Suspension crapping out covered by warranty? (Using aftermarket springs)
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Reason is pretty obvious with any lowering springs installed onto STOCK shocks....
The shock is unable to compesate for the much HIGHER spring rate of a lower spring. Even though dealer replaces the shock, it will get blown again in pre-maturely.
The STOCK shock was desgined to work WITH THE STOCK springs.
I would get a better SHOCK like F-SPORT which is much stiffer to hnadle the higher spring rate. Or go coil-overs...
FOr sure question #1, is HELL NO. Dealer is going to deny the warranty big time. Question #2, dealer will deny it...for the common reason that I mentioned above. OEM springs weren't meant to handle higher spring rate of lowering springs. But you can get away with it because F-Sport advertises that you can use OEM spring.
#3 is unethical so I leave that topic up to you. It's warranty fraud
The shock is unable to compesate for the much HIGHER spring rate of a lower spring. Even though dealer replaces the shock, it will get blown again in pre-maturely.
The STOCK shock was desgined to work WITH THE STOCK springs.
I would get a better SHOCK like F-SPORT which is much stiffer to hnadle the higher spring rate. Or go coil-overs...
FOr sure question #1, is HELL NO. Dealer is going to deny the warranty big time. Question #2, dealer will deny it...for the common reason that I mentioned above. OEM springs weren't meant to handle higher spring rate of lowering springs. But you can get away with it because F-Sport advertises that you can use OEM spring.
#3 is unethical so I leave that topic up to you. It's warranty fraud
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