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Well, car is now out of warranty (although service and maintenance pack still has a couple of years to run) so the big decision is should I re-map or not.
I presume since it's a March '04 release that it'll have the 218BHP block. Anyone else had their 530d re-mapped and, if so, what were the results?
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I presume since it's a March '04 release that it'll have the 218BHP block. Anyone else had their 530d re-mapped and, if so, what were the results?
Cheers
Chris
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Originally Posted by cjbryce' post='449666' date='Jul 19 2007, 05:44 AM
Well, car is now out of warranty (although service and maintenance pack still has a couple of years to run) so the big decision is should I re-map or not.
I presume since it's a March '04 release that it'll have the 218BHP block. Anyone else had their 530d re-mapped and, if so, what were the results?
Cheers
Chris
I presume since it's a March '04 release that it'll have the 218BHP block. Anyone else had their 530d re-mapped and, if so, what were the results?
Cheers
Chris
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for a diesel especially, a remap is one of the best "bangs for your buck". with a remap in general, it is said that it is undetectable by the dealer. even if the dealer ended up overwriting the remap, you could always get your ecu reflashed.
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From what I gather from other "tuned" diesel owners, it's really worth it and the reliability doesn't seem to be affected if you go for a nice moderate boost > why not - do it !
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