BarryPr's BMW 530D (E39) Progress

BarryPr

New member
Howdy all I thought it time to do some updates.

Where am I know with my baby:

-New Sound System
-DOD LS430W Dashcam
-4 New Tyres
-Black Grill
-Angel Eyes White. Gone are those amber ones.
-Smash And Grab Tint
-Bilstein Front Shocks

Now today I had my vehicle remapped by Mas Performance (http://www.masperformance.co.za/).

Total cost (and he came to me): R2800.00

I was so exited when he, Jaques, said he was done. What did he do. Here is the process:

-Download car file and send to the UK for remap.
-Wiped ECU
-We went and had a breakfast (which he paid for) while we waited for the updated file.
-Upload file to ECU
-Test Drive Time!

Total time 1 Hour 30 Minutes (give or take).

Now you would expect me to say WOW when I took it for a spin. I happily say I did not I was over the bloody moon. WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW!

An improvement was ABSOLUTELY noticed!

MY OBC said I had 560km to go on the current fuel left in the vehicle. I pushed her a bit and after done OBC said only 408km to go.

I paid Jaques his money and I did this gladly I might ad.

Then I left for Pretoria (+-70Km From me). I took it easy and I pushed her 140km/hour almost all the way. Hehehehehe I got here in PTA and the OBC read 469Km to go on the current tank. I laughed it was great to see this.

Passing a vehicle or vehicles is one hell of an improvement on what it was (and she was not bad to start off with). Acceleration is a dream.

I am IMPRESSED to say the leased.

So if you have ever wondered if you should. I reckon, in my opinion, you should.

What is next?

Swirl Flaps with the help of ChefDJ and RAArmstrong who offered to help me with this one.
 

herr bmw

///Member
great to hear .personally i will never do software on a car again after all the trouble I had ,but that's me.
enjoy it:thumbs:
 

BarryPr

New member
herr bmw said:
great to hear .personally i will never do software on a car again after all the trouble I had ,but that's me.
enjoy it:thumbs:

Fingers crossed mate, fingers crossed. Thanks I intend to :inlove:
 

DieselFan

Honorary ///Member
Personally I'd never not have software on a turbo charged car :D . Sorry about your bad experiences herr
 

ChefDJ

///Member
Very glad you're happy :thumbs:

Awesome stuff. What did you pay for front shocks and where? Did you perhaps inquire about sport shocks?

MASPerformance did my map too and I must say I was never disappointed.
 

rodga

Well-known member
DieselFan said:
Personally I'd never not have software on a turbo charged car :D . Sorry about your bad experiences herr

What car and what software did you have on it?
 

prado

Active member
Brilliant! And your car looks great.:thumbs:

Did you change the entire front light units or just the indicators?

I just fitted new lights on mine some time ago and was wondering if it is possible to change the indicators alone from amber to white.
 

S1NGH 911

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Official Advertiser
herr bmw said:
great to hear .personally i will never do software on a car again after all the trouble I had ,but that's me.
enjoy it:thumbs:

You were fooled by a German Tsotsi :biglol:


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WyKiD

Active member
prado said:
Brilliant! And your car looks great.:thumbs:

Did you change the entire front light units or just the indicators?

I just fitted new lights on mine some time ago and was wondering if it is possible to change the indicators alone from amber to white.

If i am not mistaken, on the 03' models the non msport cars also got the clear indicators as standard. Not sure if the indicators can be changed though.
 

Silverbird_96kw

///Member
Congrats.

Where is the pics?

Ive also had MAS Performance on my Polo Sportline - software makes a huge diff on a turbo car.

Did i ask, pictures?
 

DieselFan

Honorary ///Member
rodga said:
DieselFan said:
Personally I'd never not have software on a turbo charged car :D . Sorry about your bad experiences herr

What car and what software did you have on it?
My e90 320d has promotec software. You can search for my thread with the dyno.

My e46 330d has a racechip waiting to go on. When it's running I will drive it for a week and then pop the chip on. And when I'm used to the power and feel I want more. I will take it further.
 

rodga

Well-known member
DieselFan said:
rodga said:
DieselFan said:
Personally I'd never not have software on a turbo charged car :D . Sorry about your bad experiences herr

What car and what software did you have on it?
My e90 320d has promotec software. You can search for my thread with the dyno.

My e46 330d has a racechip waiting to go on. When it's running I will drive it for a week and then pop the chip on. And when I'm used to the power and feel I want more. I will take it further.

sorry that question was meant for herr!!! not sure what happened lol


herr bmw said:
great to hear .personally i will never do software on a car again after all the trouble I had ,but that's me.
enjoy it:thumbs:
What car and what software did you have on it? :fencelook:
 

DieselFan

Honorary ///Member
rodga said:
DieselFan said:
rodga said:
DieselFan said:
Personally I'd never not have software on a turbo charged car :D . Sorry about your bad experiences herr

What car and what software did you have on it?
My e90 320d has promotec software. You can search for my thread with the dyno.

My e46 330d has a racechip waiting to go on. When it's running I will drive it for a week and then pop the chip on. And when I'm used to the power and feel I want more. I will take it further.

sorry that question was meant for herr!!! not sure what happened lol


herr bmw said:
great to hear .personally i will never do software on a car again after all the trouble I had ,but that's me.
enjoy it:thumbs:
What car and what software did you have on it? :fencelook:


Herr had a Nissan nivara also by promotec. Who are no longer running.
 

DieselFan

Honorary ///Member
Let's not rehash the past.

He had issues with the software and the tuner himself. Leave it at that.
 

BarryPr

New member
ChefDJ said:
Very glad you're happy :thumbs:

Awesome stuff. What did you pay for front shocks and where? Did you perhaps inquire about sport shocks?

MASPerformance did my map too and I must say I was never disappointed.

Everything is here:

https://www.bmwfanatics.co.za/showthread.php?tid=59463&page=2

R4300 @ Tyremart Pretoria


prado said:
Brilliant! And your car looks great.:thumbs:

Did you change the entire front light units or just the indicators?

I just fitted new lights on mine some time ago and was wondering if it is possible to change the indicators alone from amber to white.

Thanks. I will have to go with Chef on this one.


rodga said:
wow nice
would like to see some dyno sheets sometime
and some pics!

I will get there with the pics.


Silverbird_96kw said:
Congrats.

Where is the pics?

Ive also had MAS Performance on my Polo Sportline - software makes a huge diff on a turbo car.

Did i ask, pictures?

Pics will be on here soon
 

BarryPr

New member
At 2pm today I am going to be taking my vehicle for a dyno run. Excited to see these results.

I have also ordered the swirl flap blanking plates and I also ordered the Diesel Vortex Breather for a total of R1400 from the UK.

I will post results when I have them.
 
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