- Congratulations!
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You did it as well.
You just bought a brand new car.
Maybe.
And whether it be your first brand new car
or your second, it's always an exciting moment.
And as car enthusiasts, we can't help but just want
to like (beep) rip it apart as soon as we pull it
into the garage and just start throwing parts on it.
I'm Gels from Fitment Industries.
In today's episode of The Build Sheet,
we are going to be going over whether or not
you should modify a brand new car.
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Should you modify your brand new car?
Well, there are a lot of things
to take into consideration with that, now isn't there?
When you pick up a brand new car off the lot,
it comes with some pretty cool features,
and I'm not talking about
just like you know the cool like heated air-conditioned
seats and stuff like that.
I'm talking about
things like warranties, (whip cracks)
and service plans, (whip cracks)
and all of that kind of stuff.
Which can be easily lost,
when modifications start becoming installed onto your car.
For the most part, anything performance oriented,
that is added to a car to make more horsepower,
has a possibility of voiding (whip cracks)
any type of warranty that would come with your vehicle.
And while there's no standard list of all the parts
that will void your warranty.
Things such as tunes, forced induction
or upgraded forced induction parts,
like a bigger turbo or something like that.
Engine components like cam shafts, drive train components
and sometimes, depending on the place or the manufacturer,
parts like exhaust or intakes.
It truly can be a variety of things
that when installed, can bring up a lot of reasons
for your warranty work to get denied
on your brand new car if that is needed.
And you just spent a lot of money on it.
So that's kinda gonna suck a little bit.
So what does this mean?
Basically, automotive manufacturers
don't really want you messing with their stuff.
They took a lot of time.
They took a lot of research.
They spent a lot of money to make it the way that they did.
And they only want to cover what they did.
So that original equipment,
that defects would normally happen on their own
during normal operation.
As soon as you give them a reason to suspect
that the car's been modified performance wise,
there starts to be a big gray area.
And that usually ends up
in the warranty being denied. - [Computer] Access denied.
And that doesn't sound like a whole hell
of a lot of fun, now does it?
So what can I do to my car that won't void the warranty?
Because, you know, I just bought this car
for the reasons to do stuff to it.
I kinda wanna do stuff to it.
And with that, the car was expensive.
And if something like freak happens to it,
that would really suck
to pay out of pocket if my warranty was denied.
Well my friend, for the most part, appearance modifications
is where you're going to be finding yourself
for the most part.
There's a reason why manufacturers
do offer different options for things such as,
upgraded wheels, or maybe like a little spoiler on the back,
or some side skirts,
or maybe just some little aesthetic pleasing things.
Because overall, it has no effect
on the actual mechanical operation of the vehicle.
They don't have to worry about anything breaking
for the most part; however, that doesn't mean
that you're completely out of luck.
As we know, or at least would hope you would know
at this point, that wheels are a strong defining factor
of a car and how much they can change the look of it.
And as one of the easiest modifications you can do to a car.
It's also one of the ones you can get away with
on a brand new car as it plays no factor
into how the car is going to work mechanically.
Now if you plan on putting some 30 inch chrome blades
on your car, probably gonna be a little bit different story.
Now wheels, of course, aren't the only thing.
You'll be safe with such things as tint, aero pieces,
maybe some carbon goodies like a new trunk
or a new hood.
And yes, usually, you can modify your exhaust.
I would just maybe stick with something
that can be easily reverted back to stock.
So don't go cutting cats and mufflers off
and just welding three inch tube like we did with an E30.
But even suspension gets the green light as well.
Even we see some manufacturers offering lowering springs
as an additional option when buying a vehicle.
You look at platforms like the GT86.
You have an option to get TRD lowering springs
from the factory.
So something simple like lowering springs,
or even full coil replacement, you won't have
to worry much about a voiding a warranty
other then the parts that you just replaced.
Because if you threw the old suspension out,
they're not good to cover it.
But now you have coil overs that you got
from fitmentindustries.com.
There you go!
And you're cool now so you don't have to worry
about that boring OEM suspension.
But outside of that,
outside of all the boring warranty stuff
because you sitting there like,
"Gels, I don't care about warranties.
"If the (beep) blows up, I'll just swap it
"or I'll fix it."
And that's the kinda attitude that I like to hear.
However, there is another factor that comes
into play here as well.
And although it does play into both new and used cars,
it hurts the soul a little more when it comes
from something brand new.
And that is, our good ole friend, depreciation.
You plan to grab that new Mark 5 Supra,
and slap a wide body kit on her right away.
By all means, you go for it bud, but you probably
just cost yourself a pretty penny.
And that's outside of however many thousands of dollars you
just spent on that wide body kit.
But then again, if you don't care, and you plan
on running the car into the dirt and you just wanna do it...
Dare I say...send it.
It is your car after all.
And keeping something stock is just plain boring.
So basically what it all comes down to
is how much are you willing to put on the line.
Whether that be in the form of potentially losing a warranty
or the actual depreciation of the car
at a faster rate then normal.
And if you can get past that,
and just know that you are putting yourself responsible
for anything that happens to the car.
You're gonna be just fine.
And you're probably gonna have a great time doing it.
However, if those are things that think you aren't able
to get past, you can still get away
with your simple appearance or aesthetic modifications
and sometimes performance.
You know, like suspension, tires, exhaust,
that kind of stuff.
It all depends on how far you are actually planning
on going with the car as far as modifications.
But if you don't want to deal with any of that,
you can always go find yourself a nice, clean used car
that doesn't have any warranties or plans
so you don't have to worry about killing off.
And then you won't feel
so guilty about blowing the whole thing up.
But anyway, let us know down in the comments below,
what you have done to any new vehicle
or new-to-you vehicle.
And of course, don't forget to subscribe.
I'm Gels from Fitment Industries where we
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may be working on.
Whether that be new, whether it be old, whatever.
We'll see you later, peace.
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