Hello:

I recently purchased a 2013 R58 JCW. I am wondering about installing Cravenspeed's Strut Alignment Reinforcement System.
http://www.cravenspeed.com/strut-ali...cement-system/
The roads are abominable here in NYC. I will replace runflats after I use them up a bit more (only 12k on car now).

1. Does anyone have experience with these?

2. If yes, do you know how it impact the manufactruer's warranty. I haven't find/gotten a satisfactory answer on this issue.

Thanks, gary

 

If something breaks and the Cravenspeed strut reinforcements were a direct cause, you would likely be responsible for handling the repair costs.

Otherwise your warranty will be fully intact. They can't deny a warranty claim where an unrelated component failed.

 

Thanks Zillon!! That's what a dealership person essentially said. OTH I teach evaluation including experimental design and clearly demonstrating causality is is a murky endeavor.

Hopefully someone will have more direct experience with this.

Regards, gary

 

Look up Magnusson Moss warranty act. Dealers by law cannot deny warranty coverage just for having aftermarket parts, if those parts did not cause the failure. Having coilovers will not mean that the dealer can refuse warranty work on a leaking turbo oil line or something totally unrelated.

 

I'd just go with the strut tower defenders. You really don't need the whole kit and save a few bucks. You can install them yourself easy peasy. Remove the nuts lay the plate down over and torque to 25#.
http://www.cravenspeed.com/strut-tower-defenders/

 

Hmmm?

Thanks FnB! ary

 

Thanks 3lusive!

I don't think I will be driving immediately after reading this ;-)

http://bit.ly/2gWazBZ

gary

 

Non run flats will improve a lot your driving comfort in town. I replaced my OEM tires last summer and I see a big improvement driving in town on bad pavement. With colder weather, the ride is a bit stiffer before the tires are warmed up a bit.

I don't see any reason to think about suspension mods that could cause other problems.

 

I agree. Neither will void your warranty either as they don't effect anything that I would ever see breaking.
https://www.waymotorworks.com/strut-...5-r56-r57.html

 

Thanks WmW! gary

This forum is really useful. gary

 

Dube53:

I am planning to do that - just staging the $$$$. Plus I don't have any place to store an extra set - the potholes are larger than the storage space I have here.

Sick lower Manhattan fact. About a year ago, a building in my neighborhood was selling parking spaces . . . . for $1,000,000.00 each.

gary

 

Same reason a beer costs $10 or more at the ball park (which I don't patronize), the first sucker lets the purveyor get away with it by not objecting to highway robbery. If they'd all tell the thief 'not only no but hell no' he'd have to drop the price or swallow the property, simple supply and Demand.
P. T. Barnum was absolutely correct and W. C. Fields new exactly how to deal with 'em.