The front spoiler looks pretty much like the Mazda OEM unit that was for the 99-00 cars, but doesn’t fit the slightly modified nose of the 01 & up cars. This is perfect because that is exactly what I was looking for. It is sitting on the work bench in the garage. It is mocking me, I know it. Like the countdown until it arrived, I will now count up on the bottom of each day’s post until it is mounted on the car. I guess I will ask at the body shop where I planned on getting it painted about whether to paint it first and then installed or vice versa.
Love the 15″ wheels, but I think I may swap back (as long as Russ didn’t sell the car this weekend.) The tires are a bit too worn down for my tastes. When I first looked at them in the parking lot there seemed to be a bit of thread wear left there. Upon closer inspection, there is hardly anything left at all. He thought he would go until the first of next year before he would buy tires, but Russ is a very frugal person and would go until the tires are hitting every wear indicator. Me, I feel a lot better if there more rubber under me, especially when it comes to driving in the rain. There is not enough tire for me to go until the first of next year, when I could possibly swing the cost of new tires. The 16″ wheels have enough tread to last me until late summer next year. By then I might be in a better position to get some new tires and new 15″ wheels.
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Ernest
Do I get the impression that you can not use some nuts, bolts and clips to assist in the attachment of the new front spoiler ???
If it is suppose to be glued to the flat spot on the bottom of the regular nose/bumper piece, it can also be bolted there too.
Brian the Red
That is just it, it doesn?t attach to the flat spot, it attaches to the radius at the transition from front to flat area. There is a nice little groove for you to run the silicone adhesive in and that is it.
Which I suppose will be fine until I misjudge the height of something and hit with the spoiler. Gonna have to carry that roll of burgundy duct tape around to any on road repairs…