn't be connecting to software and doing pulls, a shop may rent you the dyno for 1/2 hour at a discount if you can convince the boss.

Here: this link goes right to the subframe and you can see the mount. It is actually where I put my floor jack when I need to use jackstands not ramps. Notice the "X" behind it? http://mazda3revolution.com/forums/2010-2013-mazda-3-skyactiv-discussion/1591-jacking.html

I got whatever was affordable but not "cheap" on Rockauto. The rear mount <I think> goes from the trans near the flywheel to the subframe. I haven't looked up underneath for awhile but after I had the dealer do it, I looked up under there and was kicking myself for letting myself pay far too...

Maybe the brake dust shield. If not I am out of ideas