Where to buy door locks
05-19-09, 07:45 PM
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Where to buy door locks
I've searched around and haven't been able to find any place where I can get the lock cylinders. My driver and passenger cylinders are a bit screwed up so I'd like to get them replaced. Is Mazda dealer the only way to go?
05-19-09, 08:49 PM
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http://mazdatrix.com/in-locks.htm. You can buy a set of locks for the whole car so you only have one key, or you could buy just the door locks and have two keys.
05-19-09, 10:24 PM
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You can re-tumble the cylinder yourself. Once you have the cylinder out you will see how easy it is. When everything is apart, just put your old key inside the new cylinder (when everything is apart) and see which pins are not lined up and try to rearrange the out of alignment pins until they all line up, between the two lock cylinders (old one and new one) you can easily get a matching set of pins for your doors. Try to use as many of the pins from the new lock and use a couple from the old lock and you are set to go. If you don't want to bother with the pins and springs, just bring them to a locksmith and they can probably repinned them in a couple of minutes.
05-20-09, 12:00 AM
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You can re-tumble the cylinder yourself. Once you have the cylinder out you will see how easy it is. When everything is apart, just put your old key inside the new cylinder (when everything is apart) and see which pins are not lined up and try to rearrange the out of alignment pins until they all line up, between the two lock cylinders (old one and new one) you can easily get a matching set of pins for your doors. Try to use as many of the pins from the new lock and use a couple from the old lock and you are set to go. If you don't want to bother with the pins and springs, just bring them to a locksmith and they can probably repinned them in a couple of minutes.
I recently installed a full new set of locks on my car and it was a major pain. The doors, rear bin, and glove box are easy but the rear hatch and ignition key are a total PITA. The ignition key requires some creative Dremeling to remove the security bolts and the rear hatch key requires removing the rear clip and a crapload of the interior panels.
05-20-09, 01:59 AM
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Yeah, it is pretty easy to get a new set of door cylinders to match your ignition lock but not the other way around. The door cylinder comes apart fairly easy with a couple of clips and you can pretty much see how your pins line up even before you have the cylinder apart. The ignition cylinder is completely enclosed in the assembly with the break away security bolts. If all you have to change were your door cylinders and you want the new door cylinders to match your existing ignition key, you should have enough of a combination of pins between the new cylinders and old door cylinders to make it work on your own without a lock smith.....But if you had to change only your ignition lock cylinder and you want everything else to match the new ignition key, it would be alot more difficult, you probably won't have enough combination of pins to get all your doors and storage bin cylinders to match unless you use less than a full set of pins or get a locksmith who might have all the other combination of pins you need.
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05-20-09, 02:52 AM
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Yeah, it is pretty easy to get a new set of door cylinders to match your ignition lock but not the other way around. The door cylinder comes apart fairly easy with a couple of clips and you can pretty much see how your pins line up even before you have the cylinder apart. The ignition cylinder is completely enclosed in the assembly with the break away security bolts. If all you have to change were your door cylinders and you want the new door cylinders to match your existing ignition key, you should have enough of a combination of pins between the new cylinders and old door cylinders to make it work on your own without a lock smith.....But if you had to change only your ignition lock cylinder and you want everything else to match the new ignition key, it would be alot more difficult, you probably won't have enough combination of pins to get all your doors and storage bin cylinders to match unless you use less than a full set of pins or get a locksmith who might have all the other combination of pins you need.
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