[Clifftonlh]

 

[JdubsCX90]

 

[bobtolen]

Here is mine. Very hard to get in my area. This was delivered via a broker to my house.

 

[bobtolen]

Here is mine. Very hard to get in my area. This was delivered via a broker to my house. View attachment 4253

Found this the other day. The car seemed to labor when starting. Measured the 12 lead acid battery voltage. With engine on 14.5 volts which is normal. Then I shut the engine off and the voltage dropped to 11.0 which is way to low. I saw on another thread what the OEM battery should look like. Took off the covers and the trim and windshield apron. This is what I found. Battery did not even fit properly. Was loose in the hold down bracket. Mazda's OEM is not a diehard. The car has only been to a dealer in Florida and a local gas station for the NYS inspection. This battery is a couple of years old and has a dead cell. Someone has some splainin to do! Will put a Group 35 AGM battery in this weekend.

OEM Battery from another thread.

 

[cx90mc]

thats not right.

 

[Etex]

DieHard battery?
There's more to this car's history that you may not know, given it has a "Branded Title". Might be worth doing a Title search.

 

[bobtolen]

DieHard battery?
There's more to this car's history that you may not know, given it has a "Branded Title". Might be worth doing a Title search.

The new battery fixed the starting issue. I wish I had inspected the battery compartment earlier but I had no reason to. I have had the car since December. Pretty obvious this is not the OEM battery. This is a difficult battery to remove much less swap out with another battery. It is a very generic battery at that. It leaves me scratching my head. Why would anyone bother?

 

[bobtolen]

This is what I put in. It arrived yesterday.

It fit like a glove and now the car starts without laboring. What a PIA to change that battery. First the beauty cover. Then the hood gasket. Then the right wiper tray. Then the right under tray. Then the two connectors and the nuts that hold the positive distribution tray and last but not least the battery hold down bracket. If you want to follow the Mazda manual you have to remove both trays and the wiper arms. Charging is now 14.7 volts and ignition off is 12.5 volts.

 

[bobtolen]

Here is mine. Very hard to get in my area. This was delivered via a broker to my house. View attachment 4253

My wife keeps arguing with me. Its Platinum-Quartz-Metalic but the title says gray. She insist it is not gray. For DMV purposes it is gray.

I am looking into getting the chrome inline six emblems although the $160 for the pair is a bit obnoxious. Anyone tried removing the side emblems. Are they double-side taped or are there hole.

The grill emblem cast in clear resin is really cool looking.

 

[bobtolen]

DieHard battery?
There's more to this car's history that you may not know, given it has a "Branded Title". Might be worth doing a Title search.

I know the car's history. A cousin of mine's dad bought it brand new. The car was awaiting service in a dealer's parking lot in Bo-ca-Rotone Florida when hurricane Debby hit. The dealerships insurance agent declared every car in the lot flood damaged. The car was inspected and branded "rebuilt" in Florida. My uncle died and my cousin gave me the car which I shipped to New York. I am in the process of going through the gauntlet of having a branded car registered in New York. It was just inspected and the DMV inspector told me he saw no sign of flood damage. Still once branded "rebuilt" that brand stays with the car forever. Where in the process the battery was stolen is unknown. My cousin does not remember the battery failing while they had it and there is nothing on the car fax to indicate the battery was ever legitimately replaced. Knowing the difficulty of removing this battery much less replacing it some one went to an awful lot of trouble to conceal what they did. Every cover was painstakingly replaced leaving no signs that they had ever been disturbed. Like I said the OEM battery is a generic flooded lead acid battery. Nothing special. Why bother?

 

[bobtolen]

Here is mine. Very hard to get in my area. This was delivered via a broker to my house. View attachment 4253

This is quite a head turner. All the neighbor have commented on how nice it looks.

 

[bobtolen]

Found this the other day. The car seemed to labor when starting. Measured the 12 lead acid battery voltage. With engine on 14.5 volts which is normal. Then I shut the engine off and the voltage dropped to 11.0 which is way to low. I saw on another thread what the OEM battery should look like. Took off the covers and the trim and windshield apron. This is what I found. Battery did not even fit properly. Was loose in the hold down bracket. Mazda's OEM is not a diehard. The car has only been to a dealer in Florida and a local gas station for the NYS inspection. This battery is a couple of years old and has a dead cell. Someone has some splainin to do! Will put a Group 35 AGM battery in this weekend. View attachment 4437
OEM Battery from another thread.

I am going to move this to the technical section.

 

[bobtolen]

I modified the plain ABS emblems. Just could not justify the $162.00 for the upgraded emblems. White Chalk and epoxy fill and then 1000 grit wet sanding. Then a layer of clear coat.This emblem was meant for cars sold to renta-car companies or for fleet use but dealers got a hold of some of them and started selling them to the general public. I think Mazda did away with these emblems entirely for 2025. Did it for less than $15.00.

 

[bobtolen]

Just started a second set of emblems. Will be chroming these up before they go on. Contrast turned out a lot better. Looking for a small CX90 in chrome to add.