chipping the R

**mick850R** · Thursday 7th July 2011, 21:33

hey guys i was wondering if anyone could help me,today i enquired to rica about chipping the old R what benefits i would gain and the price, he said he just needed the ecu and not the whole car for a few days! now i dont know too much about this sort of thing but i thought you set up the car as well one the ecu was programmed? any feed back would be great please chap's ust like to know a little more about getting it done.

**si850r** · Thursday 7th July 2011, 21:57

try hlm mate....theres also a load of info on here about it....Just type it in the search ...

**cherry1809** · Friday 8th July 2011, 00:09

HLM. Pretty much the same map for £150.

**T5frankie** · Friday 8th July 2011, 05:37

You are getting custom mapping and generic off the shelf maps mixed up mate,

**Niles** · Friday 8th July 2011, 09:32

Is you car auto or manual?

Originally Posted by mick850R

hey guys i was wondering if anyone could help me,today i enquired to rica about chipping the old R what benefits i would gain and the price, he said he just needed the ecu and not the whole car for a few days! now i dont know too much about this sort of thing but i thought you set up the car as well one the ecu was programmed? any feed back would be great please chap's ust like to know a little more about getting it done.

**mick850R** · Friday 8th July 2011, 18:11

its an auto is mine.

**mick850R** · Friday 8th July 2011, 18:16

Originally Posted by t5frankie

You are getting custom mapping and generic off the shelf maps mixed up mate,

cheers buddy as i mentioned a bit new to this tuning lark.

**mick850R** · Friday 8th July 2011, 18:17

Originally Posted by cherry1809

HLM. Pretty much the same map for £150.

do you know where does a hlm as thats half the price of rica

**T5frankie** · Friday 8th July 2011, 18:21

Originally Posted by mick850R

do you know where does a hlm as thats half the price of rica

hlm do it at their own garage in bromsgrove or you can post your ecu into them with a £100 surcharge, half the price? more like a 3rd

http://www.hlmtuning.co.uk/

**Storm-Troll** · Friday 8th July 2011, 18:43

Call Hamish at HLM he has mapped all of my Volvos over the Years and they have all been great..

**mick850R** · Friday 8th July 2011, 23:48

[QUOTE=t5frankie;393220]hlm do it at their own garage in bromsgrove or you can post your ecu into them with a £100 surcharge, half the price? more like a 3rd

looks like i'll visit hamish then seeing as i got quoted 300 off rica.thanks guys really appreciate the help. just one more thing, i have a mbc would it be better than the bcs?

**Santa** · Saturday 9th July 2011, 08:42

Dont believe the HLM map is the same as the stage 1 Rica map anymore. The Rica one was updated (Turbo Tuner can confirm) and apparently its different (Flying Moose can confirm).