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Old 08-19-2009, 10:31 PM
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What would be the best option for tuning on this car? Renntech, Kleemann, Brabus, or someone else?
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Can't go wrong with Kleemann or Renntech. Kleemann prices are cheaper than Renntech's IIRC and they yield similiar gains.
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I have a full Kleemann SL55. They wont open me as a dealer so I guess I will just go with Renntech. Didnt know if there was anything else out there.
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Originally Posted by Infamous Jiggs
What would be the best option for tuning on this car? Renntech, Kleemann, Brabus, or someone else?
Brabus has most reliable and true gains but is horrendously expensive.
Kleemann is the least expensive but unreliable gains and in some cases (in 2 of my cars) created very pricey problems plus lost warranty (SL65).
Renntech overstates the gains but overall,taking everything into consideration was my choice(3 cars).
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absent: What kind of problems did the tune create?
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absent: What kind of problems did the tune create?
The ECU itself did not ,the gains were just grossly exagerated (instead of 100hp barely 35hp at the wheels)
Had problems with LSD (affected the handling) in SL and cracking headers (twice) in G55 (always after 10k miles warranty expired).
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Hmm. I have an account with brabus but prob still stupid amounts of money.

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