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Hey guys,

Starting a new thread in the Marketplace for new black-finish dust shutter rebuild kits for FD3S. The kits includes a black finisher plates, new clean, white, plastic OEM type shutter pieces, and new springs. This will give you all the parts needed to rebuild the door lock outer dust shutters in an FD door locks. In case you are wondering, the dust shutter is the part that flips in as you insert the key in the door lock.

Because the shutter itself is plastic, it degrades over time from exposure to the sun, etc. eventually turning yellow/brown and finally crumbling into bits and falling into the door lock mechanism. When this happens, you can pick out the bits but then your door lock will be open to the elements and you then have to deal with the missing shutter. Mazda never sold the dust shutters by themselves and new locks are NLA now. This kit rectifies that problem. You can rebuild your door locks with a new white OEM plastic shutter plate, a new spring (if you have lost the original) and a new fresh black fascia plate to replace the scratched up original. If your car still has original dust shutters, they are probably pretty beat up by now if they even are still there at all.

FD's came with two styles of door lock finisher plate, chrome and black. Unfortunately, the chrome shutter kits are NLA now, only the black style is available. However, if you have a chrome finisher plate and need a new shutter this kit will still work as the shutter and spring are exactly the same, and the finisher plate is also identical except for black versus chrome. The original chrome finisher, even if scratched or rusted, can usually be restored with chrome polish - so it is still possible to rebuild chrome style lock using the original finisher plate. Or, an originally chrome plate-equipped FD can be fitted with black fascia plates - the parts are the same except for finish.

A pair of kits is $24, one kit per door lock (i.e. two kits per car). Shipping via USPS with tracking is $6 per order in the 48 states regardless of quantity International postage cost varies, usually $15-18 for a First Class mail package. Shipping is weight-based, so about 10 kits can be shipped for the same cost. More than that, a different package is needed and cost goes up slightly.