Hey all, new poster:

The Mrs has a 2019 CX-5 and accidentally biffed a bollard. She cracked the chrome lower grille trim (it's called grille molding and the part number is KB8A-50-7J1B). Pic attached below. Got a replacement part, but I am trying to find some kind of installation guide. There seems to not exist a repair manual for 2019 or newer. There are a few floating around that claim to be 2016-2019 but they show repairs to be made on the old body style, where this piece was a solid single piece for the L&R, totally different molding/trim piece.

The seller had no info, no instructions. Looks like it needs to be screwed from the inside which makes me wonder if the bumper has to be removed.

Any info is helpful. I can play a pretty good mechanic if I have some instructions.

 

Just an opinion. There is/are YouTube videos showing how to replace the grill (same general area).
It's a two man job that includes removing the whole front piece, allowing access from the rear to change your part.

Search YouTube for: mazda cx 5 grill replacement
View all videos as one many have more info than another.


My 2¢

 

Slightly OT, but I've run into this as well. If you ever do run across a CX-5 manual that REALLY is for the 2020+ please let us know. All the eBay sellers say the KF manual covers thru 2021, but that is not the case.

 

Bumper removal is required, then the grill is unscrewed from the bumper & then the chrome unscrewed from the grill.

 

Thanks all.

I had a better idea: we take the car in to a repair place to have the windshield re-seated because they messed up the seal trim across the roofline during their first repair. I asked if they can do a quick trim install and they agreed. Will take them 30 minutes where it will take me a whole day.

I will continue to keep an eye out for a repair manual as I like to do most things myself when I can.

And I'm glad I found this forum, I'll have continued questions I'm sure!

Thanks