I purchased a set of these, they are very nice and appear to be dimensionally correct. My question is, has anybody installed a set of them?
I am pushing very hard trying to snap them into place but am afraid that I will damage the plastic arm rest.
Has anybody installed a set ?
Dave

 

I have the ones from Rotary 13b1, they are probably the same thing.

FANTASTIC quality and one of the best upgrades you can do. When you grab the door to close it it feels like a bank vault instead of squeaky/bendy plastic. Fit and finish was excellent as well.

Dale

 

How did you install them? I can't get either side to snap into place, afraid that I am going to break the armrest if I push too hard on them,.
Do you have a Data Log it, can you make some adjustments on an Apexi?
Dave

 

There wasn't that much excitement to install them - I just popped mine in. May want to post a picture if you have a specific problem.

Not sure what you are asking about the Datalogit.

Dale

 

Hi Dale, thanks for the response.
Do you have a shop in Pensacola?
I will be up there later this month with the car.
My car runs great but is too rich at idle and cruise (high vacuum light throttle) and I think too lean at WOT above 6000 rpm.
I do not understand how to just affect those areas, everything else appears to be spot on.
Dave

 

I don't have a shop, I'm just a rabid fan .

PM me when you are going to be in the area and we can meet up.

Thanks,
Dale

 

Mine from Rotary 13b1 were tough to install, I was also scared of breaking stuff. Go slow, massage them in place, they will snap in. I just hope I don't have to take them out any time soon!

 

Same experience I had. Took a bit more pressure than I was feeling comfortable with, but eventually snapped in place. Very sturdy and secure compared to the plastic ones, but I also fear removing them.

 

I installed first on handles off car and decided NOT to use because I see NO WAY to remove and for door trim maintenance the cup must come off FIRST.
My question.....has anyone removed an aluminium cup and if so HOW?

 

^Great question, I'm holding off on buying the AL cups until I hear an answer for this too.

 

Surely someone has tried to take one off???

 

For the aluminum, I've removed both sides off before (isn't that the only way to remove the door panel?). It was very hard to snap them out, I eventually broke off a tab on the driver's side and also the passenger side. They snap back into place just fine even with a broken tab.

 

That is exactly my experience.....no way to remove without breaking a tab, the aluminum tabs do not flex on removal.
Like many Mazda parts they are made to go on but NOT OFF>

 

It's been a while since I last removed the plastic OEM cup, but I recall it was a PITA and I had to carefully persuade it out of the door panel with one of those plastic trim removal tools to avoid breaking the tabs on the cup or the mating surfaces on the door card. I don't see how an aluminum version of the cup can be removed w/o breaking any plastic on the door panel - it won't flex enough to allow removal. I wonder if you really need the tabs on the cups to engage that tightly with the door panel plastic - perhaps the AL tabs on the cups can be ground down a bit so they don't engage the plastic so tight?

 

I finally just set them in place and rapped them o so gently with a rubber mallet! Snapped right in! I do hope that I do not need to ever remove the door panels again, they will be a bitch to remove!
Dave

 

I have removed mine since installing, took a little work but wasn't bad. I do have 94 plastics and they are in good shape so that helps.

Also general tip on working with OEM plastics - have the car in a WARM area, preferably on a warm day. They are MUCH more brittle in the cold!

Dale