Warranty still good if parts installed by shop other than dealer?

[05_se_lunarmist]

Looking to get Springs and Rear Sway Bar for my 05 Camry SE V6. I got price quotes from the dealer today. They want $289 each for the TRD spring set and sway bar. They also said install would be $900 including alignment. WOW!!!

My question is if my warranty will still be valid if I get another shop or 3rd party to do the install? Also, where do you guys go to get the parts at a discount? Who should I look to for install help? Im in the south Bay area CA if anyone knows of a good reliable shop.

[karma]

technically you can install them yourself and still have your warranty. I believe it's the Magnussen Warner act or something (i know i'm probably wrong in the name) that protects your rights when it comes to dealers screwing you on warranty coverage. They have to prove that your part caused the defect or problem. With that said it is less likely that they will try to refute you if you go through a toyota dealership vs yourself or any other shop. They try the same thing with the Supercharger for the corolla. TRD only gives a 1 year warranty on parts if you put it in yourself, which is fine, but Toyota tries to make it seem like you will lose your whole warranty because of the supercharger if you don't have it installed by them. They can legitamately deny you if you detonated all to hell your motor due to bad tuning via the supercharger but they cannot claim your oil pressure sensor went out due to the SC or that the tranny's syncros wore out because of it. They would have to prove it.

Sorry to go off on a tangent :-p but it's related

[PinoyBoy28]

dont worry because i actually asked one of the speacialist here at toyota of west covina. he said that the supension is not even covered on our warranties. he said only engine components.

[Cyorke]

http://www.sema.org/main/semaorghome.aspx?ID=50096

According to the Magnusson Moss act the manufacturer has to prove that the modifications performed to the vehicle cause the malfunction. If they can not prove that they can not deny your warranty claims. However sometimes that may be hard to prove. As for the TRD parts. THey were designed by Toyota to be used on Toyota parts and they offer them at the dealership. THere should be no reason whatsoever for them to deny warranty claims unless the product is installed wrong.

[majorgercko1]

Thats the reason i installed my springs, they dealer charged too much but see i am running the risk of something fucking up. If it does, i am fucked since the dealer wont do shit unless i pay. But so far my springs are cool. no problem SO FAR.

[05_se_lunarmist]

Next question... Where to get them at a decent price?