I will search and hunt down 20 websites before I buy something lol.

 

Just got the following email in response to the order I placed two days ago...

Good morning,
Thank you for your Order XXX
We regret we are unable to supply part No FF37-V8-170-04 this part is no longer serviced by Mazda GB.
We will of course refund the full amount of Gb £ 79.78 to your card without delay.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused
Regards,
Dave Garth


On to Plan B...

EDIT: Been talking with Dave Garth on the other side of the pond. He's looking further into the availability of this item. I should hear back from him within the next day or two. Anyone who's interested, stay tuned....

 

Oh, no, Doc got the last one!

 

mmm how much can I upsale for now:P just kidding I will look for you guys but the japanese ones are all 300 plus

 

Heavens to Murgatroyd!!! Damn, this is by far the best price I've seen on these. I was going to order one this morning.

 

That is the Series II part number right? With reverse located to the left? So for the Series I owners, you may have to call and see. I have a Series II so will be waiting for an update.

 

Here's the latest update from our friend Dave Garth at Jennings Mazda in the UK...


Price is different Gb £ 79.20 plus shipping Gb £ 12.00"

(...still only about $145 US dollars total)

I did verify with DocBeech through PM that is the same part number that was shipped to him. It would appear that the problem is the link on the website takes you to an old obsolete part number. That's why I go the "Sorry, this isn't available" email reply.

I just got off the phone with Dave (VERY nice guy) and I did tell him there are others waiting to order this part number. Unfortunately, he said there's no simple way to bypass the website and order the item another way. Sounds like Mazda on line ordering in the UK is a little unreliable regarding current information.

My suggestion if you want one of these: order the item through the link in DocBeech's post #1. If you get the same response that I did (part number FF37-V8-170-04 is no longer available), contact Dave Garth, either by email or telephone and let him know it's part number FE16-V8-170-B04 that you're trying to get. I know, that seems half-assed but it appears to be the only way to navigate through the order process at the moment.

Hope that helps everyone.

 

Ok doing a quick google search shows that FE16-V8-170-B04 is for SERIES I manual transmissions.

http://www.mazda-accessories.co.uk/l...speed-54-p.asp

I see you have a R3 so be careful!

 

Good catch, jrx. Thanks. I just looked closer at DocBeech's photos and reverse is in fact...reversed!

Stop the presses, AGAIN.

 

sweet looks like i'm ordering mine this week!

 

Better get on it. I just ordered mine!

 

lol he is gonna run out again and then its going to be a restart of the oh crap posts. theres probably a lot of people ordering that never posted as well.

 

This is turning into a bad soap opera (is that redundant?) but here's the latest update on the illuminated shifter **** for R3 models...


Dave Garth
Tel 00 44 1642 632271

Just to be clear, that's part #FF37-V8-170-04. Dave did tell me a few times during our phone conversations that Mazda UK part ordering was a bit of a mess. I'm just crossing my fingers and waiting to see what shows up on my doorstep, hopefully next week sometime.

 

i tried to order it and i was unsucessful.. i'm sooo sooo sad..

 

shoot the guy an email. from what we found out the part number I ordered no longer exists and they have a new part number now. What this means in simple terms is one supplier quit making them. So another supplier has picked up and started producing them. As for shipping it took me in Texas to get mine 7 days on the dot.

 

ok cool i'm going to send him an email today, funny thing is i went to the stealership today to find out what they would charge for a new shift ****. boy i was in for a shocker, they wanted 300 just for the shift ****...

 

they have mazda hood dampers too... pretty cheap... actually found myself considering replacing my teins with a set of them.

 

I ordered floor mats from him, mazda oem ones and they came in about a day longer than the shift **** took:P

 

I have moved the images to here:

http://s151.photobucket.com/albums/s...ted%20Shifter/

This should make it easier to go over them.

 

So my illuminated shifter **** arrived today from the UK and I can confirm that part #FF37-V8-170-04 definitely is the correct part number for a '09 (and I assume '10) R3 and it obviously is available. If you get an automatic "no longer available" reply from Dave Garth, email or call him and straighten it out. Thanks again to DocBeech for turning me/us onto this.

Quick question for all: What's the easiest way to dye the stitching on the new **** red to match the stitching on the stock **** and parking brake lever?? The illuminated one comes with white stitching.

 

Rider, how did you manage to get the 09 shift **** shipped out to USA. I am looking right now and only see the UK shipping option available

 

I used the link that DocBeech has in post #1 and had no problem PLACING the order. If they're not giving you an option to ship to the U.S. any more I'd contact Dave Garth (email and phone are listed in the "Contact" box on the order page) and see how you can get around that.

I just emailed him to let him know my order arrived and told him (again) that others would be looking to order these from him. Great guy to deal with.

 

Now that I wouldn't know but I bet a good google search will turn something up.

 

Got mine in on Friday. The install was simple. It fits fine with the AFE short shifter if anyone was wondering. It's a little bright relative to the rest of the cabin lights but it looks really good.

 

Where do these wire up to? What kind of bulb is used? If it's not LED, you could probably run a wire instead to the dimmer wire at the back of the radio.