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Does Chipping a Diesel affect Resale?

  • 09-10-2008 7:56pm
    #1
    vengeance52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭


    Hey,

    was thinking that as i cant afford right now to change to another car, that i will get my current motor chipped.

    Ive a 2004 Accord 2.2i-CTDI and it produces 140BHP approx. Spoke to a guy who chips cars, and he said that he can up it to 185BHP and an extra 120nm torque.

    Ive already searched threads about pros and cons, but what Im more interested is, will people be more, or less inclined to buy it later on because its chipped.

    Any info would be great.

    -V-
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  • #2
    jamesO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭jamesO


    I've had all my cars chipped over the years and never had a problem with resale. Anyway the guy who chips your car can put it back to standard normally for a call out fee. As it's becoming more common people generally know that chipping is normally good for an engine as it runs much smoother.

    jO.


  • #3
    vengeance52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭vengeance52


    jamesO wrote: »
    I've had all my cars chipped over the years and never had a problem with resale. Anyway the guy who chips your car can put it back to standard normally for a call out fee. As it's becoming more common people generally know that chipping is normally good for an engine as it runs much smoother.

    jO.

    cheers. Ill be getting it done next week hopefully.


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,339 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    as long as you keep the receipts and contacts for the guy thats remapping, a buyer might ne less prone to be afraid of the mapping.

    so inother words, onve your mate done it on a dell laptop in the front garden trying his luck if you know what i mean.

    a good map by a reputile (sp) mapper is not a problem on resale imo.


  • #5
    Cruising_R32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Cruising_R32


    Get it done, enjoy the extra power and when it comes time to sell the car on, just tell the person it is a special edition model that has "x" amount of power over the standard models.....


  • #6
    S.I.R
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,837 ✭✭✭S.I.R


    have certs and a phone number for the actual garage who done it...


    then enjoy the extra poke yer yoke has.


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  • #7
    tin79
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭tin79


    Hello All

    I was wondering the same myself. i was considering getting my mondeo TDCi remapped as i do a fair bit of boat towing and the extra torque could be useful. however i did have a concern over re-sale that has been answered by this thread.

    In relation to this i have heard that the computers on the TDCi mondeos can sometimes un-map the re-map and undo its benefits, anyone have an opinion on this?

    Oh and one other thing (sorry if i am a bit off topic but rather then start a new thread) could garage dianostics tell if the ECU has been re-mapped, say in case of a bang(where it had not been delcared to insurance) and your insurance company wanted to slither out of cover.

    thanks


  • #8
    jamesO
    Closed Accounts Posts: 71 ✭✭jamesO


    Un-map itself not possible only a main dealer could do it. Some garage dianostics can detect that a map has been changed. Haven't heard of anyones ecu been checked yet.jO-)


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