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dredman1 wrote:rainman, I was just tonite going to start a thread to find out where all the RORO 1.6 Mazda 3 owners get their parts. I was reading through this thread and saw that earlier on you were asking many of the same questions that I'm now asking as a new RORO 3 owner. Did you ever get any answers?
I only very recently got the same model - RORO, 1.6L, 4 wheel disc brakes, auto. I'm finding it difficult to locate parts for it outside of Southern Sales. Even then, SS don't like to sell parts to the owners of cars that weren't bought from them.
I totally understand them not wanting to service the RORO cars (not that I would want them to work on my car anyway), but selling parts too? I think that's a bit much. Ah well, shipping in from foreign FTW.
Even if I could get parts from SS, I'm not sure they would have parts for our rear wheels/suspension, especially parts such as pads, wheel bearings, etc. Since the local model came with rear drums, I'm assuming these parts for the rear from the dealer would be different.
On a side, it's difficult to locate parts out of the US also, since the 1.6 wasn't sold there. Does anyone know if routine replacement parts for the brakes, suspension (pads, bearings, bushings, etc.) are the same for the 2.0 and 1.6 models?
That would make it much easier to locate and source parts in the US - then we won't have to rely on SS and tolerate their dealership prices and attitude.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE the car, but I feel more comfortable knowing that I can get parts easily, as it is with my BJ model 323.
dredman1 wrote:Well, I need to get wheel bearings in a bad way. Also would like to get the front and rear brake pads. I think these are the urgent ones for now.
If I get these Mazda part numbers for our car, I can cross-reference it with the 2.0 parts numbers and if they're the same have someone bring them in from the US for me.
The other items like cradle arm bushings etc. can come after. Nothing's wrong with them now, but would like those numbers too for future reference.
You able to put your hands on those part numbers?
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