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Suspension crapping out covered by warranty? (Using aftermarket springs)

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Old 10-17-12, 10:17 AM
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Reason is pretty obvious with any lowering springs installed onto STOCK shocks....

The shock is unable to compesate for the much HIGHER spring rate of a lower spring. Even though dealer replaces the shock, it will get blown again in pre-maturely.

The STOCK shock was desgined to work WITH THE STOCK springs.

I would get a better SHOCK like F-SPORT which is much stiffer to hnadle the higher spring rate. Or go coil-overs...

FOr sure question #1, is HELL NO. Dealer is going to deny the warranty big time. Question #2, dealer will deny it...for the common reason that I mentioned above. OEM springs weren't meant to handle higher spring rate of lowering springs. But you can get away with it because F-Sport advertises that you can use OEM spring.

#3 is unethical so I leave that topic up to you. It's warranty fraud
Old 10-17-12, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by bob4256
$450 to install springs? ^

Thats crazy, I got my coils installed for $200
If I found a garage that installs coils for $200, i probably would already have them on my car.

All the garages I called I got quoted from $450 to $600.
Old 10-17-12, 12:25 PM
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Thats ridiculous ^
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