Hi all

Has anyone had their Blackline remapped? If so, how have you found it? Or is anyone considering it?

I've read a Shark remap can take it up to 205bhp which sounds good, for a bout £500.

Obviously the insurance would go up, but also as the car is brand new would a remap also invalidate my warranty?

Apologies if the answers to any of these questions is obvious... All new to the world of decent cars and remaps! (I came over from a 12 year old Fiesta!)

Cheers

It'll make a huge difference, it really is night and day. Don't worry about the warranty, it'll only invalidate it if they can prove the remap caused the issue, ie knackered turbo etc. even then, they probably won't notice. I had a remapped pd vRS that suffered from a knackered DPF due to the remap. This was sorted under warranty, no questions asked.

My current Tsi vRS has been mapped since it hit 1000 miles and went to stage 2 well before the warranty ran out. It hasn't missed a beat, but I wasn't concerned even if it didnt.

Shark is a good choice. Go for it.

a remap should only invalidate and component which is related to the part upgraded. Thing is you're playing with the ECU so you are effectively removing your warranty on the ECU plus all the drive train components (gearbox, clutch, Engine, Brakes)

Id wait 12 months, simply because I also have a blackline and am having the master cylinder replaced under warranty already. If id have had the ECU mapped then there is always the chance that the warranty on this part may have been removed?

I still intend on having mine done, but it will be a couple of years down the line.

Not to scare you but I suspect being so new that they'll have to take the ECU out of the car and cut it open in order to get round the encryption; if done well shouldnt ever give you a problem but if you were unfortunate enough to experience an ECU failure you'll be paying for the replacement yourself.

Not to scare you but I suspect being so new that they'll have to take the ECU out of the car and cut it open in order to get round the encryption; if done well shouldnt ever give you a problem but if you were unfortunate enough to experience an ECU failure you'll be paying for the replacement yourself.

I asked that question directly with Skoda UK. Question was if ECU was removed from car seal broken and settings altered (specifically stating remap which person understood meaning of), would having removed and opened it automatically void the warranty on that part? Answer after person went off to check was no it wouldn't invalidate or void the warranty on the part unless damage was caused in process resulting in its failure. So it falls on the same as any other associated parts in the event of a failure if they can show remap caused it then its void. But not just for having had it out.

Obviously I would expect in the event ECU failed you go to dealers and they would see its been removed before and just say do one, but official line was same as rest of parts. If a good remap done by a reputable supplier like Shark Performance I would feel confident that no damage would be caused at all, if it works fine after but packs in a year later I would think you could argue it at least.

I've read a Shark remap can take it up to 205bhp which sounds good, for a bout £500.

Question equally applies to any 2009 VRS for remap for seeing peoples experiences not just Blackline.

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