I'm thinking of modding my current v6 with a tune,intake and axle-back but I'm worried about the warranty and that I can't really do the mods myself and wanting to upgrade to a gt in a year or two.

 

Why can't you do the mods yourself? Both intake and axle-backs only take basic hand tools. Even if you are a novice it would easy to install. As far as the warranty goes it is only voided if something breaks and they determine it was the cause of an aftermarket part. The best thing to do is talk to your dealer about what you can and can't do as far as what might void parts of your warranty then figure out what your comfortable with doing.

 

The apt I'm currently at doesn't let anyone do anything with their cars not even to clean the inside of your car. It's all in the apt leases

 

Do they enforce that? I don't see how anyone is harming/bothering/disrupting anyone else by putting a garbage bag/can next to their car and throwing away McD's wrappers and wiping down the dash or vacuuming out your interior.

Intake will take 30 min with basic hand tools and the hood up. Axle backs are a bit more involved but can be done in 2 hours with ramps and hand tools.

 

Not that I have seen but the people I rent off of are around a lot. Maybe I can see if I can get a friend to help with and work on it at their place or seeing if I could get the dealer to do gears and the axle backs

 

Would the dealer do this for me?

 

Depends on the dealer ... some our mod friendly and some are not.

You won't void the warranty by just putting those parts on your car. Read the Magnusson-Moss Warranty Act.

In short ... an aftermarket part would have to fail and cause harm to your car before the warranty could be "voided" ... the dealership would have to prove xxx part caused xxx failure. It is not as easy as saying that because you put x on the car then all warranties are voided.

Just FYI ... When a Steeda tune, CAI, exhaust, etc. have been installed on a consumers car ... we have had 0 warranty claims/denials. When you purchase from Steeda, you are purchasing parts that are tested and intended to perform the way they should.

Send me an email at tim @ steeda.com if you would like to talk off-line?

Best Regards,

TJ

 

Your warranty should be fine with the mods that you mentioned. They're also pretty basic so you should be able to do them yourself.

As far as the apartment is concerned... they all say that in the lease, but it's meant to keep someone from trying to rebuild a whole car.

 

I'd tell the land lord to shove it. Everywhere I've leased has the same stuff in their contracts but I ignore it and no one has said a thing. It's really to keep the mexicans from running shops in the parking lots.

 

Would I have to order the parts myself or the dealer order them? I was also going to get 3.73 gears

 

You order from wherever you want, and install wherever. For the gears, I'd shop around and see who has the best price for the install and the longest warranty.

 

Wouldn't the dealer ordering the gears have the warranty from ford racing?

 

Go talk to your landlord and explain that the work is simple and when it will be completed. Unless they are complete tools, you should have no problem getting their, "okay." And then just be done when you say you're going to be.


As a landlord renting a home out; I have the same provisions in my lease. For less specific reasons than Rando stated. But along the same lines. I'm Hispanic and dang it...I don't want a garage run out of my property's yard either.

 

I believe so, but I'm not for sure. Honestly, I'd think it'd be better (and cheaper) to get the gears from AM/etc. and get them installed elsewhere (other than a dealership). I think you're trying to be waaay to official about your mods...I used to be the same way, but my local dealer is nothing but trouble. Hell, they didn't even want to cut my car key, because "it was different and their key cutter was weird"...Mods are an aftermarket thing. That means after the dealership. Whether you install it or you find a "speed shop" to do the work, it has nothing to do with Ford.

Without throwing out completely racist assumtions...They just don't want people tearing apart entire cars and running a shop in the apartment parking lot. I've done all of my own mods in an apartment parking lot, including taking the whole front end off and lots of Plasti-dip work. They look at me funny while I'm doing it. But afterwards, they've actually stopped to complement it and ask for details.

 

I want to get everything from am

 

That's a good choice. But when you're talking about gears, remember that the install is gonna cost as much (or more) than the parts. So shop around, and see who will do it for cheap (and still warranty it, if it whines/etc.).

 

I know with gears tune intake and exhaust that it will cost a lot but there are only two dealers that are close to me

 

If you're determined to use one of those 2 dealerships, then by all means, do it. But you likely won't get the best price or the best service, especially since you can do most of those mods yourself with a screwdriver...

 

I could do the tune and intake myself

 

I'm thinking of getting a lowering kit also