I lost all of my hood bolts and need to pick up new ones... what are the dimentions?

 

i think there just M8 X 1.2

 

...anyone that knows the american measurements?

 

Look for 8 x 1.25 about an inch long. Go to a hardware store for these. Oh, and that is the american measurement. If you try to use standard thread bolts, you'll trash your hood.

 

I haven't slept in a few days, pardon me.

 

Yeah, I'd guess that if you're in the states, it must be a ****-off that everything on our car is metric.

Just keep it in mind whenever you're doing work on it, because mixing imperial bits in something made metric can really f*ck things over. But most good parts stores will sell both metric and imperial.

Jon

 

Imperial sucks.

 

What really irks me are the bolts that have the "9" or the "6" on them.... It always makes me think "9 mm? 6 mm? Oh wait... that's right, it doesn't actually seem to mean *anything* useful"

=P

 

10MM head for socket reference...

 

Yeah, I noticed that too... if it has a "9" or "6" on it, it seems to be the most common bolt in the engine compartment.. holds damn near everything together.

Jon

 

That 8x1.25 was wrong, i bought some and they didn't fit.

 

perhaps the "9" or the "6" are an indication of strength of the bolt...hardened not hardened etc.

 

some bolts also have a number of lines on the top in a circle.. the number of lines also refers to the strength of the bolt..

 

They might be 8 x 1.0 or 6 x 1.25 or 6 x 1.0. Probably 6 x 1.25.

 

lol poor fella youre makin him get all the wrong ones

 

Just go to a wrecking yard and pull some from another Mazda. I doubt they'd even charge you for them.

 

Hehe! The closest thing I have to a 1st gen is a GLC. I'll look at the bolts today and give him some proper info.