Hey,

Going to be picking up my new 2011 Evo GSR this week. It's wicked white and I am super excited about it. Car currently only has 7,000 miles on it. From the reading I have done, the first thing I will do is get some RA mud flaps to help protect the paint. Anything else I should be looking at coming up here quick?

Excited to get the car!

Matt

 

Get ready to be blown away

 

Wanting to modify the car with some power parts

 

I already am!

I'm probably going to stay stock for awhile to not void the warranty. Can you get a tune without voiding the warranty? I'm also coming from a 2.4l SS/NA Cobalt so this is a major upgrade performance wise! So excited!

 

Grats man....Speaking of cobalts....I toyed with an SS Supercharged last night on some twisties...it made him sad....

 

Congrats and make sure you post pics

 

No.

Its the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act that allows you to use aftermarket parts on a car without voiding the warranty, provided it cannot be proven that the aftermarket part caused the failure. Tuning would not apply to that.

Of course, if you use something like the Cobb AP, you could revert to stock tune before taking the car in to the dealership. Its debatable if they would know you had been tuned.

So, not modding but getting a tune is the exact opposite way to go about preserving your warranty.

 

Sorry. This confused me. Does tuning (not including Cobb AP) void your warranty?

 

+1

 

What were you driving before?

 

Congrats! Enjoy your car in stock form for a while. Once you're used to the power, it might be time to do some modding! During the first few months of ownership, I had the biggest smile whenever I got into the car to drive it. I couldn't believe that I finally owned an Evo.

 

What hes saying is the Magnuson Moss act protects the rest of the car if the car is modded. For example is putting a cat back exhaust going to blow your engine? 9 times out of 10 probably not, so should you put an exhaust on the car and the engine blow techinically your engine would be under warranty, but if you put a cat back on and your downpipe gaskets blow out then don't expect to get those warrantied.

So tuning your car directly effects the engine and if tuned and your engine blows (which happened a lot in the Evo's infancy here in the states) don't expect your warranty to be honored because they can in fact tell if it has been tuned. With the Cobb AP you can change your tune on the fly from the "modded" tune to the stock tune, so you could technically have it tuned using the AP and should the engine blow put the factory tune back on the ECU and try to get it warrantied. Hope that cleared up somethings. Enjoy the new whip! Just one more promotion and I can get back into the Evo game myself and I can't wait!

 

Good luck with that. I said the same thing, as soon as I broke 1000 miles the modding began. Some don't even make it that long.

 

I'm picking up my car on Thursday.. my AccessPort arrives on Friday Getting UICP and intake next week

 

Oil change and oil sample sent off to the labs, never know when and how the maintenance was done. Also make sure it has 93 in the tank and go with the dealer to fill it up to make sure they don't put in anything else if they are going to sell it with a full tank.