[sperry]

As far as the deal w/ Tein, here's the short version since I need to run home and grab my reciept for the coilovers to fax them, as well as haul some stuff for Tyson and Lisa in the truck before hitting up a movie.

Tein's stance on the situation is that they can't knowingly sell "replacement" parts to customers that are doing crazy things like swaps and the like simply due to liability reasons. Basically, if you start mixing and matching bits, you quickly get outside of the configurations the engineers signed off on. The example they gave me was the guys w/ 240SX's that are tossing 350Z parts on the car and the like. This I totally understand.

My case is a bit special however. The only significant difference between the '04 and '05 Super Race coilovers is the lower bracket. So, by putting the '05 lower bracket on a set of '04 struts, you have the exact same thing as an '05 strut. Pointing this out, and having them agree w/ me on it wasn't enough however.

The only reason I was able to get them to change their mind, is because my car is a trailered racecar used exclusively on the track. Basically, if I break anything, it's on course and not covered for liability reasons anyway, so even if I'm mixing and matching, they're not liable for the coilovers anyway. They took my case to the General Manager over there and explained the situation to him, and he was able to make an exception for my situation. They made it very clear that they *would not* do this for someone else in the future... I think the fact that my coilovers are about 2 weeks old played into their decision.

I still need to fax off my purchase reciept for the coilovers, and they asked me to send them photos of the car, which was easy since I've got pictures from just before Lovelock of the car on the trailer ready to leave.