mark_a_thorpe Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Hi all, hope you can help! This is my first new car, so the rules behind the warranty and modding are new to me too. What can I change without buggering my warranty? I've seen a post about new white ford gel badges for example - is that ok? What about new wheels? I went with the stock 15s, and wished I hadn't but I'd assume I could only replace with Ford wheels specifically for this car? Any thoughts would be appreciated guys and gals :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 You will only affect the warranty for a specific part or section of the car if you change something directly related to it. E.g. if you stick a new exhaust on, your exhaust warranty is gone. If you stick a cone air filter on the engine and an error light comes on, you'd have to pay if you took it to Ford's for diagnostics. DMB's shouldn't really affect anything unless there's such a thing as a badge warranty :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_a_thorpe Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 Ahh thanks for the info! So in the case of wheels, could they claim suspension is affected and void the warranty there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNath Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 It is quite likely that if you ever had a warranty claim on your suspension they'd try and get out of it claiming the wheels were to blame. Really they should prove the wheels caused it, but in real life you'd have to prove the wheels weren't at fault. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craiglr Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 whatever you do though make sure you check with ford that its alright and that they agree to the changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambooka Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 In writing verbal agreements are worthless if you ever do have a warranty claim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcr1 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 If it's something fairly easily interchangeable like a cone filter you could just swap the parts back when taking it to a garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOCA Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 If it's something fairly easily interchangeable like a cone filter you could just swap the parts back when taking it to a garage Yes, drivers have been fitting things like tuning boxes, Bluefins etc and swapping them back to stock for servicing for years (naughty, naughty :) ) its the advantage of these products over conventional remaps that could even be deleted during an ECU software update Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark_a_thorpe Posted July 22, 2013 Author Share Posted July 22, 2013 Thanks everyone - good advice all round! I'll have a think... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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