F30 335D Remap...

F30 335D Remap...

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foreverfalling

Original Poster:

527 posts

165 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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Anyone got any suggestions? Does it affect warranty (is it detectable?)

Thanks

Col 666

1,073 posts

213 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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If you ever have any work done on a modern BMW the dealership have to reprogram the whole car which I assume would wipe the remap off or highlight the fact it being there.
I've had a lot of issues with my 335i F30 recently and its been reprogrammed 4 times luckily I never went ahead with a proposed remap, keep this is mind!

zip929

670 posts

177 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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You can get a Bluefin remap which gives you an adaptor unit which allows you to remap yourself.
Then if BMW reset you can easily remap it back using the adapter Bluefin provide.
I have a Bluefin remap on my 535d and have so for more than a couple of years. No issues.

I imagine it would affect BMW warranty. No free lunch. You take your chances.



Edited by zip929 on Tuesday 18th August 20:57

smashy

3,032 posts

158 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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On your new car the only one I would have no fear about is this http://shop.ac-schnitzer.co.uk/performance-upgrade... their warranty runs with BMWs I know them well and trust any probs they would put right..but expensive

335d

758 posts

118 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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smashy said:
On your new car the only one I would have no fear about is this http://shop.ac-schnitzer.co.uk/performance-upgrade... their warranty runs with BMWs I know them well and trust any probs they would put right..but expensive
The ACS box is made by Steinbauer, so you can buy the same kit for around £1k, I believe. It does however not come with a warranty if you go down that route. The ACS warranty is 2 years from the new registration date of the car, extendable by a further year.

I have had the recent experience of a warranty repair when my ACS sprung car had a suspension problem. It was thought to be a failure of the adaptive dampers, although it turned out not to be that. I wondered how BMW would react, given the ACS mod, but it was no issue at all.

smashy

3,032 posts

158 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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http://www.rossiters.co.uk/diesel.htm ,,,,,,,is it the same ? ie people say A C springs are just branded Bilsteins but that is silly,they are made to A Cs spec by Bilstein

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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It invalidates the warranty on a £50k incl options car - the risk sits with you if you think it's work it or not.


Want more power buy a D3 in the first place

smashy

3,032 posts

158 months

Tuesday 18th August 2015
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Re D3 my ultimate car but two year warranty only,no BMW discounts = a lot more difference in price than headline figures suggest

335d

758 posts

118 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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smashy said:
http://www.rossiters.co.uk/diesel.htm ,,,,,,,is it the same ? ie people say A C springs are just branded Bilsteins but that is silly,they are made to A Cs spec by Bilstein
I believe the tuning boxes are exactly the same, except for the ability to be able to adjust the power with the Steinbauer box, and turn it up beyond the ACS one (risking going over the 700 Nm limit of the 8AT). I would still favour the ACS one.

smashy

3,032 posts

158 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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Lorcan at Rossiters would tell any prospective customer what the situation is re a phone call ,decent guy

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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smashy said:
Re D3 my ultimate car but two year warranty only,no BMW discounts = a lot more difference in price than headline figures suggest
As good as the D3 in sure ultimate car is way off the mark - try Lambo Miura or Fezza 275 GTB4 etc worlds apart

As a day to day car the D3 heck the 335d are very effective cars - but you can run RS6's Etc as daily drivers and if you think a x35d/D3 is properly fast you've not owned a tryely fast car utterly different league.

smashy

3,032 posts

158 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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I wouldnt want those cars , my car would be an aston you dont look like a knobhead in one of those.But my ultimate is that D3 because it could be obtainable if I wanted to up my monthly by a couple of hundred a month but a step too far methinks

Edited by smashy on Wednesday 19th August 18:38

abarber

1,686 posts

241 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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Maybe there will be a BMW Performance option soon?

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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abarber said:
Maybe there will be a BMW Performance option soon?
BMW PPK is available for the F30 330d which makes the 330d into a 335d but you can have it RWD instead of X drive.

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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smashy said:
I wouldnt want those cars , my car would be an aston you dont look like a knobhead in one of those.But my ultimate is that D3 because it could be obtainable if I wanted to up my monthly by a couple of hundred a month but a step too far methinks

Edited by smashy on Wednesday 19th August 18:38
Personally I run the F10 535d RWD love it to bits does everything really well apart from aural pleasure ...
Have been taking note of the E63 AMG V8 Bi turbo estate recently the ultimate family wagon plus they do 28mpg combined and near on 35mpg on the motorway. While having the ability to punch a 8 second to 100mph time every time as it's an auto. Brutal acceleration brutal power and amazing noise ---- just need to think hard about the cost to change and if it's really worth doing v running my P&J for the very long term.

drmark

4,824 posts

186 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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Welshbeef said:
Personally I run the F10 535d RWD love it to bits does everything really well apart from aural pleasure ...
Have been taking note of the E63 AMG V8 Bi turbo estate recently the ultimate family wagon plus they do 28mpg combined and near on 35mpg on the motorway. While having the ability to punch a 8 second to 100mph time every time as it's an auto. Brutal acceleration brutal power and amazing noise ---- just need to think hard about the cost to change and if it's really worth doing v running my P&J for the very long term.
Agree it is a great car but don't fall for the official mpg figures - they are MUCH thirstier than that wink

JNW1

7,770 posts

194 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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drmark said:
Agree it is a great car but don't fall for the official mpg figures - they are MUCH thirstier than that wink
Bit like a BMW 6-pot diesel then.... getmecoat

smashy

3,032 posts

158 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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A beast indeed Welsbeef,in fact if I only did 10k a year I would buy a secondhand car like that and just not worry about MPG...but ive done 600 miles in the last week and thats my life.

What allways makes me curious,my F30 30d Bristol and back to west london yesterday on the M4 outside lane all the way,no traffic and travelling in a way that basically nothing overtook me ,at the end OBC 47.6mpg ,low for me on a long motorway run normally 49/51mpg.Curious is what would a big petrol do at those speeds?People only talk about what their big petrol achieves poodling along the motorways

Actually re my Q I was overtaken once, by a M135i and at the speed I done that journey in I wonder what the MPG would have been in that.On forums you see guys saying middle lane in that car gets you high 30s,But what about fast lane all the way.In my head I reckon about 25?????

drmark

4,824 posts

186 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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JNW1 said:
Bit like a BMW 6-pot diesel then.... getmecoat
smile

Welshbeef

49,633 posts

198 months

Wednesday 19th August 2015
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drmark said:
Agree it is a great car but don't fall for the official mpg figures - they are MUCH thirstier than that wink
Yea man maths again and rose tinted glasses .....

I have read that it has 4 cylinder deactivation IE if in "Eco" mode it runs on only 4 cylinders as such would be like a 2.75ltr 4 cylinder jobbie - I believe Corvettes do this as well to make significant increases to mpg ideal for M way or urban driving then let the beast out under full load driving .... Though full load is probably a very short activity in the UK with its low speed limits.