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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 05:25 PM
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C300 Dinan Tune Consensus?

I'm looking to tune my C300 and I saw that Dinan has a 20% sale going on. What's the general consensus on the Dinan tune for the C300?

Reliability? Ease of install/remove? Service? Effectiveness? Butt Dyno?

Would another tune be better?

Thanks.
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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 05:59 PM
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20% of is a great deal. I paid full price and its worth that. Gives the car more pep but nothing crazy. Install is as simple as it gets. Same with uninstall. I don't plan on letting the dealership see it.
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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 06:10 PM
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Where are you seeing the sale?
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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 06:13 PM
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Where are you seeing the sale?

https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...ale-price.html
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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 06:15 PM
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OK, so Dinan itself is not having a sale.
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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 06:57 PM
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Ordered mine two days ago cant wait to install it, just want to get rid of small lag windows it has during COMFORT and SPORT mode.
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Old Aug 2, 2018 | 07:46 PM
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Is there any long term effects from using this? like premature wear or something

Last edited by Elbandito; Aug 2, 2018 at 08:37 PM. Reason: adding
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Old Aug 4, 2018 | 06:36 AM
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just installed mine and was amazing on all fronts.
-Easiest installation of any plug n play tuner I’ve done(took less than 5-7 min)
- very noticeable difference in mid range power
-car goes through the rev range a lot quicker
-feels like less”dead spots” in overall drive. Where you can mash on it pretty much anywhere and it jumps now(to earlier post...less laggy in some areas for sure)
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Old Aug 7, 2018 | 09:00 AM
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For a C300 4matic not the 6 cyl cars...Is there going to be any difference with this thing that I can't get by just switching from C to S Mode? My car pulls like a **** after say 3000- 3500 RPM and up in any agility mode. I never mash the gas pedal, thats not as good as a linear pressure is in my opinion for drive by wire. Its tempting at 265 or so with the 20 off now. Whattaya think???
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Old Aug 7, 2018 | 11:02 AM
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I have had the Dinan for maybe 8 months now with no problems and great results. I leave it in SPORT 90% of the time and ti makes driving in eco mode pretty good for traffic. Comfort has very little turbo lag and I almost never go above it under normal driving. I have taken it out before and driven the car some and I'd say it's worth $265
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Old Aug 7, 2018 | 12:04 PM
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Originally Posted by hogdad
For a C300 4matic not the 6 cyl cars...Is there going to be any difference with this thing that I can't get by just switching from C to S Mode? My car pulls like a **** after say 3000- 3500 RPM and up in any agility mode. I never mash the gas pedal, thats not as good as a linear pressure is in my opinion for drive by wire. Its tempting at 265 or so with the 20 off now. Whattaya think???
Yes there's a difference with this. Switching from C to S doesn't change your actual horsepower or torque. If you look at the dynos I posted last year there's a significant gain from this mod.
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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 01:04 PM
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I am using it on my car as well. Very happy with the results!
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Old Aug 8, 2018 | 08:49 PM
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I'm about to pull the trigger on this one. Any warranty issues? If I were to unplug it before going to the dealership, will they know I had used it? thanks
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Old Aug 11, 2018 | 06:26 PM
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Unplug it and no one is the wiser - it "piggy backs" the existing MB ECU - that's the beauty of effective plug-in upgrade modules like this Dinan
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