Mazda parts reviews

I inherited a 2011 cx7 from my parents who purchased this car new. They have always kept care of their vehicles. This is a non turbo model. Other than normal maintenance items they had replaced the AC compressor. Since I took it over in 2020, I replaced drive side front wheel bearing and passenger front caliper, brake pads all the way around plus normal maintenance items. 320,000km runs perfectly.

Currently 182,000 on my 2012 Mazda 3 2.0 Skyactiv. Still runs great, only oil changes have been done and other fluid flushes. Routine maintenance and new drive belt, New clutch, Hydraulic cylinder, and suspension and ball joints have really been the main things i had to take care of. It was more of preventable maintenance doing the things i did before stuff actually went bad(broken). Besides the fuel pump lol

Just replaced all four brake pads and rotors on my 2018 MZ3 hatch with 46,000 miles. Used Bosch quiet cast brake pads and rotors. Paid around $350 for parts and took me around three hours.

A cheaper, easier option for a mild, yet noticeably improved brake upgrade would be to replicate the NB Sport brake package. Some later model NBs got larger stock brakes. Mazda just made extended brake caliper brackets to position the brake caliper further from the center of the wheel hub. This extended length allowed them to fit larger brake rotors and larger brake pads. Larger rotors means more surface area to dissipate heat, and more mass to absorb more heat. Bigger pads means they last longer.

The NB Sport caliper brackets fit on any 1990-2005 Miata. You simply reuse the stock brake calipers. All you need to complete the upgrade is the NB Sport package sized rotors and pads. I run this setup on my 1991 NA. DOT 4 fluid, NB caliper brackets, Centric rotors with StopTech pads. I regularly take the car to a low-speed track and have zero issues with braking performance. This setup performs exceptionally well, and is very cheap compared to any aftermarket brake caliper options.

I have a 2014 mazda3 with 131k miles. It's prob the most reliable car I've owned. I had the catalytic converter replaced, some suspension stuff, and then jus normal maintenance from there.

I would always go Bosch. Last longer in my experience.

I autocross a bit and went with Hawk rotors and pads from Tirerack after a bit of mulling it over. Overall fairly happy with them, a little dusty but have NEVER faded while on them hard. Put maybe a hard 5k miles on them so far.

edit- I do have a 1.8 and as mentioned at least once you should consider getting the 1.8's calipers.

My cx9 was at 3mm on the rears at 52k. Get a caliper compression kit and it yourself. It's not very hard. I did my rears a month back in my driveway for $130.

1 year in and car has about 2 noticeable chips, one directly in drivers POV and other in corner of passanger with a splatter effect of chips throughout.

Not sure if it’s the sharp angle or design of the windshield/material… however super disappointing.

ABSOLUTELY, I have had my cx5 for two weeks and got hit by two rocks on a road trip, both caused huge cracks in the windshield. I was actually pretty impressed with how fragile the glass is.