Hey everyone im saving up for the TRD Supercharger Kit with the Auto fit kit for my '06. my parents are of course against me investing this much money into a new car for a s/c. i keep telling them that its all covered undr warrenty (if installed by dealer, inwhich it will) but they keep saying that it wont. my question for all the Auto s/c people out there is, how many of you had problems with your s/c and did the dealer give you any crap when you brought it in for any type of repair services.

Thanks everyone!!

 

just print out the warranty information and show them. Its a factory part, your parents sound like morons.

 

Tell your parents that you are 20 years old and that you are now able to make your own decisions.

TRD Superchargers have a variety of issues including bad seals and cracked mounts. I would certainly do a little more research and make sure that a supercharger is really what you want. I'm sure that most people don't have problems with the S/C, but a few people on here complain of issues. That is when it is nice to have the warranty; but, whatever you do, don't mess with the tamper-proof cap.

 

I say listen to your parents. They are smart. They probably did the research on here and found the thread where they guy blew up his STOCK tC with a STOCK S/C, and the dealer made up the "you were low on oil" excuse and isn't warranting his stuff.

 

Link me up.

 

its not that they are not allowing me o get it....its my car, i payed for it, im insuring it, my name is the only name on the title....so all in all they have no say over what i dod and dont do to my car. however, i do respect their opinion. i have heard and read about all the horror stories about ppl damaging their cars with F/I. but most have been with manuals and also with Non-stock s/c and t/c. i was just wondering if anyone with an Auto has has the same problems. or other problems such as trans problems. im just looking to keep the s/c stock.

i also read the one about where the guy blew his stock motor and toyota not warrenting it. and im still reading as hes giving updates.

does anyone know if he is not the only case like this, or is it just a bad case for him?

 

no problems on mine except after i got it the tensioner was rubbing against the belt, and they replaced the tensioner, and then i blew the catalytic converter and they replaced it all free of charge

 

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=158062

 

Here is the problem you will encounter with a S/C and an Auto tC......

You Pay 3k+ for only 170whp....

BAD INVESTMENT!

 

Just be careful of dealers and warranties.

 

Honestly, if i keep it "stock" and watch all my fluid levels (to avoid the oil incident), and keep it maintained as it should be....wouldnt the dealer has no problem with covering it under warrenty? With the s/c kit, im not looking to blow everyone away on the streets, i basically want a little faster ride and maintain warrenty. ultimatly what im looking for is a nice car for show (s/c will be nice in shows), plus have somthing that has a little go behind it...i have a street bike, i got all the speed i need ...

If s/c isnt the way to go for a warrentied quicker scion, doeas anyone else have any suggestions??

Im open for any and all options and opinions here.


Anyone else out there with a s/c Auto??? how many s/c Autos are there...any one know??

Thanks guys!!

 

*watchin for future ref.

 

other than the sc, there are no warrentied ways to make the tc quicker. the sc is the biggest power upgrade you can get without voiding your warrenty, which means that all that future time your tc is going to spend at the dealership is covered. search around and you'll find alot more people happy with the many great turbo kits offered. even the zpi stage zero turbo is better than the supercharger, and has proven far more reliable. they don't have a warrenty, but nobody has had a problem with them so long as they were properly installed.

 

There is maybe like 1 or 2 our of every 100 F/I cars on this forum that is Auto w/ a Supercharger. Because Auto + S/C = $3k dollar Paper weight. If you are happy to pay that much for a paper weight, be my guest. But 9 out of 10 Auto tC's are Turbo not S/C, because turbo for $3k dollars would allow you to keep up with S2k's. Instead of I/H/E/pulley Manual Scion tC's.

 

Uhm...last time I checked there isn't a HUGE difference in hp output between an auto S/C and a manual S/C


I might be wrong though

 

Auto S/C = 170whp

Manual S/C = 200whp and as high as 210whp that I have seen.

Auto Turbo = 220-230whp.


That's a big enough difference to NOT spend $3k+ on S/C'ing your Auto tC.

 

I think risk wise though S/C is safer than turbo yr auto.
I mean I was thinking of turboing since I had the money but I decided against it because of all the problems and need to be careful and check everything all the time.

 

Do a little research through the F/I section, and then come back to me.....I will give you a $1 if you still have that opinion.

 

I did my research and that's my conclusion. Why are you being so confrontational about this.

 

I'm not being confromtational. I'm just trying to save you from waisting your money. Hey, if that's what you want to do, be my guest. But thinking that you will have LESS problems with the S/C'er shows me the error in your judgement.