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Postby mekros » Sun May 18, 2008 6:10 pm

Greetings all,

question 1005 for me :mrgreen: It's for a NA6

Do we have to buy a genuine mazda gearshift boot or can we go aftermarket? This is the rubber thing underneath the imitation leather cover on the gearshift lever. You normally only see it when you go to change the oil in the turret.

TIA :lol:
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Postby wun911 » Sun May 18, 2008 6:14 pm

Mazda OEM ones are 30 bucks.

How cheap is aftermarket?
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Postby Mr Morlock » Sun May 18, 2008 7:22 pm

Mekros I believe the genuine product is far more likely to be the better one. Logic- the car makers source only from approved suppliers who have quality systems and performance which meets their standards. Aftermarket suppliers can be anything- from competent to sub standard- dies ( for moulding) may be rough and ready and the moulding does not have to pass stringent tests the way an approved product does. How do the car cos warrant their cars for such long periods?
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Postby Steampunk » Sun May 18, 2008 8:53 pm

I've never seen any aftermarket boots, and I can only assume it's because there is not a huge market for them.
My boot was stuffed, so I just cut up a piece of thick vinyl to shape.
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Postby JBT » Sun May 18, 2008 8:56 pm

There are two boots. They're both probably stuffed. Get the Mazda parts.
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Postby MxJadeMonkey » Mon May 19, 2008 12:55 am

Costs $70 for upper and lower boot genuine.

dont skimp on those.
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Postby mekros » Mon May 19, 2008 7:06 am

it seems like the consensus has spoken....genuine it is :)

Thanks all for the comments.
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Postby Fatty » Mon May 19, 2008 7:48 pm

mekros wrote:it seems like the consensus has spoken....genuine it is :)

Thanks all for the comments.


got mine at mx5parts.co.uk
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Postby Mactype » Mon May 19, 2008 8:40 pm

Fatty wrote:
mekros wrote:it seems like the consensus has spoken....genuine it is :)

Thanks all for the comments.


got mine at mx5parts.co.uk


Funny just ordered these two boots today off mx5parts.co.uk (theres also a nylon cup that goes on the gearlever base that looks as if its a good thing to replace whilst your there).

Cost approx $70 plus shipping for the lot, I ordered a few other bits too so can't give you relevant shipping costs
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Postby Fatty » Fri May 23, 2008 12:24 am

ooh ouch mactype if only you'd waited a couple of days... they just put it on special price / 7 day offer....

http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/product_info. ... ts_id/1111
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Postby marcusus » Fri May 23, 2008 8:34 pm

Fatty wrote:ooh ouch mactype if only you'd waited a couple of days... they just put it on special price / 7 day offer....

http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/product_info. ... ts_id/1111

Saw that, and bought some.

What was frustrating was I was about to post a group buy for them, but it turns out each one increases the shipping cost by the same amount, so it was all rather pointless.

All up mine came to ₤29.66 which equates to probably about $65 including delivery to Sydney.

I probably should've gone hunting for anything else I wanted to save on the shipping...
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Postby Mactype » Fri May 23, 2008 11:26 pm

Fatty wrote:ooh ouch mactype if only you'd waited a couple of days... they just put it on special price / 7 day offer....

http://www.mx5parts.co.uk/product_info. ... ts_id/1111


oh I know, I also received the email - you reckon they saw my order and thought hmmm... could be fun.
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Postby mr_rotary » Sat May 24, 2008 10:27 am

Just bought some from mazda two days ago, didn't think they where too badly priced for what they are:
NA01-64-481B - $40.26
M514-17-480A - $46.54

That deal is very cheap from the UK :shock:
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