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Originally Posted by McDeLtA_T
Hey guys. This is going to be my first brand new car and was wondering if anyone knows ways to lease and upgrade the FRS with performance parts without breaking the lease contract. Ideas legal and sneaky are welcome. Also, do you think lease options are okay with TRD stuff?
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As someone who's worked for a Toyota dealership in both sales and service for the last six years or so, and is currently a service writer:
You can do with it generally as you please. At the termination of your lease (I.E. the end of the contract or if the car gets repo'd, etc) the car must generally have "safe" tires and brakes, no big dings, and all factory equipment. If its not on the car as delivered to you, Toyota Financial will bill you for the missing parts at list price - not the dealer.
Warranty claims are still submittable with aftermarket parts, but the same guidelines apply - suspension noise with coilovers? Running lean code with an intake? Probably not warrantable unless there's something else obvious going on.
Some dealers that mention mods are ok will actually try and buy you out of the car at the end of the lease instead of terminating it - lower mileage cars can sometimes beat the residual and we can make an extra buck out of it. They may not even get returned to TFS at all.