anyone using cobb access ecu upgrage?

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Jul 2, 2003 | 05:52 PM

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DarriiffftaaHuy

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Car Info: 03 Sonic Yellow WRX Sedan

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Originally posted by bone324
You know something, I'm tired of debating if my mods are detectable or will void the warranty or any of that crap. It's been my experience that Subaru service departments will do just about anything to deny warranty work. Honestly, I don't even care anymore. I'm confident that my Subaru was well-engineered and well-built and I'm not going to fight with those ignorant airheads anymore. I will have a mechanic fix it and pay myself. I will also explore every option I can before buying my next car, and it will most likely not be a new Subaru.

yes, either mod your car how you want or leave it stock. subaru does try to void your warranty any way they can, so live with it or buy something that isnt subaru. other companies know how to treat customers...

Jul 5, 2003 | 03:57 PM

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Sevielle

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Originally posted by DarriiffftaaHuy
yes, either mod your car how you want or leave it stock. subaru does try to void your warranty any way they can, so live with it or buy something that isnt subaru. other companies know how to treat customers...

Just for my education, which companies are those? Which are the manufacturers who are most mod-friendly wrt warranty-voiding?

Thanks in advance.

Jul 10, 2003 | 12:21 PM

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DarriiffftaaHuy

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Originally posted by Sevielle
Just for my education, which companies are those? Which are the manufacturers who are most mod-friendly wrt warranty-voiding?

Thanks in advance.

well im not sure how mod friendly they are, but i know companies that actually fix the car when something goes wrong instead of blaming it on the customer to deny warranty. I know someone got denied cuz the Subaru mechanic saw "unusual tire wear" and attributed it to him abusing the car, which led to a tranny failure.

my friend had a toyota celica that he always raced and did burnouts and other dumb stuff and he mis-shifted while driving hard one day and came home with the car sounding like someone was shaking a can of marbles. toyota fixed it, no problem. new motor and all.

Jul 20, 2003 | 02:05 PM

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I installed a Stage 1 reflash from AccessECU on Wednesday onto a perfectly stock '03 Wagon.
The difference was very impressive, more noticeable than I had hoped for for $400 and about 30 minutes of my time.
Much better pull in every gear from about 2000 RPM to redline.
My wife has an identical car (Except hers is silver, mine yellow) and we have both switched back and forth a couple of times.
She just says "Wow".

As for the dealer knowing, mine was shipped back with a decal on it from Cobb. Be sure to remove that.

I shipped it out on Monday, it was back Wednesday afternoon.

It's a no-brainer if you want a lot of extra fun for relatively little time and money.