At my 1000mi oil change I was chatting with the 2 service reps at the dealership. Both younger-ish guys and super friendly and one was even a WRX guy and they pretty much said do a catback and nothing else as far as warranty is concerned. They confirmed Subaru has really stiffened their stance on mods recently. I'll have some more detailed questions for them next service, specifically the tmic. Thanks and keep the videos coming.

@AutoEnthusiast

9 ай бұрын

Remember also they are giving you canned dealer responses. I would say you a fine with a TMIC

@tomkingslayer8375

8 ай бұрын

My dealership here said anything that effects the engine/turbo back pressure will void the warranty, including the axleback exhaust I now remove before servicing at the dealership lol

@wazzy336

7 ай бұрын

i asked when i buying the car and they gave me the same response. They said an exhaust is fine but anything else and you could end up getting screwed.

@VB_Bryan

7 ай бұрын

@@tomkingslayer8375I have an ets axle back and took it in for my first oil change. They said nothing lol my sales rep said he has gotten tons of warranty work done on his STI through Subaru but he just returned to stock when he went to get it done

@AntilleanConfederation

3 ай бұрын

@@tomkingslayer8375 find a new dealership to service. They might just lie to you some more and screw you over.

Just got a 23 leftover with an 80,000 mile warranty. It’s got so much potential and I want to do some simple mods, but maybe I’ll just wait a while.

great video actually, I remember when I made comments about doing intakes and what not he was basically straight up saying no due to tuning etc. I personally just wanted to throw coils, new wheels or rims, new foglight bezels to replace the heavy plastic oem ones and a catback exhaust. Unsure if like a varex system or a r400 would void. Since you mentioned tapping into the cars electrical I'd be curious to understand if the varex valve system would cause issues for voiding such warranty etc. Love to know what you're opinion would be on that too. Cheers

You can get around it. Subaru let's you pick where you get your car serviced. So the service provider ( tuner ) takes on the engine warranty.

Ets intake Cobb ap Etune e50 400/450 Warranty voided 19k of pure fun and counting 👍🏻 Ps: been wearing sambas since early 90s

Subispeed did a dyno test with Perrin, AEM, and ETS intake, and the perrin according to the dyno test was closes to the stock and ran safely. Another commenter on that video said he had the perrin for 30k miles no issues. It could be safe to say the perrin CAI is safe, but of course the tune would get you better performance.

What about the Sti group N drivetrain mount package? I asked the warranty department at subaru twice, and they've never gotten back to me.

how about mounts, carriers, bushings, sway bars, parts designed to stiffen up the car, etc.? i feel like subaru could at any time just point to any modded part and say "yep that caused it".

Interesting that you decided not to dive a little deeper into the whys as it would extend your video out to 10 mins, which is good for you. But oftentimes acceptance/denial warranty claims may vary by dealership

What about just deleting the epa air filter and installing k&n filter? Great info btw

@AutoEnthusiast

10 ай бұрын

Honest take, it's not worth it. If you want to do an intake, send it, if not, you are gaining nothing essentially.

@AutoEnthusiast

10 ай бұрын

do you plan on tuning in the long term?

@obamacare7751

9 ай бұрын

@rtpugh are you talking about the charcoal filter? Others that have reported it said they felt more responsiveness from the pedal but that it might also be a biased. I removed mine and I got slightly more turbo noises (+KN), response quicker imo

@mattsiegel1446

7 ай бұрын

Didn't notice much removing the charcoal filter and putting in Perrin drop in, maybe added a few hp. Adding the Cobb intake pipe heard it frees up some power

can you please show me where to get sumitomo tires for the 2015. 2020 wrx , in your videos you mention them being 400 but i can't seem to find em for that price . please and thank you sir.

@AutoEnthusiast

9 ай бұрын

They were that prices years ago, my guess with the market they will be closer to 600-750

My dealership said anything that effects the engines performance or turbo back pressure on the engine will void the warranty. In other words: axle back exhaust.

@AutoEnthusiast

8 ай бұрын

I don’t think we have ever seen a warranty denial for an axel or catback, and if they did they likely went to court over it. But go at your own risk

@tomkingslayer8375

8 ай бұрын

Now I just remove it for winter and the occasional dealership visit. I got the 50k warranty so trying to keep that as long as possible.@@AutoEnthusiast

@wazzy336

7 ай бұрын

I was literally told by my dealership and the mechanics that an exhaust is completely fine. Anything else though and its do it at your own risk

How about a AOS?

@jefferys9593

9 ай бұрын

AOS and catch can fall in the same category. They can deny a warranty claim. Lame because it is taking oil out of the intake air that would get sent to the intake valves fouling them up over time 🙄

@yordanandgeisy

9 ай бұрын

@@jefferys9593 well I have one that I installed and I went to the dealership for warranty work on my a/c compressor and they didn’t deny my warranty

@AutoEnthusiast

9 ай бұрын

I would say generally yes, but again remember it has to do with systems, they would lose a fight if it came to it for an ac comp issue and an AOS, but if your engine failed, whole diff can of worms

@JoshDillon-lm3hw

9 ай бұрын

What I was told they'll deny anything on the car todo with oil system

@BOOSTEDDESIGNSWRX

16 күн бұрын

Its because they cant say the aos messed with ac. Hence they need to prove that the aos would be at fault to be denied. This is also true about anything else, if you do an intake and they deny they need to show you where the intake made x y and z fail. ​@AutoEnthusiast