Any socal dealers or certified shops that are mod friendly? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

bdanisi · 05-01-2013, 02:29 AM

So far I have a cat back and a drop in filter. But I haven't got my tune yet because I don't want to void my warranty. I also want to get the Rev works uel headers but again before I pull the trigger I need to find a dealer or certified service tech who won't throw me under the bus becuz of my mods. Is this just a pipe dream? Feel free to pm me if your trying to keep it hush hush :-
Much obliged my fellow socal 86ers :-)
Thanks Brandon

YDNA · 05-01-2013, 03:33 AM

just take it to evasive. they're on these forums too.

http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/

Fish · 05-01-2013, 02:16 PM

You should be fine at a dealer. They would have to prove the part was the cause of the failure to deny your warranty.

Pekingduck · 05-01-2013, 02:26 PM

I brought my car to both Longo and puente hills Toyota, but I think it up to the service writer and tech to work together if you are trying to warranty something that goes into the grey area.

gibby · 05-01-2013, 03:10 PM

Wow, that sounded pretty good even with stock exhaust. (Hehe...sorry, I googled and found a video for the headers he mentioned.

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bdanisi · 05-02-2013, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fish

You should be fine at a dealer. They would have to prove the part was the cause of the failure to deny your warranty.

I understand this but from my research it seams s though our cars cpu is quite intelligent and will inform the techs of any alterations i.e. tunes. Now do i think a tune will make my engine blow up no, but it seems to me that this would be a good excuse for a service department to not want to have me pay for work that needs to be done because i had a "tune"
does that make sense? Im really trying to get multiple opinions on this before i do it

Fish · 05-02-2013, 02:20 PM

Ah, yeah. I would hold off on a tune personally. Where I work I can tell you that our ECUs have a counter. It shows how many times an ECU has been flashed and how many times it was successful. I'm not sure if Toyota does the same thing. I'm fairly confident it may though.

05-01-2013, 02:29 AM	#1
bdanisi You Made Bro? Join Date: Dec 2012 Drives: Raven 86 Location: Laguna Niguel Posts: 520 Thanks: 134 Thanked 241 Times in 112 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Any socal dealers or certified shops that are mod friendly? So far I have a cat back and a drop in filter. But I haven't got my tune yet because I don't want to void my warranty. I also want to get the Rev works uel headers but again before I pull the trigger I need to find a dealer or certified service tech who won't throw me under the bus becuz of my mods. Is this just a pipe dream? Feel free to pm me if your trying to keep it hush hush :- Much obliged my fellow socal 86ers :-) Thanks Brandon

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05-01-2013, 03:33 AM	#2
YDNA Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Drives: Raven FR-S Location: Orange County Posts: 439 Thanks: 93 Thanked 167 Times in 94 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	just take it to evasive. they're on these forums too. http://www.evasivemotorsports.com/

05-01-2013, 02:16 PM	#3
Fish Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2015 Yuzu RS1.0 Scion FR-S #893 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA Posts: 913 Thanks: 459 Thanked 414 Times in 264 Posts Mentioned: 35 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	You should be fine at a dealer. They would have to prove the part was the cause of the failure to deny your warranty.

05-01-2013, 02:26 PM	#4
Pekingduck Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Drives: 4 wheels Location: Southern Cali Posts: 800 Thanks: 328 Thanked 419 Times in 177 Posts Mentioned: 22 Post(s) Tagged: 3 Thread(s)	I brought my car to both Longo and puente hills Toyota, but I think it up to the service writer and tech to work together if you are trying to warranty something that goes into the grey area.

05-02-2013, 02:20 PM	#7
Fish Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Drives: 2015 Yuzu RS1.0 Scion FR-S #893 Location: San Fernando Valley, CA Posts: 913 Thanks: 459 Thanked 414 Times in 264 Posts Mentioned: 35 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	Ah, yeah. I would hold off on a tune personally. Where I work I can tell you that our ECUs have a counter. It shows how many times an ECU has been flashed and how many times it was successful. I'm not sure if Toyota does the same thing. I'm fairly confident it may though.

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