Being charged 1800$ for a Stage 1 ECU Tune
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2012 C63 AMG Edition 1
Being charged 1800$ for a Stage 1 ECU Tune
Hey,
This is my first post on the forum. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to purchase my first car; a 2011 C63 in dark gray with only 40k miles on it. I'm looking to purchase new brakes (since they haven't been replaced at all since the car was bought and they're starting to screech and give unusual feedback). I was also looking at doing an ECU Tune. I went to my local shop that was recommend to me by a lot of people and has good reviews online. They are charging 1800$ to order an ECU, flash it, and change the parameters. However, they did not tell me what brand the ECU is, what they did tell me was that the car will be gaining around 70-85hp and somewhere around 40-60 tq. I would like to know if that's a decent price for the performance gain or is it completely overpriced and should find somewhere else. I would also like recommendations for comparable or better brake system without draining the bank account. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kickens
This is my first post on the forum. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to purchase my first car; a 2011 C63 in dark gray with only 40k miles on it. I'm looking to purchase new brakes (since they haven't been replaced at all since the car was bought and they're starting to screech and give unusual feedback). I was also looking at doing an ECU Tune. I went to my local shop that was recommend to me by a lot of people and has good reviews online. They are charging 1800$ to order an ECU, flash it, and change the parameters. However, they did not tell me what brand the ECU is, what they did tell me was that the car will be gaining around 70-85hp and somewhere around 40-60 tq. I would like to know if that's a decent price for the performance gain or is it completely overpriced and should find somewhere else. I would also like recommendations for comparable or better brake system without draining the bank account. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kickens
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2012 P31 C63 Coupe Trackrat, 2019 GLE63S Coupe Beast
Congrats on the purchase. Please have a read through the FAQ at the top of the forum, as many of your questions will be answered there. https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...-stickies.html
Also the search function of the forum is very good.
A switchable tune from a place like Eurocharged will run around $800 including the handheld. Some tuners are more, some are less. $1800 is high.
Good brake options from RacingBrake. If you do a search you'll turn up their threads for both BBK and OE replacement. FCP Euro is also liked for OE rotors.
Also the search function of the forum is very good.
A switchable tune from a place like Eurocharged will run around $800 including the handheld. Some tuners are more, some are less. $1800 is high.
Good brake options from RacingBrake. If you do a search you'll turn up their threads for both BBK and OE replacement. FCP Euro is also liked for OE rotors.
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W204 C63
Welcome, I'm a nubie here also. Just picked up my 2010 a few weeks ago.I also have a E60 M5. On both I run Eurocharged tune. They are running a special right now. You can get arguably the best tune on the market for under $800.
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12 C63BS Magno Alanite Grey, 25 X5 Msport, 08 BMW E93, Ducati Hyper 698
I love my Eurocharged tune also for the money it is hard to beat - If they are doing it custom ECU tune at your shop, it will be more money and will gain you more power as they can dyno tune it to optimize the tune. Not sure if that is what they are doing or if they are just flashing your car with an off the shelf tune, I would be concerned if they won't tell you what they are using or how they are doing it for that kind of money.
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2005 E55
I paid 700 for oetuning and got a handheld and 5 tuned files.
93 oct
93 oct custom tweaked after a bunch of dyno pulls
104 oct race map
valet mode
and stock... believe it or not I needed a stock file because my car had a tune without a way of getting a stock map back on(previous owner)
93 oct
93 oct custom tweaked after a bunch of dyno pulls
104 oct race map
valet mode
and stock... believe it or not I needed a stock file because my car had a tune without a way of getting a stock map back on(previous owner)
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Just saved you $1070 and got you a better tune.
Enjoy
Just saved you $1070 and got you a better tune.
Enjoy
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'13 C63 AMG P31
Hey,
This is my first post on the forum. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to purchase my first car; a 2011 C63 in dark gray with only 40k miles on it. I'm looking to purchase new brakes (since they haven't been replaced at all since the car was bought and they're starting to screech and give unusual feedback). I was also looking at doing an ECU Tune. I went to my local shop that was recommend to me by a lot of people and has good reviews online. They are charging 1800$ to order an ECU, flash it, and change the parameters. However, they did not tell me what brand the ECU is, what they did tell me was that the car will be gaining around 70-85hp and somewhere around 40-60 tq. I would like to know if that's a decent price for the performance gain or is it completely overpriced and should find somewhere else. I would also like recommendations for comparable or better brake system without draining the bank account. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kickens
This is my first post on the forum. Yesterday, I was lucky enough to purchase my first car; a 2011 C63 in dark gray with only 40k miles on it. I'm looking to purchase new brakes (since they haven't been replaced at all since the car was bought and they're starting to screech and give unusual feedback). I was also looking at doing an ECU Tune. I went to my local shop that was recommend to me by a lot of people and has good reviews online. They are charging 1800$ to order an ECU, flash it, and change the parameters. However, they did not tell me what brand the ECU is, what they did tell me was that the car will be gaining around 70-85hp and somewhere around 40-60 tq. I would like to know if that's a decent price for the performance gain or is it completely overpriced and should find somewhere else. I would also like recommendations for comparable or better brake system without draining the bank account. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Kickens
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2012 C63 AMG Edition 1
I was looking at http://www.eurocharged.com/products/...group-buy.html because I recieved a private message stating that it was on sale for 750$. If anybody can link me to that I'll greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
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I was looking at http://www.eurocharged.com/products/...group-buy.html because I recieved a private message stating that it was on sale for 750$. If anybody can link me to that I'll greatly appreciate it. Thanks.
https://mbworld.org/forums/c63-amg-w...-day-sale.html
Just saved you $1070 and got you a better tune.
Enjoy
Just saved you $1070 and got you a better tune.
Enjoy
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2014 Mercedes C63 AMG 507 Edition
$1800 dollars for a tune is extremely high.
Everyone on here has had good results with Eurocharged. Fit a set of ROW boxes. And if you really want to uncork some more ponies, then get a set of headers.
Everyone on here has had good results with Eurocharged. Fit a set of ROW boxes. And if you really want to uncork some more ponies, then get a set of headers.
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E55 C63
woah, 1800 is crazy, we have tunes available on VRPspeed.com Click the link, it will take you directly to the tune!
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