Strange noises, more of a clunk, coming from the rear of mine at first. I rechecked torque on everything, nothing there. Two weeks later no more noises. I figure it was the springs settling back in to their sweet spot. Someone in the other forum had the same thing, doesn't appear to be a concern.Those were the before pics. Had to drive it 20 miles to the alignment shop. Drove like crap and wandered a lot, but it was manageable. I'll have to get after pics on Monday. Everything will need to get tightened up again. It was creaking a lot on the way there.
PATIENCE? PATIENCE?.......we don't NEED no stinking PATIENCE!!!lift arrived today, dont have time to install untill next weekend. its a good thing my mother taught me to have PATIENCE.
Very NICE! :thumbsup: Thanks for the pics.New tires on our Compass today. Yokohama Geolander HT/S 235/65r17 on 17x7 Enkei wheels.
My dealership has been very helpful and eager to assist me since I lifted my Pat, they did my alignment to RR specs, and then tweaked it from there. Even when I get oil changes there now, I still get stairs from the sales department. I asked about my lifetime warranty the last time I was in, and they said everything is covered other than what i changed, even then when the mechanics changed my oil, they looked over my lift and said that it looked fine, and didn't see anything that could cause my warranty to be voided, also I was asked if I kept the original parts and I told the yes, they said good because if something does happen all I gotta do is take the lift off. My dealership is used to see lifted Jeeps all the time, they sell a lot of Wranglers that get lifted. I guess it really comes down to finding a "Jeep friendly" Jeep Dealership!!!
I have been an auto enthusiast for quite some time now and have in fact battled with Chrysler about a car that I had lowered. I had a Neon that had a faulty head gasket and was still under warranty and under 20,000 miles. They immediately tried to say no cause it was modified. However if you do your research you'll be ok. The thing is they have to prove your aftermarket parts caused their parts to fail. Usually they will spend more money trying to prove it than it would cost them to replace the part. I had no problems at all when I contacted Chrysler directly even when two different dealers told me they wouldn't replace my head gasket.
This is the federal law that protects you by setting warranty standards:
Magnuson Moss Warranty Act
US Code - Title 15, Chapter 50, Sections 2301-2312
Legally, a vehicle manufacturer cannot void the warranty on a vehicle due to an aftermarket part unless they can prove that the aftermarket part caused or contributed to the failure in the vehicle (per the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act (15 U.S.C. 2302(C)) . For best results, consider working with performance-oriented dealerships with a proven history of working with customers. If your vehicle manufacturer fails to honor emission/warranty claims, contact EPA at (202) 260-2080 or www.epa.gov. If federal warranty protection is denied, contact the FTC at (202) 326-3128 or www.ftc.gov.
For more information and you want to read about how to get them to work on and fix your modified vehicle see the sema site here:
http://sema.org/main/semaorghome.aspx?ID=50096