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arathol and I have been talking about modifying the front emblem on the 3s. I thought they were all plastic and removable (the silver part), but he pointed out some are flat and the emblem is integrated into the black circle. So, did my local Mazda Service Manager screw up my forward radar sensor by putting on my Evil M emblem (mine isn't flat and isn't part of the black circle)? I asked arathol where he heard this and he said somewhere in the owners manual. So I searched and found what it said. I will try to paste it here but you may want to download and read it separately: https://www.mazdausa.com/owners/how-to-use-my-mazda



It appears that if you cover the sensor, a warning light will come on your dash (including if it gets too dirty). The combined silver/black badges would seem to indicate the car has iActiveSense package. The separate chrome emblem should be on the cars without that package (please chime in and verify what kind of badge and package you have).
I'm assuming that if your chrome badge is separate, you should be able to add the Evil M (which is also plastic but takes up less area than the standard symbol (which is also why my dealer put it on my car).
Changing your grill out would probably disable any of the aforementioned systems.
Please read the manual and share with the community your observations.




It appears that if you cover the sensor, a warning light will come on your dash (including if it gets too dirty). The combined silver/black badges would seem to indicate the car has iActiveSense package. The separate chrome emblem should be on the cars without that package (please chime in and verify what kind of badge and package you have).
I'm assuming that if your chrome badge is separate, you should be able to add the Evil M (which is also plastic but takes up less area than the standard symbol (which is also why my dealer put it on my car).
Changing your grill out would probably disable any of the aforementioned systems.
Please read the manual and share with the community your observations.
