Big Stereo/Void Warranty Lease

[haydenlake]

I have a new hybrid on a lease (which I plan on buying because my miles will be way way over). My question is, if I put in a large stereo will it void my lease or part of my lease. If so can anyone speak as to their experiences with toyota/mods and warranty.

I've installed plenty of systems and I'm not worried about my skills perse but I really don't know much about the charging system of a hybrid and how Toyota works in terms of its voiding warrantees.

Here are my thoughts.

-add another good 12v battery in the back with a capacitor to isolate the draw as much as possible, hopefully the car won't really even know it is there
-keep the sytem as effiencet as possible, single ported 12 at 89db with class d amp, and something like 150 watts for the separates up front.


Any of your ideas will be greatly appreciated and I'll help you design a system if you ever need help. My last home theatre sub box was a 350lbs coffe table with a pair of 12's in a horn, ever seen that before?

[nyafan]

I'd love to see a pic of that sub box! The description is very interesting!

[Trekkie]

I've leased 5 vehicles now.

A lease is never 'voided' for any modification you do to the car, the warranty is the only thing you worry about being voided.

Where the problem could develop is the return of the vehicle. You're not returning it in the original leased condition/equipment. They may have a problem then.

however since you said you're buying it at the end of the lease....

don't matter. If you think you'll change your mind, keep the parts/don't take a saw to the dash, otherwise, go crazy.

[ndabunka]

Originally Posted by haydenlake

I have a new hybrid on a lease (which I plan on buying because my miles will be way way over). My question is, if I put in a large stereo will it void my lease or part of my lease. If so can anyone speak as to their experiences with toyota/mods and warranty.

I've installed plenty of systems and I'm not worried about my skills perse but I really don't know much about the charging system of a hybrid and how Toyota works in terms of its voiding warrantees.

Here are my thoughts.

-add another good 12v battery in the back with a capacitor to isolate the draw as much as possible, hopefully the car won't really even know it is there
-keep the sytem as effiencet as possible, single ported 12 at 89db with class d amp, and something like 150 watts for the separates up front.


Any of your ideas will be greatly appreciated and I'll help you design a system if you ever need help. My last home theatre sub box was a 350lbs coffe table with a pair of 12's in a horn, ever seen that before?

That's actually pretty mild compared to what some of the home enthusiast are doing now-a-days with the infiniti-baffled systems that essentially make use of ones attic and or dead space behind the drywall in most houses. I saw one site with about 12 15-inch horns in it and it took up NO space in the room as it was all done using the open air space behind the room. I had thought of doing this myself but then realized that my existing dual 15" 750watt subs already go down to 16Hz with a 115db so there was really no point in getting any further down the chart.

Of course, this type of sub performance in a home theater makes sense. In a vehicle, it's just dumb IMHO as your viewed simply as another young idiot riding around going deaf and looking stupid (i.e. un-cool) to anybody who really matters (intelligent people).

[toyomoho]

As Trekkie states one issue with a lease is returning the car in original condition less normal wear and tear. The lease company will be selling the car after all. Keep all the old parts; wiring, etc. to return the car into it original condition at lease end, you may opt not to buy it after all.

Per federal law the dealer cannot void the warranty or deny claim work because of car mods, using non-Toyota parts, etc. They must prove whatever you did to the car caused problem to deny your warranty claim. This said, if you have an electrical problem that can be linked in any way to the stereo mods, the dealer might deny the warranty claim.