To heck with the typos, this is a very nice DIY thread. KUDOS to you, thew! :D

 

typos are my trade mark.. hehe and I try to type to fast and dont think to go back and check for errors untill later hehe

Thanks.. the MAzda instructions are written for Japan only. But theres a few pictographs.

 

looks nice and its unique

 

what a great DIY thread. Good instruction and pictures too.

Thanks !

 

you bet

 

Well, you got "pictographs" right :p

Thanks for the instructions. The OEM brake Handel is unique but sometimes I think that's the only thing it's got going for it. Other times I think it's ok.

 

I'm sorry, but did I miss the part number for the autoexe handbrake handle? It looks really nice. :D
From what I can gather, you got it from www.japanparts.com.
Am I right? or wrong.

Thanks.

 

yes.. i did.. its there under there but they also have the MS ones to ..its the AutoExe

 

Thanks. Got it. :D That's so much better than the Mazda 'fish-hook'. :p

 

yepppp

 

I don't mind the Parking Brake, however i want to know Mazda's logic behind making it look like a rapid fire rifle handle, did they assume i would be pulling it up every time i take a turn?

 

Because it is beautiful and different.

 

I made a custom leather parking break from a leather steering wheel cover--$14.99 at many auto stores. I’ll be taking pic’s and posting shortly.

It wraps around the standard handle and it feels much better than the standard plastic. The hardest part is the stitching.

 

 

Because it is beautiful and different :}

 

hey no.w. I am just busting your chops cause you like the fish hook and i like the fishing pole

Mostly the loop got in my way.. and I like my 8 to look diffrent that yours
PEace

 

I'm missing why we need this lower part cut off the old one. Can you explain that better??

 

to cover the gear and the mech that make the hand break work. cutting off the old oem base and installing it first keeps that stuff out of sight. you dont have to do it. in fact you can install it without and then you will see for yourself why. Then you can reinstall the old rubber base under the new break handle

 

BUMP. The photos appear to be gone... and I'd like to see them since I just broke part the base of the parking brake. Can anyone help?

 

Did a DIY job on mine, if you think it to large on a LHD it's worse on a RHD, not keen on the hover handle look either, the guard bit seems to do nothing!

 

I have the same "oops" problem -- cold weather broken plastic that so many other people have noted. The thing that really bugs me is that the plastic piece, from the way it looks in the photos (thanks for posting them again, BTW) looks very long, several inches at least, and I can't find it anywhere, even inside the center console. Did it slip into a hole somehow that I missed? I think I would certainly have noticed a broken piece of plastic that big if it were laying in my passenger footwell.