Thanks. Just ordered a set.
Holy cowabunga, Mazda plugs are $$$
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- 2016.5 CX-5 GT AWD titanium/black 2016 Miata Club ST MT white
Believe it or not, I'm still on the original OEM wipers and they're working just fine. The CX has been garage kept its entire life, so that helps.
If the rubber strip is kept clean, they will last a long time.
I do keep them scrupulously clean. Usually go through a tankful of gas weekly, and the wiper blades are cleaned at least that frequently (usually once or twice more often than that, each week).
Yet, they don't last "a long time." Wish they did. Not the factory inserts. Not the 'top' Bosch wipers. Not these Duralast, though I've found the Duralast function well without chatter a full year and more, which is more than I can say for several other brands and the factory stuff. Once the chattering doesn't correct itself from a good cleaning, a properly-functioning set is swapped in.
I'm sure much depends on frequency of use, the amount of crud (ie, PM2.5 and the like) in the air, UV/ozone, perhaps acid rain degradation, and so forth. I'm sure a "rubber" chemist at one of the mfrs could explain exactly what goes on, but most of us just concern ourselves with the actual performance.
Try a windshield treatment - some sort of water repelling stuff like Rain-x. That might help with chatter.
I don't understand. I hardly ever replaced any wiper blades. I recently replaced the drivers side blade for the first time in 10 years with a spare I had laying around. I hardly ever clean them either, lol .
I do use a windshield treatment. And I don't really understand why wiper blades don't last longer. I've generally figured that it's UV-induced degradation of the materials, particularly since across many vehicles and decades I've kept them fairly clean. Not a big deal. ~$50/yr that shouldn't be necessary, but it's not much different than doing one additional tank of gas in a year.
Nice to know that some people somewhere do experience long-lasting blades. That's something.
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- 2014 & 2019 CX-5 Touring(s)
UV may be a factor, but I think the main reason is wear and fatigue. Each time those blades sweep the window they bend one way and then back the other way when they return. Keeping them clean may help, certainly with chatter, but it doesn't stop the fatigue and the wear of the scraping edges.
I replace mine annually... living in PNW rain.. then hard winter pass use.. definitely lose effectiveness long before rubber separation.
Visibility in adverse weather is up there with proper tires throughout the year for me
Visibility in adverse weather is up there with proper tires throughout the year for me
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- 2023 CX5 turbo
so I got a $40 card in the mail from my local mazda dealer card said same as cash no strings attached...So decided I would go ahead and use for some OEM sparkplugs....the parts lady comes back and said $120...I was like I am hoping to use the $40 gift card...she says yes plugs are $40 a pop now......I quick looked up on my phone and mazdaswag has them for $108 for 4. I said I was going to pass and order them from Mazda sway and she said mazdaswag has been killing them....I was like maybe you need to lower your prices..She said Mazdaswag is selling for less than their cost...I went ahead and bought 3 oilfilters and 3 drainplug washers and used the gift card for those...$40 for a sparkplug is nutz. also the local dealership has stopped carrying the 1WPY-14-302 and is only using the mazda value filter.....
AL Cx5
2024 CX-5 Prem Turbo Tuned Lowered Forged Wheels
Stealership Prices!!
I buy stuff from Mazdaswag too. Just not spark plugs.
I bought a set of NGKs from RockAuto. I'm getting 32 to 34 MPH highway with these plugs. We bought a tune for the turbo. These plugs don't miss or hesitate at WOT. It's pretty darn quick now.
Someone makes these plugs for Mazda. More than likely NGK.
I don't know about you, I'm not putting any "value" part on this car, especially an oil filter. Check out a Purolator PBL1412 Oil Filter. It's a premium filter. $16 from Amazon.
On my other vehicle, I wanted OEM brake pads. The dealer only carried Value pads. I had them special order a set of OEM pads. I've since dropped using OEM brakes too. There is equal or better out there at lower cost...
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NGK does make mazda oem plugs. I can stomach $108 every 40,000 miles so I have always liked using OEM spark plugs on all my vehicles..I actually feel better about the value filters after pulling one out of the box. The Value filter is made in the USA VS taiwan for the better one. I actually have 3 of the 1wyp-14-302 and 3 of the value filters so changing at every 3-5000 miles I will probably never keep this car long enough to use them all. I also get in the 30's on the highway as long as I am under 85mph....speed limits here are 80mph.
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- 2013 CX-5 Sport/Touring
Pet peeve...Mazda charging $40 just to write up a work order for normal maintenance.
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- 2023 CX5 turbo
I am glad I can do my own work. Only time they will see me is warranty and my 3/36000 bumper to bumper is only 2 years old but have almost 36000 miles so that is done and my drivetrain will probably be done by the end of this year. knock on wood so far no warranty work needed.
Well a manufacturer price index was recently reported and Mazdas parts came in as the lowest average priced overall- beating every other foreign mfgr-and most domestic --- Toyota , Nissan etc -- If you can afford to buy parts you will need in a year or so --get em now - but frankly --I have filters . oil and thats pretty much it --NA which dosent get plugs until 75K miles --
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2024 CX-5 Prem Turbo Tuned Lowered Forged Wheels
I can buy a lot of parts for the depreciation vs new car cost. I keep my cars/trucks way past warranty and don't have car payments. I don't like working for "The Man"....
The way I look at repairs, they are less than a car payment or a big repair, less than 3 months of car payments. I'm past needing the latest and "greatest". When I could write off a big chunk of my car cost I still ran them over a 100K miles.
I'd STILL be hanging out on a Honda forum if my wife didn't want a crossover SUV. The Honda was 14 years old. My daughter and granddaughter have the Honda and are running the wheels off of it.
My truck has 275K on the clock and is 18 years young. The diesel is a 300 to 500 mile engine.
The way I look at repairs, they are less than a car payment or a big repair, less than 3 months of car payments. I'm past needing the latest and "greatest". When I could write off a big chunk of my car cost I still ran them over a 100K miles.
I'd STILL be hanging out on a Honda forum if my wife didn't want a crossover SUV. The Honda was 14 years old. My daughter and granddaughter have the Honda and are running the wheels off of it.
My truck has 275K on the clock and is 18 years young. The diesel is a 300 to 500 mile engine.
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2024 CX-5 Prem Turbo Tuned Lowered Forged Wheels
Well you are set for awhile on oil filters. That's great you get 30s on the highway too. Our tuned turbo is so sweat merging and passing.
What maters is what's on the inside of the filter. It's nice the filter is made in the US. What is the filter media and how does the by pass valve work is most important.
If you trade often, then what the heck, buy a Walmart filter.
