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For sale is my EcuTek ProECU Programming Kit. The dongle has been applied with the RaceROM tuning upgrade, a £250 add-on, which would make this around £500 to purchase separately. More info on the upgrade can be found here but this give you access to tuning all the Custom Maps and all 4 mapswitch modes, so this is ideally aimed at those that want to self-tune or have a more in depth understanding of how the BRZ/GT86 ECU works. Kit Includes: > ProEcu OBD Interface Cable > EcuTek Software Dongle > RaceROM Tuning Upgrade Applied to Dongle EcuTek ECU License NOT included. This is required for the 1st time an ECU is flashed by EcuTek and can be purchased separately from any EcuTek Master Tuner, so not required by anyone already running EcuTek. Price: £210 Posted Location: East Sussex

It takes longer to remove the undertrays, than it does to replace the manifold and overpipe - half of which have to be removed anyway to do the recall! I asked for the 5 year / 60k service to be done at the same time, and was originally quoted the fixed price rate. I complained, politely, even saying "When I mentioned this on the online forum everyone said it was obscene" and they dropped the price to merely the cost of sparkplugs. I'd ask them to drop the price to a more reasonable one. Doesn't hurt to ask. I can't comment on the oil baffle.

As others have said, sump baffle installation estimate is sensible and fair while Manifold is extortionate. You could go with the former as the car needs to be left with them overnight ans best to do it when car is left there. For the manifold and overpipe install its a drive in drive out job. 2 hrs tops if you don't need a retune. Sent from my SM-G970F using Tapatalk

The sealant is about £4 worth. Had my baffle plate fitted by rogue Motorsport on the weekend. I would say that cost for the baffle plate is reasonable. It will take them probably a lot more time than that if they show due care and attention, cleaning up the sump and block could take a while. However the manifold has to be taken off and put on with the recall. I think RRG actually left my manifold attached with the front pipe and just detached it from the block. I think that's a stupid cost anything more than 100 quid would be ridiculous. Sent from my COL-L29 using Tapatalk

Fitting the cossie baffle plate isn't that high really. From what I can remember, a large chunk (almost half?) is down to the sealant being expensive - then a couple hours of labour for removal, putting the plate in and applying the sealant. Car then stays overnight for it to cure but obviously you're not paying for that time. I had other things done at the time but I'm sure it was around a similar price you've been quoted.

Dealers don't make much on the recall from central Toyota, so this seems like the perfect opportunity to make the job worthwhile for them. The baffle plate in particular seems steep, even if it were two hours work, that still works out at over a hundred quid an hour labour, with VAT knocked off. Unless you're desperate to only have dealers hands on the car (which would be daft if you're doing mods) personally I'd make them do the bare minimum required to get the recall done, at no expense to you and then get your aftermarket bits done by a good indie. It's not like manifold, overripe or baffle require specialist knowledge of the model.