[bigman135]

My sti is currently at stage two with a turboback exhaust,cobb accessport and a protune. im taking my car in soon for new brake pads under warranty will they care about the mods? Should i flash back to stock map?

[mond12345]

Your mods alone without the tune will probably make enough problems with the dealer let alone the tune. You should be running your tune so i wouldn't flash back. The dealer will probably see your mods and say something like, " You made your car fast, so you now have to brake harder, using more brake pad." No new pads for you.... Good luck!

[demonrage]

i wouldn't worry too much about your mods unless you've been out doing autox or driving your car rediculously hard. at the worst they will just deny your warranty claim and you'll have to pay for it.

there is a bit of a process to get this work warrantied though and the caveat is that your pads must be down to 1mm thickness or less before they will replace them.

it's also worth noting that i was flat out DENIED warranty service for my brake pads the first time i visited, stating that those are wear parts and not covered by the warranty. This is not true, and a call to SOA cleared that up fairly quickly.

I then had to go in for an inspection, where the service manager took a picture of each of my rotors (that was all they looked at, took all of about 30 seconds). apparently they look for signs of extreme wear (discoloration of the rotors, crosshatching, etc.). at that point they have to get the work approved by soa, for me it took a couple days.

i'm of the mentality that it's always better to be up front than try to hide things, since doing so is generally regarded as an attempt to cover something up. If you take good care of your car and haven't been tracking it or abusing it you should be fine.

Good luck

[bigman135]

i actually asked them about a turbo back exhaust and they said it wouldnt be a problem my car has 25k miles so its not like they were beaten in one track session, i never tracked the car i

[r_westgate]

here is the thing at a dealership wat they have is a special mods form which at anytime u bring ur car in they fill this form out send it to SOA which notifys them that basically u have parts that could decrease the life of your Factory parts llike demonrage said the best thing to do is be up front and honest thats the only way cause if u lie SOA will never warranty or actually goodwill anything for you there is more ways than u think to find out why your pads have wore down so quickly trust me im a subaru technician in shreveport,La and they dont do it under warranty they goodwill it because the law states if they warranty the parts they acknowledge that the part is defective and from then on they will have to pay for the parts for the life of the car but most of the time if your honest they will pay for it all on some occasions they will split the bill u just have to be honest its very important

[Chinky_Sti]

my dealer aint giving me any problems.. im stage 2 and they warrenty my 2 broken motor mounts and rear diff.. next up is brakes..

[STiProsDoc]

Are the brakes under warranty until a specific time after purchase/mileage? Is it only a one time free replacement?

[ChrisM623]

Originally Posted by STiProsDoc

Are the brakes under warranty until a specific time after purchase/mileage? Is it only a one time free replacement?

Covered under the 3 year 36k warranty.

[bigman135]

Also the right side has a considerably larger amount left then the right do you think i can get both replaced since it could cause uneven breaking.

[santacruz02]

When you do brakes you do them evenly. You don't only replace one side and not the other becauses its simply not just worn down enough. besides brake pads are sold in sets of 2, atleast all the ones I bought. Now you can replace the fronts and not the backs but you should still have the back brakes bleed. Honestly you should really flush the entire system.

[Blackfang]

Originally Posted by r_westgate

here is the thing at a dealership wat they have is a special mods form which at anytime u bring ur car in they fill this form out send it to SOA which notifys them that basically u have parts that could decrease the life of your Factory parts llike demonrage said the best thing to do is be up front and honest thats the only way cause if u lie SOA will never warranty or actually goodwill anything for you there is more ways than u think to find out why your pads have wore down so quickly trust me im a subaru technician in shreveport,La and they dont do it under warranty they goodwill it because the law states if they warranty the parts they acknowledge that the part is defective and from then on they will have to pay for the parts for the life of the car but most of the time if your honest they will pay for it all on some occasions they will split the bill u just have to be honest its very important

I had a very hard time understanding your post due to lack of periods and all. However, that form is used if you are there to have a repair under warranty and those modifications may have caused the damage. In addition that form is also used for flood damage, prior salvage, and accident damage as well.

What law states that if they replace a part on a car, they have to keep replacing it for life? Your states? I know it sure isn't SOA. A Goodwill repair under warranty is still warranty as SOA paid the claim for that repair under warranty.