Okay I have my TL on order for mid August and now I am looking around for a good deal on the A-SPEC package and have come across one. Now my dealership is telling me that they will match the price but I need to get it installed by them thus pumping up the price to a about the same amount they told me it would cost me for the kit plus install. Now they are telling me that if I install it mysel, which is pretty simple to do and something that I want to do myself, that it would void my whole warranty. I don't see why. It has nothing to do with the engine. The body and suspension yeah but not the engine. Is this true or they just feeding me a bunch of B.S.?

 

They are blowing smoke. The law says that "aftermarket", which this is NOT, equipment cannot void a vehicle warranty unless it is proven to cause a problem. End of story. They're trying to rip you off. Just get the kit elsewhere and install it yourself if you're adept.

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Thank you for the reply. That's what I thought also but just wanted to make sure.

 

Don't let 'em off too easy. If you can work a low installed price out, it's nice to have someone else do the work.

Your overall car warranty should be unaffected regardless off who installs the parts. As far as the A-Spec parts warranty goes, if installed at delivery Acura has pledged (at least in their advertising) to cover all the A-Spec parts for the full factory warranty period. If you installed it yourself, the parts would be covered under the factory accessories portion of the warranty - one year. Realistically, the components included in the A-Spec kit should not have a high failure rate, so I think it is a moot point.

 

walk up to you dealer nicely and then kick him in the balls for lying to you. what an f'en a-hole, he knows that installing it will not void the warranty unless the part you installed was the direct cause of the malfunctioning part. the install is simple and does not require too much work. any body shop can do it for fairly cheap. you do not need a spring compressor to install the suspension components which makes it a much simpler job if you do decide to do that yourself. if i were you i would get the kit elsewhere for a great price and bring it to a body shop or do it yourself.

 

The Acura dealer in Vegas (forgeting the name right now) is selling A-Spec kits on eGay for $3700-3900

 

eGay? this is funny