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General => The garage => Topic started by: chixon9291 on 22 December 2010, 19:58
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hi all, i called my local dealer amd today and have booked my mk4 1.8t 150bhp into them for next week to get the revo remap @ £199+VAT
Just wondered if anyone has had this done to there car before? any problems i am likely to experiance and also is the price cheap?
thanks for your time Alex
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You going to AMD as per your thread below?
http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=175467.0
Make sure you don't pay the full price!!
REVO have been in the tuning game a while and their maps are tried and tested :afro:
Only problems you'll experience will be shown when the car is mapped. Things like weak spark plugs / weak coilpacks / small boost leaks may become more apparent as the engine will be working harder
It will be very easy to blame the map but 99% of the time any faults that occur after remapping are down to the car itself and not the map :wink:
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ok kool thanks for your help, what price should i be paying?
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ok kool thanks for your help, what price should i be paying?
Did you not read the info Nick posted in your other thread? :huh:
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i called them today and asked about the revo remap for £99 +VAt they said theres no such thing, they said to me that £199+VAT was there best price to dear? sorry for being stupid but am i expexting 30 to 50 bhp from this???
cheers Alex
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yes but they said this wasnt true!!
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Edit - see post below
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The revolution site says £200 at the mo, they said it's usually £299 so in the sale it's £199.
So your telling me it should be £99. Only problem is the site says £299 so with £100 off £199 is right. If you think they having me over I will leave it. What ya think?
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The revolution site says £200 at the mo, they said it's usually £299 so in the sale it's £199.
So your telling me it should be £99. Only problem is the site says £299 so with £100 off £199 is right. If you think they having me over I will leave it. What ya think?
Well Awesome GTI who are a REVO dealer are doing the AGU remaps for £99+VAT. And R-Tech are offering the same map for that price too so I can't see why AMD would charge differently?
What year is your Golf as maybe if its a later one their is a price difference :undecided:
EDIT!
Well going by your thread on ukmkivs
http://uk-mkivs.net/forums/t/395051.aspx
You have a 2001 which means the normal price is £299 with £100 off is £199 so AMD have quoted you correctly.
Confusion over........
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So why is a remap for a MK5 so much more cash?
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So why is a remap for a MK5 so much more cash?
Newer, more complicated engine
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A lot of the time, remappers charge more on newer cars because the car is worth more and they can get away with it. There are not that many parameters on a Ferrari 360, nor particularly large gains, yet everyone charges £899. Want to guess why?
At the end of the day Revo are using a generic off-the-shelf map, so any differences are irrelevant - they're uploading what they did on another car. I work in remapping, and I'd always want to pay for custom filewriting (and a good warranty) specifically tailored for that car/engine/mileage and what the driver wants.
Yes there are different parameters on some of the Mk5 models, but it's not as big a difference as they make out, and a Mk4 can take longer, that's just the way it is. I can't say I care for the sales gimmick either, a company should work out a fair price according to what they are doing and stick to it.
I would NOT be happy if I paid around £400 and someone with a similar car paid a third of that, for the same thing. And as the old saying goes, you get what you pay for, I would be reluctant to use someone who went for headline power gains which went beyond the manufacturers recommendations, and wondering what any guarantee/warranty they gave was worth if they did.
I rung round some of the people offering £200 remaps, 2 of them quoted more "because that car is not included in the offer" and one said that price was for a generic file, but for a £100 extra it was worth getting a custom file written! lol