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Old 08-22-2008, 09:31 AM
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Default Did long tubes void your warranty?

Hey guys im thinking about buying some kooks long tubes and the rest of the piping system, but i wanted to know did it void YOUR warranty? if you took your car to the dealer, would they say its not covered? I want to know since i JUST bought my brand new 08 about 3 months ago. Also, what did it run you to install and what are the rest of the piping i need?
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Old 08-22-2008, 09:39 AM
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Yes they voided my warranty. I took my car to the dealer to get some of the bubbling paint on the hood fixed and mentioned my sweet new long tubes. By that point they said that they could not do anything for my paint because it's well known that longtubes are made with leaded material. Well they said that the lead had traveled into the fuel system and possibly crept into the paint through the filler cap. I pointed out that it was against Federal American law to void warranties when they said i could not take my car to any other ford dealer, and that they could only do it in the other 198 countries in the world, but they did not care even. The technicans said that they did a search on the mustangforums but were too lazy to find the truth, so instead they voided my warranty.

Now I had to repaint my whole car, including the interior, out of pocket!

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Old 08-22-2008, 09:55 AM
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Damn that's scary!
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