MRT claims in Australia.

[mswhong]

Originally Posted by Dynotronics1

Not sure about JV, but with us you'd get a nice suprise in the post, and a refund since you overpaid in the first place!

eagerly waiting on visconti's reply... :P

[Nardi330]

Originally Posted by Dynotronics1

Not sure about JV, but with us you'd get a nice suprise in the post, and a refund since you overpaid in the first place!

but does that include shipping to overseas (other than Japan and Australia)?

[sierra]

Originally Posted by Dynotronics1

I was being charitable to MRT on the price. I've heard from A1200 to A1800$.

If you read this thread you will see they were charging AU$2,500 a couple of years ago and I am pretty sure that's without a cable because it's the way they usually do it.

http://www.newtriton.net/phpbb/viewt...1613&start=250

[Fizz]

Off topic, but to those who had purchased their ecutek tune via overseas vendors, how many times did you have to send datalogs till you were satisfied with the final tune?

Reason i'm asking is that, the cable isn't cheap, and if you only need to use to 2-3 times (initial base tune upload, then datalogging, then upload final tune) then it seems like a waste? Any of you with cables thought of 'loaning' them out to others for a small fee or some beer? Or maybe even a few guys within a local area could share the cost of one cable. Just a thought...

[cuddefred]

Two or three times for me. The problem you would have is that you can't flash back to stock if you are taking it to the dealers and the tuners update/improve the tunes every so often, which you can't take advantage of unless you have a cable or access to it.

I am in Qld but would be prepared to loan mine to you if we could sort the arrangments out - PM if you like.

:happy0180:

Originally Posted by Fizz

Off topic, but to those who had purchased their ecutek tune via overseas vendors, how many times did you have to send datalogs till you were satisfied with the final tune?

Reason i'm asking is that, the cable isn't cheap, and if you only need to use to 2-3 times (initial base tune upload, then datalogging, then upload final tune) then it seems like a waste? Any of you with cables thought of 'loaning' them out to others for a small fee or some beer? Or maybe even a few guys within a local area could share the cost of one cable. Just a thought...

[sierra]

Originally Posted by Fizz

Off topic, but to those who had purchased their ecutek tune via overseas vendors, how many times did you have to send datalogs till you were satisfied with the final tune?

Reason i'm asking is that, the cable isn't cheap, and if you only need to use to 2-3 times (initial base tune upload, then datalogging, then upload final tune) then it seems like a waste? Any of you with cables thought of 'loaning' them out to others for a small fee or some beer? Or maybe even a few guys within a local area could share the cost of one cable. Just a thought...

I think they do it the same way in the US, most of the time, because it's convenient and saves the cost of a dyno.
You need that cable to be able to return it to the factory tune for service or warranty. Even if they don't detect it they might realise it's modified when they take it out to thrash it and raise enough suspicion to flag it?
If you're close enough then sharing one would be the way to go for sure.

[Fizz]

Originally Posted by cuddefred

The problem you would have is that you can't flash back to stock if you are taking it to the dealers and the tuners update/improve the tunes every so often, which you can't take advantage of unless you have a cable or access to it.

hmm....good point actually. i guess i'll need to consider whether saving a couple of hundred bucks is worth the inconvience.

but thanks for the offer anyway. my car hasn't arrived yet, just planning ahead

[Hook]

hmmm I'm really torn. Everyone makes a good point about the remote tuning but I did want to do it locally on the dyno and build a good relationship with the garage. Not being able to restore the factory settings for servicing doesn't worry me that much since the I/E mods will probably void warranty anyway. However paying the extra $600/700 makes a big difference.
More research required I guess to find the pros/cons of local tuning.

[Fizz]

Originally Posted by Hook

hmmm I'm really torn. Everyone makes a good point about the remote tuning but I did want to do it locally on the dyno and build a good relationship with the garage. Not being able to restore the factory settings for servicing doesn't worry me that much since the I/E mods will probably void warranty anyway. However paying the extra $600/700 makes a big difference.
More research required I guess to find the pros/cons of local tuning.

I doubt you'll void the warranty with just I/E mods. The dealers will make you think that way, but they can't void the warranty on the whole car, only the items that are directly related to the mods you've done. So if you blew your engine, then well maybe they can tell you "tough". But apart from that, if say you have any issues with interior, electrics, suspension components, they need to prove it to you that your mods actually contributed to those failures.

$700 saving is already 3/4 the price of a Perrin catback.