The Recycled Part

Recently, we had the privilege of helping our friend Tuan Huynh upgrade the seats in his 2014 Mazda 5. We asked him to share his experience working with B&R on this project as well as some pictures with us. If you need help finding reliable used auto parts, visit our website today! We offer a six-month, hassle-free money-back guarantee.

B&R: "Tuan, what inspired this project in the first place?"

Tuan Huynh (TH): "Manufacturers typically install the cheapest seats in base model cars. My own 2014 Mazda 5 Sport has some of the worse stock seats I’ve experienced, but I had to decide between factory leather or the 6-speed manual transmission. I figured the leather seats would be easier to swap than a manual transmission, so I opted for the 6-speed manual."

B&R: "Thanks for thinking of B&R to help you in the process."

TH: "Thanks to B&R Auto Wrecking, I was able to hunt down a set of leather seats for my car. The seats aren’t something you’d find on a stock 2014 Mazda 5. Instead, they are espresso brown seats that were only available for 2006 and 2007 model year Mazda 5’s."

B&R: "Was it difficult to complete the seat swap?"

TH: "With a lot of cleaning and swapping parts around, including the side airbags, I have the only second generation Mazda 5 in the world with a 6-speed manual and brown leather seats. The nice thing about the first generation seats is the lumbar support adjustment, which significantly helps my lower back pain."

B&R: "Would you recommend other drivers upgrade their seats too?"

TH: "If you have a car with uncomfortable seats, upgrade to a used set of leather factory seats from B&R Auto Wrecking."

B&R: "Thanks so much for your time."

Tuan took advantage of our 19 locations in 4 states. We found all three rows of seats from a first generation Mazda 5 at our Albany location and had them shipped to our Graham location for Tuan to pick up. Any part in our online inventory can be shipped to one of our store locations. There might be one near you. We also offer low shipping rates, from our store to your door, nationwide. Connect with us on Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn | Google+

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Tuan Huynh is an editor at Car Tech/Tech Radar, the UK's leading news and reviews website. You can connect with Tuan on Twitter & Google+ and read more of this modded Mazda's customization journey in Tuan's first article detailing the customization plan and his second article describing how the mods were holding up.