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Old May 29, 2015 | 10:40 PM
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recommendations for star diagnostic?

It appears there are a lot of vendors on alibaba selling c3 systems but I was wondering if anyone on the forum had experience purchasing and who was recommended. I would like to move beyond making educated guesses based on past experiences of others and be able to definitively know what is wrong with a component before buying replacements.

On top of that, the dealer in my area wants two hours of diagnostic time to reprogram my teleaid from "present" to "not present". I think that would be money better spent on a tool that will let me do that and more.

Anyone have any insight they'd like to share?
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Old May 30, 2015 | 03:41 PM
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Contact Shardul here on the forums. Purchased mine from him and it's been working like a charm for the last 2 years.
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