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Old 07-19-2011, 10:57 AM
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My Ride: 2006 550i sport pak. all the other goodies.. MODS: M5 front, sides, aFe throttle body spacer, RPI Red scoop, amber angle eyes, powder coated sport rims, tinted tail lights. smoked side blinkers, color of car and rims roundels, real carbon fiber roof spoiler, 550i number flat black, LED license plate lights, MTX 12' sub, dyno mat, tinted Windows, flat black grill, flat black exhaust tips, light smoke headlight tint, foged out eyelash, velocity booster.
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would this be a bad idea.. OR A GRATE ONE???.. kinda like the juice box i guess.. idk this could be crap..?

http://www.gfchips.com/bmw550i.aspx
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I've seen a few posts about the chips from that site asking the same thing. However, nobody is brave enough to buy it and try it out.
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Pretty sure it's one of those resistors that tricks the computer.
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Scam, next.
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Scam, next.
+1.

My cousin was dumb enough to buy one for his FJ.
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Originally Posted by Baggman
would this be a bad idea.. OR A GRATE ONE???.. kinda like the juice box i guess.. idk this could be crap..?

http://www.gfchips.com/bmw550i.aspx

You can always be the first to try...be a trend setter.
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Originally Posted by John@Motorcepts
Pretty sure it's one of those resistors that tricks the computer.
+1.

for my money, i'd rather pay someone to sit on my hood and blow into the grille.
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Try the bms. Powerbox .. I have one haven't installed it yet though but it's like a sprint booster but better .. member luxurytax wrote a review on it
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Don't do it. Their claims are shady as hell.
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This is nothing but a resistor that will trick the ECU into thinking the intake air is colder than it really is. It will work for a few minutes....maybe hours until the ECU realizes it is running rich. Thied this on my buddies Impala and it ran like a bat out of hell for about 20 minutes


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