Mazda CX-3 upgrades, generation by generation.

Pre-facelift DK cars from 2015 to 2018 for the CarPlay retrofit kit, and Japanese-import CX-3s for an Android screen. Facelift owners come for a wireless adapter and a reversing camera on cars that did not get one from the factory.

Yes. Bose cars keep the factory amplifier and subwoofer, and the Android screen feeds that amplifier through an adapter, so every speaker keeps playing and the balance and fade work as before. Nothing is cut and the factory unit can go back in if you sell the car.

DK — 2015–2018: MZD Connect with a 7-inch screen and the Commander knob; Bose on higher trims; Japanese imports carry a Japanese MZD Connect unit. DK facelift — 2018–2021: MZD Connect with a 7-inch screen and the Commander knob; CarPlay and Android Auto from the factory on most cars from late 2018. Not sure? Send the reg on WhatsApp and we tell you the generation and the route.

CarPlay: Mazda retrofit kit on MZD Connect, wireless adapter on facelift cars, an Android screen on Japanese imports. Car radio: MZD Connect kept on Irish cars; a DK-specific Android screen with the Commander knob on imports. Reversing camera: Camera on the MZD Connect screen through the factory input, guidelines included. Ambient lighting: Ambient LED kits in doors and dash, extended factory ambient on newer cars, app controlled. Speakers: Plug-in door speakers and tweeters, factory head unit and amplifier kept, no cutting. Parking sensors: Four sensors in the rear bumper with a buzzer that beeps faster; sound only. Dash cam: Hardwired from the fuse box with parking mode and a low-voltage cut-off, cables hidden. Subwoofer: Under-seat or boot subwoofer on a DSP amplifier fed from the factory unit, boot space kept. Soundproofing: Doors and floor treated with butyl and foam, trim refitted without marks.

CarPlay: under an hour for activation, two to four hours for a box or a screen. Car radio: two to three hours, usually the same day. Reversing camera: two to three hours. Ambient lighting: two to four hours. Most CX-3 owners wait at the workshop or drop the car in the morning and collect it the same day.

DK: the MZD Connect with a 7-inch screen and the Commander knob; Bose on higher trims; Japanese imports carry a Japanese MZD Connect unit stays and we add to it. DK facelift: the MZD Connect with a 7-inch screen and the Commander knob; CarPlay and Android Auto from the factory on most cars from late 2018 stays and we add to it. Steering-wheel buttons, factory amplifiers and cameras are carried over on every route; the only route that changes what you see is an Android screen, and even then the controls are kept.

Send the reg or the year on WhatsApp or the form below and we confirm the generation, the route, the price and the next free slot. Every job carries a one-year warranty on the work, done at our workshop in Rosemount Business Park, Dublin 11, Monday to Saturday.