Sorry, Yes the jack plug. It is the same size as an audio jack plug for earphones.

If you remove the boost controler you are left with a female socket wired into a hidden boost control module that in turn is wired into the ECU. The male jack plug I assume has a resistor or something inside to give the same control reading as if the boost control was fitted and set at standard.

You can pull the jack plug and put it on your key ring. When you put it in it runs in service or valet mode.

Sorry' date=' Yes the jack plug. It is the same size as an audio jack plug for earphones.

If you remove the boost controler you are left with a female socket wired into a hidden boost control module that in turn is wired into the ECU. The male jack plug I assume has a resistor or something inside to give the same control reading as if the boost control was fitted and set at standard.

You can pull the jack plug and put it on your key ring. When you put it in it runs in service or valet mode.[/quote']

Yep...jack plug has a resistor in it to give the same value as per the minimum setting on the boost controller and, is almost the equivalent to standard boost...it's actually a little more.

The system we use leaves no trace at all its been done

And I'll be coming to see you in about 4 weeks once i've put a few K on my Furby.

As per our recent telephone conversation.

Charlo

there are ecu upgrades out there that totally go back to standard setting and leave no trace at all

Galv, does this mean that when you have written your tuned/remapped car off in a serious RTA, are in hospital, and the car has been recovered for your insurers to check it, the upgrade will be undetectable? Or does it rely on you and the car being in a fit state to remove the upgrade box or reflash the chip or some similar operation? :confused:

The system we use leaves no trace at all its been done

Unless your into the work of FBI/CIA etc nothing is undetectable, not even the Stealth bomber.....just ask the Royal Navy

It honestly amazes me that there are some that think they will get away with it. Surely if your not prepared to lose the warranty etc, why mod your car?

Unless your into the work of FBI/CIA etc nothing is undetectable' date=' not even the Stealth bomber.....just ask the Royal Navy

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Or the operators of the Rapier missile battery that tracked one at an airshow (Farnbrough IIRC) a few years back

As has been said By Andy and many, many others...if you have ANY doubts then don't do it.

I take the 'untraceable' argument with a large pinch of salt just like you Andy. (But then again I think we are the paranoid brothers .) I would prefer to think that these types of remap will survive a cursory to moderate inspection and not much more. That way I wouldn't be in for any shocks.

Denis, I think you're mixing up telling a dealer and telling your insurance company. Not telling your insurance company is just damn irresponsible and in my opinion anyone who does this is not welcome on Briskoda.

Actually Rich, i personally believe the prime reason for the endless search for the Invisible remap (aka Holy Grail) IS so that people can avoid informing their insurance Co.

The warranty question is a very handy smokescreen IMHO.

Denis, I think you're mixing up telling a dealer and telling your insurance company. Not telling your insurance company is just damn irresponsible and in my opinion anyone who does this is not welcome on Briskoda.

I didn't mean to mix up the two, Rich, but rather to highlight an issue which possibly also crosses some people's minds when they consider ECU tweaking and the warranty implications. I am with you 100% on your comments about not telling insurers. I should say in all fairness to Galv too that I read his comments about detectability as relating only to warranty considerations.

what's the difference, they're both fraud

what's the difference, they're both fraud

Yes - if you hide the fact from your insurer and/or dealer. I have done neither.

what's the difference, they're both fraud

I disagree.

Not informing your dealer only becomes fraudulent in the event of a warranty claim caused by failure of a part directly attributable to another non-Skoda part or modification. This is clearly set out in the terms of the Skoda warranty.

Not informing your insurer is an IMMEDIATE offence, quite likely to fall under the Road Traffic Act (insurance void etc), and would only become fraud in the event of an attempted or successful claim.

Both however, are reasons why i personally feel that companies should immediately cease claiming that their mods are "invisible" as they are likely to lead to much teeth-gnashing at some point.

All IMHO of course

Geoff, I see what you are saying, however if you make a warantee claim knowing you have modified the car and therefore voided the warantee, that is fraud.

Not telling your insurance Co renders the contract of insurance voidable for misrepresentation. As you say, if you also tried to claim that would be fraud.

Agree about the selling points, does seem to encourage dishonesty!

Not telling your insurance Co renders the contract of insurance voidable for misrepresentation. As you say' date=' if you also tried to claim that would be fraud.

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The implications of driving a modded car without your insurance knowledge far in away exceed any thing else. Arent you therefore uninsured?

And we ALL complain about uninsured joyriders etc.

Anyone prepared to mod their car without insurance knowledge and approval is no different to the joyrider etc in my eyes.

Fortunately there is nothing in the warranty which says it will be voided in its entirety if you modify your car. Specific exclusions are that it will not apply:

To any component that has failed due to neglect, or misuse, or has been materially altered or modified without the written approval of Skoda Auto.

To components that are not of the manufacturer's selection or approval.

To damage or defects due to:

... installation of parts not approved by SkodaAuto.

There is plenty of leeway in that for dealers to use their good judgement.

Anyone prepared to mod their car without insurance knowledge and approval is no different to the joyrider etc in my eyes.

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I personally would be only too happy to inform Mr Plod if i knew an uninsured driver.

Uninsured motorists are ten times more likely to drink drive than drivers who have insurance, according to research

The study from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) also found that uninsured drivers are six times more likely to drive a non-roadworthy car.

In addition, they are three times more likely to be convicted of driving without due care.

The ABI estimates that more than a million motorists have no insurance and are involved in accidents worth

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I personally would be only too happy to inform Mr Plod if i knew an uninsured driver.

couldn't agree more

Agree with you on the warranty wording Dennis.

Back to the original question - what mods will not affect warranty, what's the opinion on a VAG stamped upper and lower strut brace (from S3 parts bin)

It is obviously a VAG approved part, but does its fittment need approval.

To "comply" with the warranty terms, parts must be Skoda Auto approved.

It's reasonable to assume that if a part is not available from Skoda as either original or after-market equipment, then it's non-approved.

I was talking about warranty, the stuff we do allows the user to revert back to the standard files, removing all the performance ones. and leaves no trace.

I was talking about warranty, the stuff we do allows the user to revert back to the standard files, removing all the performance ones. and leaves no trace.

How can it, if your adding to the electronic memory in one way or another it must be traceable.?

As has been said already countless times, if your worried about warranty issues then dont change anything.

I was talking about warranty, the stuff we do allows the user to revert back to the standard files, removing all the performance ones. and leaves no trace.

Just like reinstalling a computer I guess. But, to do that in order to get warantee work done would be fraudulent, imho.

it works by saving your complete standard data onto the module, and the performance one.

The unit up loads either, as it flashes with the totally orginal data the unit reads from the car in the first place there is no trace of it been done.

The unit does not just toggle between the two chip files which are stored on the ECU.