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Meh, I have no interest in arguing.
Here's my position and I'll just leave it at that:
1) You warranty can't be voided. A claim can be denied.
2) If you're substituting non OEM-spec parts your claim CAN be denied. If you're running 20" rims with XXX/10/20-profile tires, your car is getting a crapload more viabration to the taillight housing. So your claim CAN be denied. It probably won't be when there are numerous other cases of leaky taillights with cars running normal wheels. If your rear window falls out (or some other vibration-caused failure that doesn't occur to other cars) - your claim CAN and is LIKELY to be denied because of the 20" rims.
What constitutes "oem-spec" sometimes is clearly defined (in case of replacement service parts) sometimes is vague and manufacturers' warranty departments take stands on what they might be prepared to defend in court, should there be a need to. If your intake screws up airflow sensor reading and dupes the engine into running leaner - it's non-OEM spec and manufacturers won't have to prove that your engine went kaboom because of the intake, they just have to prove that the said intake CAN make the car run lean to prove reasonably that it's not done to OEM spec. After proving the latter there's no need to prove causality.
3) Bringing up M-M (because a lot of people out there mistakenly believe that whatever crap they install on their cars the dealer/manufacturer have to prove something) when you have an uncooperative dealer due to your mods -- is an almost surefire way to get them to cooperate less even if your problem is widespread among non-modified cars.
4) So my best advice - forget M-M completely, it doesn't apply to anything enthusiasts do to their cars. If you have a common problem - argue that the problem is occurring to non-modified cars. If you bought a new just-released car, modify knowing that you run the risk of being screwed simply because there won't be enough data to claim that the problem is common on non-modified cars.
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