They made an appointment for next Monday. He said the tech will look at it and see if he can see how much is left on the clutch.....is there a way to see that without pulling the tranny on this car?Rigle was planning on tune....having to get a clutch is part of it. I wouldn't panic/sell yet. I would try seeing what seller does....If he can get it where he buys clutch (improved!) and they do labor that won't suck.
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He said if it needed a new clutch they would put a stock one back in or I could purchase an upgraded one at my expense and they would put it in.
Im still concerned as to whether they will try to tell me the clutch still looks and feels fine. If it doesn't slip for them I'm sure thats what they will say. As of right now it doesn't slip everytime I drive it.
They also want to take the tune off. His first suggestion was to flash back to stock and see if the clutch holds fine that way. I told him just flashing back to stock wouldnt be an acceptable solution since damage has already been done to the clutch and I dont want a bandaid fix that would give me problems again in a couple months.
At the end of the conversation he did say it sounds like it will need a new clutch so I think they will probably at least cover labor which I would be happy with because like I said I already putchased a clutch anyways because I planned on going stage 2.
And I did confirm with APR that I could transfer their warranty to my name for $150 if I wanted to keep that tune and coverage. The problem with that is i would have to buy APR products for every suppporting mod like downpipe and intake which I'm not going to do.