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dilemma or not?
so i recently just bought a brand new 2015 f sport w/extended warranty 7 year/100k miles and also realize I ordered some Tein H Tech Springs. I'm at the intersection of whether to put on aftermarket springs or not as it might void some of my warranties. I'm worried as this will be my new DD and I'd like to maintain my warranty as much as possible since i spent extra on it.
I did it on my previous car a scion tc and it was fine but the TRD spring I had have sag to one finger in between wheel and fender over the course of 5-6 years.
I did it on my previous car a scion tc and it was fine but the TRD spring I had have sag to one finger in between wheel and fender over the course of 5-6 years.
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The warranty will be voided only on that part that you replace. All other warrantys still in effect. So the warranty on the struts is voided if you install them. I bought the same warranty and installed rsr down springs. You should go for it.
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As the above person said, you are probably looking at the possibility of dampers, control arms, bushings, endlinks, etc being voided. These dont seem to be extremely common failure points in the short term and you'd probably be looking at a sub 1K repair for things like control arms and around that same cost for dampers. Probably sub $200 repair for various bushings/endlinks. Repairs that I dread are things like hard to trace intermittent electrical problems and then powertrain failures. In this case, those systems should remain covered.
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Well explained! The only thing affected will be your suspension.
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As the above person said, you are probably looking at the possibility of dampers, control arms, bushings, endlinks, etc being voided. These dont seem to be extremely common failure points in the short term and you'd probably be looking at a sub 1K repair for things like control arms and around that same cost for dampers. Probably sub $200 repair for various bushings/endlinks. Repairs that I dread are things like hard to trace intermittent electrical problems and then powertrain failures. In this case, those systems should remain covered.
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so i recently just bought a brand new 2015 f sport w/extended warranty 7 year/100k miles and also realize I ordered some Tein H Tech Springs. I'm at the intersection of whether to put on aftermarket springs or not as it might void some of my warranties. I'm worried as this will be my new DD and I'd like to maintain my warranty as much as possible since i spent extra on it.
I did it on my previous car a scion tc and it was fine but the TRD spring I had have sag to one finger in between wheel and fender over the course of 5-6 years.
I did it on my previous car a scion tc and it was fine but the TRD spring I had have sag to one finger in between wheel and fender over the course of 5-6 years.
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how likely are these to be broken/fix over time period of say 6 years? " dampers, control arms, bushings, endlinks" also since i'll be using Tein H tein there should be less stress on the stock show right since its not a very high drop?
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I have a a 2014 Lexus I350 F Sport with warranty and I purchased a set up RS-R Down Lowering Springs. Worst case scenario if you have any issues just have your factory springs re-installed. I say go for it! Have some fun with your car!
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Lots of factors that go into that. How are you driving the car? Are you tracking it? Are you doing autocross with it? If you're doing neither of those, they will last dependent upon the number of miles you drive and the number of imperfections in the road (pot holes) that you hit. Control arms and end links are usually good for 100,000 or more miles before you need to start looking at the bushings and boots.
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