[FC3S Murray]

Well I got my side seals in yesterday as well as my NEW inner coolant seal.

I love Mazdatrix and their parts availability BUT recently they have hit a rough patch with me in regards to their packaging perfromance. Last week I recieved my rear iron replacement parts(seals, o-rings ect) and inside the priority mail package they just shoved the inner coolant seal in the envelope....well that led to the seal kinking and cracking. I called them and they immediately said they will send me a new one.

So then yesterday I got my side seals in and the new coolant seal. The coolant seal was taped to a solid 8x13 cardboard sheet(good stuff) BUT the side seals were just wrapped in a zip lock bag with a thin foam 1/16 inch sheet wrapped around them. You would think this would be adequate protection for the side seals if it were shipped in a BOX, but instead they shipped it in another envelope. When I got the envelope you could see a curved wear mark that damn near cut through the packaging where the side seals were sitting.

I was about to kill the post man but after I opened it up and inspected them and found no damage I was cool headed.


You would just think some people would use common sense and put fragile items in a box. Anyway I need more coffee and sorry about the rant.