Viezu V-Switch from previous owner ok to use?
#1
Viezu V-Switch from previous owner ok to use?
Hello everyone,
If someone is selling me their V-Switch with a tune for a base V6 F Type, can I use it on my V8S with a proper map for my application?
If so, how would I acquire a new map if I already have the hardware? And is there a cost to doing so, or would the manufacturer provide it for free?
Thanks to anyone that can assist in answering these questions.
David
If someone is selling me their V-Switch with a tune for a base V6 F Type, can I use it on my V8S with a proper map for my application?
If so, how would I acquire a new map if I already have the hardware? And is there a cost to doing so, or would the manufacturer provide it for free?
Thanks to anyone that can assist in answering these questions.
David
#2
Hello everyone,
If someone is selling me their V-Switch with a tune for a base V6 F Type, can I use it on my V8S with a proper map for my application?
If so, how would I acquire a new map if I already have the hardware? And is there a cost to doing so, or would the manufacturer provide it for free?
Thanks to anyone that can assist in answering these questions.
David
If someone is selling me their V-Switch with a tune for a base V6 F Type, can I use it on my V8S with a proper map for my application?
If so, how would I acquire a new map if I already have the hardware? And is there a cost to doing so, or would the manufacturer provide it for free?
Thanks to anyone that can assist in answering these questions.
David
#3
#4
The device is worth $250-500 and most tuners are charging $500-750 for any stage tune. Hence, the $1000 price tag for the tune & flash tool. Don’t pay more than $100 for a used flash tool.
Last edited by Unhingd; 07-03-2019 at 08:20 PM.
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#6
Pretty sure all tunes are tied to the VIN number of the vehicle so as Lance says, all you're buying is a hardware box to transfer the tune. On the secondhand market they're virtually worthless - the tuners have to pay a reset fee I believe in order to clear the VIN so I doubt they'd offer much discount on a tune for your car. May as well just buy it "new".
#7
Pretty sure all tunes are tied to the VIN number of the vehicle so as Lance says, all you're buying is a hardware box to transfer the tune. On the secondhand market they're virtually worthless - the tuners have to pay a reset fee I believe in order to clear the VIN so I doubt they'd offer much discount on a tune for your car. May as well just buy it "new".
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It just occurred to me that the V-Switch might already be matched to the car if the previous car owner was using for the car that the OP has just acquired. If so, the V-switch already has the correct OEM tune and just needs to acquire the desired tune to flash it to the car.
I even offered a couple of my no longer needed tune boxes back to the original tuner but they said by the time they paid for the VIN reset, it wasn't worth even mailing to them. So I trashed them,
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My experience was once the box has been locked to a VIN, it costs money from the tune box manufacturer (not the tuner) to reset it back to factory. Which crazily enough makes it uneconomic. I was told it would probably only save me $25 on the tune cost if I supplied my own preowned box. As you say, the money is in the IP.
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