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Thanks for the kind words all :)

she's my baby and while in retrospect a house would have been a better investment, you only live once and it always brings a smile when that boost needle flicks to life.

Saw the colour on the showroom floor and thought it was black until the dealer said to take a closer look, blew me away when I saw it in sunlight for the first time. Pain to keep clean though!

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Once the warranty runs out I will.

Bought a k&n filter however Ford advised if I put it in then engine warranty would go bye bye as I'm not a mechanic. Furthermore, if it fouled the TPS then same deal, no warranty.

I'm as scared of loosing warranty as the Mrs giving me hell, see I wasn't going to mod this one... hahahah

Long term I'd like to upgrade intercooler piping, intake, hi flow cat and a tune.... oh and a better sound system, premium sound isn't worth its salt.

Hopefully the end result would be a safe 300rwkw

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  On 26/03/2012 at 11:21 AM, grandpa spec said:

Bought a k&n filter however Ford advised if I put it in then engine warranty would go bye bye as I'm not a mechanic. Furthermore, if it fouled the TPS then same deal, no warranty.

Not sure how legit that is... I've had one in both my XR6T and the new F6, dealers haven't said boo. In fact, I am pretty sure that K&N provide a number for this reason... Just lie to the dealer and say you had a mechanic undo the screws and place the filter in the box. Very high tech stuff.

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It went in for a new diff pinion seal today so will ask again when I pick it up.

I'm probably just being paranoid but the last thing I want to do is void warranty, especially when it comes to motors, turbos and drive train components. First time owning a new car so a bit overly cautious.

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The warranty can only be voided on specific failures that directly relate to non-factory modifications. It's not a case of everything being voided if you change the air filter, but the throttle is a good example of what can be voided if you over-oil your filter and it fails as a result.

They try and scare/bluff their customers in to being good little minions and to just keep handing over the $s.

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Unless magically the oil from the filter gets by the hole for the shaft in the throttle body a k and n filter cant affect a tps, I think maybe they meant MAP sensor lol

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