thew

Leather parking brake

thew

This is a pretty easy mod except one thing.. The install notes show you just pulling off your old handel!! well that wont happen. You have to take a knife to it !!

thew

it easyer to pop the console top off..

thew

When you get the old one off remember that you will want to reuse part of it! you can install the new handle without it but you will see the gear and a few wires inside under the handle. I think this is why its not a USA item.. However we can fix this..
You will be reuseing the bottem part of the old handle . The Peice that covers all the stuff under the handel . you can see this part in the pic above its the long skinny ruber that is infront and behind laying on the silver trim.

thew

cut from the bottem up.. and then pull the handle off

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here you can see the part i want you to keep .. go cut the entire thing now so you just have the very bottem part with the extra rubber to hide the workings under the hand break handle

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cutting

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finished cutting

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now go slip this back on the break handle and tape it in place.. I also used one wire tie.

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Now you can slide the new handle on .. it wil fit down a bit further and show you more of the silver button on top. It will be kinda hard to slip on but you can pull it off again later.

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next

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Now clean it up with a nice leather wipe. pop the console back in and enjoy.

thew

This also came from Japanparts.com see my Mazda Speed Knee Pad thread

mysql101

Very nice. I hate the stock parking brake... looks like a fishing hook or something.

thew

yes i know!! what the hell was Mazda thinking with that ugly thing..

MazdaManiac

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Now your brake handle looks like the one in every other car that isn't an RX-8.

BTW its "handle", not "handel". Handel was a composer.
Pet peeve, sorry.

thew

Yea.. Bite me.. if you dont have anything nice to say then keep your trap shut


Spellin is over rateded :P

P.S..

This Handle looks and feels much better than the USA version..

But if you like yours than so be it !!

MazdaManiac

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I didn't like mine, either.
So I installed the matching red leather version.

thew

BTW its "handle", not "handel". Handel was a composer.
Pet peeve, sorry. [/B][/QUOTE]

and WTF are you talking about ??

besides You can see what time it was after i made this Post ....

And if your an english teacher then get a clue.. People here want to know how to mod there cars not Spell ...


Sorry but people keep trying to be smart and pointing out my typeos ... I was born with Dysleskiea (spelling) so at that time of night after having worked on the 8 and taken countless pic's and then altering them with photoshop takes a long time.. I spent about 1 hour just putting that post up .. So if you dont have anything nice to say then ....


btw thanks for careing

thew

Ohh got a pic.. Iwant to see the red.. I almost got a diffrent color for my 8 ... even though its blue

Silverarrow

so does this handel(haha) go down flat when the brake isn't on? or does it still stick up? Basikally is that picture of the finished product with the e break on or off?

Thanks

p.s. do you have a pick of it in the other position also?

MazdaManiac

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English is my third language (after Danish and German). Get over it.

thew

break is up or on in the picture .. when its down or off it still sticks up just like the oem one does. just look at yours and hold your hand over the loop part on the bottem . The break will still stop in the same place Still poining up