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Mazdaspeed3 lower splash shield, "skid" panel ( its plastic so not really a skid pan)

Warning ! working on your own car is dangerous and all parts listed below are not guaranteed to work on your case so do your homework. this is just a guide of what I did to remedy a problem and how I was able to trouble shoot and resolve my issue as inexpensively as possible.

I recently collected a bit to much snow in my lower splash shield when backing into garage that it bent and caught the lip of concrete at the driveway/garage union. Needless to say it split in two and had to be zip tie stitched back together until I could get a new one.

They are available from $149 - $26

www.onlinemazdaparts.com $149

https://www.onlinemazdaparts.com/p/Mazda_2008_323L-MTMazdaspeed-Hatchback/Lower-shield-Radiator-Support-Splash-Shield-Under-cover--Front-Lower-shield------------------------------Under-cover/49003146/BP4K56111M.html

www.Amazon.com $40.71 w/ prime shipping

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00NF1Q8P2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

www.rockauto.com $26.89 or $40.88 w/shipping

http://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/mazda,2008,3,2.3l+l4+turbocharged,1442059,body,under+car+shield,13300?a=Referer+www.google.com+URL+%2F

I ended up getting the Amazon one, as far as I could tell they are the same, minus the hole for teh oil filter seemed to be bigger on the original. So I enlarged it on the new one just in case and deburred the edges.

I chocked the rear wheels and supported the front of the car on jack stands.
  1. Remove all the (qty 9) 10mm bolts from the lower pan holding it to the radiator support in the front and the wheel well splash guards, all the bright gold-ish colored mounts as shown in picture and three in the front that go to lower radiator support
  2. Then it should fall off
  3. Reinstall in reverse order, I found that getting the two rear ones from each side started and one in the front to get it to at least hang flat while you got the rest of the bolts in seemed to be the easiest otherwise there were some minor struggles. ( I did this twice,  removed and reinstalled, in the matter of a few days)

Good luck and happy motoring!

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