I recently bought a 2004 left over mustang for my 79 year old Mother (She chose whatever car she wanted) She is having a bit of difficulty seeing the speedometer in bright sunshine and wanted the white face gauges like in my Thunderbird. No problem, Ford sells the part, yea its expensive, but mom will only be driving one or two years, and I ride with her every few weeks to check her driving. go to my friendly Ford dealer ready to plop down over $300, and guess what I'm told? Changing from black face gauges to white face gauges is a modification and could void the warrantee. It's only a inert inactive piece of plastic white vs. black. I was told that upgrading my wife's mustang from 16 in wheels to 17 in would also void the warrantee even if I bought the Bullett wheels from Ford, and used the same size tires as on the GT. Called Customer Service at Ford, guess what? It's true. Ain't this a great country or what.....
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19 years ago