Going into the dealership for the ig ition recall. I only have intake and exhaust on my car. They are also going to check out a clunk in the front end for me too. Think i should pit the stock DP on?

From what ive noticed, they dont care bout mods.

 

just got my car back from the dealer full bolt ons and all that, didn't say anything, you'll probably be ok leaving it

 

Good to hear. My buddy took his sstc into the same dealership with full bolt ons to get his tranny replaced and they didn't say anything to him. And I'm going to the same dealership has him.

 

you'll have no problem... unless your DP is loose up top an clunkin around.. in which case, they'll praly jus connect it an charge you

 

They don't care. It has nothing to do with your problem unless its loose like the other guy said. They also have better things to do than snoop around your car for free and not work on someone else's who is paying.

 

Okay cool. I sure as hell It isn't my downpipe thats making the clunk lol

I will be on vacation all next week so I can beat up on a rental car lol instead of me beating up on the balt

 

What dealership?

You should be fine...chances are they wont notice (will probably notice your CEL though)

 

mauer chev. no CEL,i have the plug defouler.

 

Question is.. do they document those type of things? Say something engine/or transmission goes bad later and you bring it in bone stock. Anyone have any issues with such?

(I know Warner blew his motor, went all stock expect downpipe and.. they blamed it on downpipe.)

 

damn,i never found out what happend with his car. thats crazy though!! a DP is the cause of blowing a motor?!

the dealership i go to is pretty legit (surprisingly) my buddy went in there with a blown tranny in his SS/TC. he had a charge pipe,downpipe,cat back,intake and a ported intake mani painted black and a tune. didnt say a word and was replaced under warranty.

 

You dont blow engines because of a downpipe

 

lol i know. just crazy they blamed it on a DP.

 

Lol yeah doesn't make any sense, it helps the Turbo.. They really shafted him. Well sounds like they may not keep a record of sorts, good to know.

 

yea,idk if they do keep records. im takin my car in for the ignition recall and im going to have them check out the clunk in the front i have.

i guess ill find out lol my dad called me a little bit ago and asked if i still dont have cats on my car lol

 

what ignition recall?

 

For a recall they won't and can't bust your ***** about mods. Warranty work on the ther hand, they can. It really just depends on the dealer.

I went in for warranty work for a clunking noise coming from the front end. Long and short of it, they denied me the warranty work for 2 reasons.... my catless dp and my tranny mounts.

I went to another dealer that was quite a bit further away and they gave me NO issues what-so ever for any of my mods. The issue ended up being a bad steering column which after parts in labor was a $1200 job out of pocket.

As long as you're sure that the dealer doesn't care that you have mods on the car, then you will be fine. If they do care, then that's a completely different story obviously.

 

Easier to put the stock DP on than chance it. It only takes 30 minutes and a gasket.

 

Why would they give a flying **** if you have a downpipe or not? Doubt they'd even notice.

 

Im not takin it off. Im almost positive they wont care. Im having the fix the recall and check out a clunk in my front end. Im out of my bumper to bumper warranty so i just want to find out what the clunk is

 

You may be out of b-to-b warranty, but if they flag your DP, you will have issues with drive-train complaint later on down the road, on your 100K drive-train warranty. Say you have an early '09 car, which are a little infamous for porous (cracked) block issues and you take your car in for the loss of coolant with the factory DP on there. They look back at your record and see that you had this aftermarket DP on there and they say, "Oh, your cracked block is due to this aftermarket DP you had on there. Our professional mechanic said so, and that's all we need to deny the claim. Have a nice day. Oh yeah, we already took your car apart, so that will be $1600 in labor."

 

man o man. now you have me thinking.

its hard to say though. my buddy got his tranny replaced under warranty with almost full bolt ons.

another one of my buddies has his car in there right now getting his tranny replaced under warranty with a dp,intake,tune.

 

I am a tech at a Chevy dealer, they probably wont say anything unless it has something to do with the problem or close to. Other than that as myself I dont have to worry cause I do my own work but I would not risk it.

And to everyone on here that thinks they don't inspect you're car, you are completely wrong, (at least in my case/dealership as I can not speak for others). How we make money is looking at you're car to make sure its safe and road worthy.

 

**** it. downpipe is getting swapped out tomorrow lol not risking it!!\


it only takes a half hour to swap them out. only bad part is that it will be 95 degrees tomorrow and humid as ever lol but oh well. gives me something to do.

sorry to make this a big thing. but thanks for the suggestions guys! i have my 5yr/100k warranty left and i definatly want to keep it lol

 

Now we're talking! Don't beat up the nuts too much. They look for that, too.

 

If a mechanic claims that a downpipe caused any sort of problem, I'd start going to see a new mechanic. They obviously don't know ****.