535d F10 reviews
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Hi,
I have a 2011 535d Sport which I m slightly disappointed with from a driving engagement point of view. My previous car was a 2006 535d m sport which I remapped with DMS and was a rocket.
The 2006 car was much more engaging and fun to drive. DMS have yet to be able to crack the new 535d remap.
Has anyone else had similar feeling re F10 535d? Am thinking of buying the Hartge H35d upgrade kit. Anyone have this?
I have a 2011 535d Sport which I m slightly disappointed with from a driving engagement point of view. My previous car was a 2006 535d m sport which I remapped with DMS and was a rocket.
The 2006 car was much more engaging and fun to drive. DMS have yet to be able to crack the new 535d remap.
Has anyone else had similar feeling re F10 535d? Am thinking of buying the Hartge H35d upgrade kit. Anyone have this?
Hi,
No experience as yet for me with the F10/11, but I know I sure do want one once prices drop considerably!
All the big BMW tuner brands will have worked with BMW during the development phase so as to be able to offer upgrades from day of release and Hartge is no exception. The independent re-map specialists level will take more time to develop their own versions and as yet, there's limited demand from owners and thus is very expensive for any re-map specialist to take all the model variants and develop a map for each of them, including testing and tweaking.
So, you'd only be currently able to get the upgrades from the top tuning brands. The benefit here is that these upgrades won't invalidate your warranty, and if they do, as I'm not 100% sure, then Birds garage in Iver will honour warranty work I'd have thought!
Drop into their place and speak to Kevin, I pop in semi regularly myself and I'd love some of their Hartge modifications on my car - already have wheels etc, power upgrades are on my shortlist!
I'm pretty sure Schnitzer and Hamann will offer something as well, but may need more researching.
Cheers, Dennis!
No experience as yet for me with the F10/11, but I know I sure do want one once prices drop considerably!
All the big BMW tuner brands will have worked with BMW during the development phase so as to be able to offer upgrades from day of release and Hartge is no exception. The independent re-map specialists level will take more time to develop their own versions and as yet, there's limited demand from owners and thus is very expensive for any re-map specialist to take all the model variants and develop a map for each of them, including testing and tweaking.
So, you'd only be currently able to get the upgrades from the top tuning brands. The benefit here is that these upgrades won't invalidate your warranty, and if they do, as I'm not 100% sure, then Birds garage in Iver will honour warranty work I'd have thought!
Drop into their place and speak to Kevin, I pop in semi regularly myself and I'd love some of their Hartge modifications on my car - already have wheels etc, power upgrades are on my shortlist!
I'm pretty sure Schnitzer and Hamann will offer something as well, but may need more researching.
Cheers, Dennis!
I went from a tuned 535d, around 380bhp to a standard (300bhp) 535d GT and am very happy with it. Yes the E60 was more fun and way faster but the F10 (F07 in my case) is way ahead in all other aspects. My car is a 2010 so can be remapped just not got round to it yet.
I take it you only have the box option in your car?
Mine will be getting remapped by john @ DNA Tuning once I find the time.
I take it you only have the box option in your car?
Mine will be getting remapped by john @ DNA Tuning once I find the time.
Mine was 272 bhp engine.
see my site below. but basically. RS500 intercooler, straight through 3" exhaust no cat or DPF running over 2 bar of boost and remapped about 8 times to get it right.
www.bmw535d.co.uk
i really miss it great car.
ignore the Q7 it is long gone, just not had time to update my site for a while.
see my site below. but basically. RS500 intercooler, straight through 3" exhaust no cat or DPF running over 2 bar of boost and remapped about 8 times to get it right.
www.bmw535d.co.uk
i really miss it great car.
ignore the Q7 it is long gone, just not had time to update my site for a while.
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