So I popped the hood Saturday morning to finally chase down an annoying rattle i've had for a couple of days. Much to my horror I found this:







Sorry about the blurry engine shots, i had the camera on macro mode to capture the closeups and forgot to switch it back.

I wrote an email to a contact at Comptech my friend just dealt with regarding some defective RSX-S lowering springs. I'll be calling them shortly after lunch. I figure i'll at least let him get a cup of coffee down before I ask a bunch of questions about this ordeal

 

Hope u r still under warranty.

 

nope, we'll see how much this is going to cost me though....hmmmm

 

Wow......that looks like a really old bracket.... I didn't even know they made them that color.

Post up how much the replacement cost from Comptech.

 

I went through the same ish, out of warranty and cost me $500 to get the new bracket. The fact that I've spent $10K+ on Comptech products to date gave me no love for a freebie or at least discount on the bracket.

 

Damn........that's a lot of scrilla for a bracket.. Is it a known part failure or just just bad luck?

 

I'd say it's a known at this point on the 1st generation brackets, the replacement/fix amounts to a bracket with bushings to dampen the vibration which causes the bracket breakage.

Comptech covered their butt with the 2yr warranty limit on this one. I'm not giving them my business anymore due to my frustration with having to fork out the extra dough. I wouldn't knock their SC kit though in it's current form nor dissuade from doing business with them, my own bad experiences are not necessarily the norm for others.

 

Good point....I couldn't pinpoint what seemed to be missing....it was the bushings. I can imagine the stress the bracket must have to withstand without them.

 

got a reply:

Matt,
Are you the original owner of this supercharger kit? Do you have any information as to when this kit was installed?

I

 

[QUOTE=djmatix,Jun 27 2005, 10:47 AM] got a reply:

Matt,
Are you the original owner of this supercharger kit? Do you have any information as to when this kit was installed?

I