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Hi, New member here. I am doing some restoration on my 83 limited edition. I need to find the following parts:
door/window felts
rubber seals for the doors
interior door panels, red/maroon as standard on the LE
left side rear marker light.
Dash pad
I have tried google searches, but all I find are performance upgrades, there will be a time for that, but my body man was able to work me in spur of the moment and I need to find these parts asap.
thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
Frank in Virginia.
door/window felts
rubber seals for the doors
interior door panels, red/maroon as standard on the LE
left side rear marker light.
Dash pad
I have tried google searches, but all I find are performance upgrades, there will be a time for that, but my body man was able to work me in spur of the moment and I need to find these parts asap.
thanks in advance for any help/suggestions.
Frank in Virginia.
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either
Mazda Japan ->Mazda USA -> dealership -> vendor-> you, or
outside vendor->Mazda Japan -> Mazda USA -> dealership -> vendor -> you.
since just about every part needs to come from Mazda itself, the part is the same, and price correlates to the amount of middlemen involved.
there are exceptions, for instance an NGK spark plug is an NGK spark plug.
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the big trim bits are NLA, but some of the little stuff isn't. no dealership has anything lying around either, there were people hunting for this stuff 10-15 years ago
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I've been hunting for several trim pieces that are NLA for some time. Its just a matter of finding someone in the dealer parts chain that knows of somewhere that might have an NLA part in stock or know of someone that bought up the last few of those 10 years ago. Its like a treasure hunt of sorts. Kinda fun actually.
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I've had some luck finding small trim pieces (like the power window surround) at Jim Ellis Mazda (Genuine Mazda Parts - Official Mazda Parts Dealer| Jim Ellis Mazda
Other parts I've found from Mazdatrix
But parts are drying up fast... I've had luck getting used parts from other members (recently found a really nice red steering wheel from the classifieds)
Other parts I've found from Mazdatrix
But parts are drying up fast... I've had luck getting used parts from other members (recently found a really nice red steering wheel from the classifieds)
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I've been hunting for several trim pieces that are NLA for some time. Its just a matter of finding someone in the dealer parts chain that knows of somewhere that might have an NLA part in stock or know of someone that bought up the last few of those 10 years ago. Its like a treasure hunt of sorts. Kinda fun actually.
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I've had some luck finding small trim pieces (like the power window surround) at Jim Ellis Mazda (Genuine Mazda Parts - Official Mazda Parts Dealer| Jim Ellis Mazda
Other parts I've found from Mazdatrix
But parts are drying up fast... I've had luck getting used parts from other members (recently found a really nice red steering wheel from the classifieds)
Other parts I've found from Mazdatrix
But parts are drying up fast... I've had luck getting used parts from other members (recently found a really nice red steering wheel from the classifieds)
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nope, although i still have friends at the dealership. we're also racing a miata this year, so they support us there too. its nice, the competition dept is like 2 (cool) guys, so they fed us, gave us hats and then told us the strategy we should use to win. i mention it, because its more support than we ever got at the dealership.
i'm not sure why you asked, but an SA22 vin doesn't work in the Mazda computer anymore, so no warranty history, although sometimes you can call and see if someone is willing to go digging
i'm not sure why you asked, but an SA22 vin doesn't work in the Mazda computer anymore, so no warranty history, although sometimes you can call and see if someone is willing to go digging
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lol, yeah thats right. typical Mazda USA too... we yelled at them for years because they had warehouses full of parts that we not in the catalog! how are we supposed to sell stuff if we can't look it up? its a problem they do not seem to understand.
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