Anyone know if Mazda still makes these?

 

They may still be available new, but they should also be a dime a dozen used. Many guys remove them to put on side skirts.

Dale

 

I've always wondered why they fitted this to US cars, but not to any JDM cars.

 

Those are called spoilers in Mazda parlance. Unfortunately, the right side one is no longer available.

 

so jdm cars don't have them hey.. mine is a jdm but I just figured over the years they either fell off of got damaged.

 

I think we've nailed it in this thread. Collectiv called them rock deflectors, Mazda calls them spoilers. I think they were specially designed, by those brilliant Mazda engineers, after extensive wind tunnel testing, to turn the force created by rocks hitting the under body into a down force adding stability at high speeds. Why don't Japanese cars have them? Because the Japanese aren't crazy enough to drive at high speeds on gravel roads! Here is a picture of some early road testing on a FC

 

If your car never had them it may be a job to get them on used. They screw into clips that are popped in the body of the car and are REALLY hard to get out. I guess you could get new clips.

At the end of the day it's a lot of work and effort and they are VERY subtle. Not a lot of visual bang for the buck.

Dale

 

my car didn't have the clips either and I purchased what I thought was the clips but it ended up being the blanks for my model. I used my jdm parts catalog and the jdm Vin. I have think my left side in that area is actually bent up inside the body a bit

 

You would probably need to get everything from the US. I would try and find someone selling them that also has at least the majority of the bolts to go with it. Then source the pop-in clips and stuff from the US.

Or just get some FEED side skirts and call it a day .

Dale

 

Well I have autoexe side steps now.. the pics from above shows them installed under side steps.. that got me wondering