hemicooter426

i just bought an '05 Evo and i have a full 100,000 mile warranty on the drivetrain and i got the bumper to bumper upgraded to 100,000 also. i wanted to do mods to the car but i dont want to void the warranty. its like a double sided sword but i would really like some ideas of what to do? thanks

nutrulz

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Nothing. maybe a cat back and a panel filter.

chickenbrest

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not a lot you can do sorry.... mod=no warranty.

Cali2MDevo8

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Not always. U gotta look around and search for dealers in your area. I have heard of some dealers that are mod friendly. NOT MANY THOUGH.

Also if you search, you can find what u can do to your car w/o destroying the warranty. A Flash, K&N drop-in filter, etc can't be detected by dealers.

HMSevo8

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Search for "mod-friendly dealers" and there are numerous posts and threads on where to go, who to see, etc.

Most places will void warranties because of mods. If you add horsepower, they'll say the drivetrain couldn't take the added stress of more hp/trq and will void that portion of the warranty. Its almost impossible to get your warranty to cover things after modifications, since they pull all sorts of business. I would maybe get a boost controller and a flash. They may be OK at some dealerships with that.

MetalGear214

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Not to hijack that thread but, if you put after market rims will that void you're warranty, its the same size rims 17X8

Warrtalon

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It can be detected on his '05.

Warrtalon

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You can't be serious...

Cali2MDevo8

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How do they detect?

Cali2MDevo8

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Rims void the tire warranty u have on those Advans

MetalGear214

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I am just asking if thats going to void something. My friend had a 350Z and he asked the dealership to put 19 inch rims on it, if not his not going to buy the car. So the dealership put 19inch on it, then later on about 3 months after he got the car the transmision stop working. The dealer replace everything but put the stock rims on the car and told him its only a one time deal. If he put his 19 inch back and it breaks its his problem.

taenaive

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I know my friend got denied of the free service because he changed the muffler only not even cat back... I think only way to deal with that kind of situation is to bribe the service manager.

silverEVO8

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I can vouch for one good mod. The XEDE works great and it's totally reversible. The catbacks and all other stuff is expensive, does not give too much power and will surely cause warranty problems. One nice mod that should not cause problems is changing the BOV to the JDM aluminum unit. Also, there are a lot of cosmetic mods that should not present warranty problems either....

sayanara

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The xede is your best bet for power, its easy to take off with no change to the current Ecu, plus it can control boost. Your other option is to get some sort of plug and play standalone system.