Tomorrow my daughter is getting her new CX-5…adding mats, cargo cover, wireless charging pad…any other must haves???

 

I added body side moldings (from sportwing.com). If she parks in parking lots; they’re a necessity (at least from my experience). Their prepainted color matched excellently with the factory paint.

 

E-bay is loaded with lots a 'must have' crapola. Some good, many no so good.
Struts for the hood is a great up grade, for one.

My 2¢

 

Thanks guys

 

I did Weather tech mats and WIndow tint pronto on mine. Not much else planned at this point for me although the wireless charging pad does sound good..

 

I also added paint protection film on the whole front, including the whole hood and front fenders door cups and edges. Just a lot of unprotected paint on the front and too many stones around here yields rock chips.

 

Installed hood prop struts this weekend. Less than $40 on Amazon. Much better than the cheap prop rod. The kit has 2 so it holds up the heavy hood very nicely.

 

Congrats on the new vehicle! Mine turned a year old last week.

I ordered up the Weathertech trunk mat when I first got the CX5 but ended up returning it. The fitment just wasn't real good. It was wavy around the edges and just didn't look right. I ended up getting the same Mazda one that my mom has in her 2014. It fits perfectly. I don't recall if they're Mazda or Weathertech but I've got nice rubber floor mats in the cabin.

As others have mentioned the struts to hold up the hood are a really nice addition and don't take too long to install. I went with the kit from Redline Tuning. It was more expensive but seemed to be better made than some of the kits I'd seen. https://www.redlinetuning.com/product-p/21-26012-02.htm The first time I went in for an oil change the kid who worked on my car complimented me on them and asked who made the kit.

I also had front and rear mud guards put on. I got the dealer to throw those in at no cost. I had them on my last car and liked the looks -- I don't know that they're a necessary item.

A couple months after I got the CX5 I ended up buying a new bicycle and quickly decided I didn't want all my bike rides to begin at home and needed a rack to put on the car. I only mention this because if there's any possibility you'll need a hitch for pulling a trailer or adding a bike rack or other accessory check with local shops that specialize in those. I heard some not so great reviews on the Mazda branded one and IIRC it was very expensive.

 

Which wireless charging pad?

 

CarQiWireless

CarQiWireless

….this seemed to be working well and fit like a glove….only reason we returned it was because my daughter uses Car Play all the time which needs to be plugged in kind of defeated the purpose…now if you were going to pair this with a wireless CP dongle you might have something