EBay chip?

[miichaelsmith]

Installing one today. Bad idea..good idea let me hear it.

[russhixmo]

Couldn't tell u but let me know how it performs, I mite invest in one myself if it's worth the time

[Teaguer]

Mostly good idea as they are all copies of a name brand chip anyway.
Slight chance that its a bad idea and has been burned with a potentially harmful incorrect mappping. Although this is a remote possibility.

[cabin]

Buy the real thing, dont support someone who stole the software from the original author. Besides, how much are you actually saving? Do you really want your car running some unknown tuning software? With that being said, there are people who have run ebay chips with no issues and those who have had problems. Its really a crap shoot with those things.

[Pantless Spency]

yeah bad idea, buy a chip from someone who deserves the money not some scumbag fleabay Chinese copy.

[mr ilia]

I run ebay chip. it made the difference in the performance...fuel economy did suffer as well...but this was expected.

[Teaguer]

They don't have to be a Chinese copy. Any assclown can burn chips in his living room or mom's basement with a chip reader and pc.

Most are burned from copying a name brand chip tune.
Either way all chips are going to get you the same max gains.
Differences are in the raised rev limit and desired octane compatibility.

Yes there is $$ to be saved over name brand when you can get chips on ebay for like $40, thats a huge savings for potentially the exact same identical tune.

I've ran them for over 10years now.
I say go for it.

[urbancynic]

I run an ebay chip in my eta. I've also run a Mark D chip in my old eta.

Both feel about the same.

That said, if I'd had the money at the time I would have bought Mark's chip again to help support him and his business. However I didn't so I spent $30 on the ebay chip instead.

[squidmaster]

you can get a used namebrand chip for around the same price as the ebay ones. might as well just cover your arse and grab that.

I just picked up a racing dynamics chip for 35. that was $2 lower than the cheap-o ebay chips that I saw (which in general sketch me out).

[schtozo]

I have an ebay chip, it performs good and the difference was immediatly felt.

[quikveedb2]

yeah bad idea, buy a chip from someone who deserves the money not some scumbag fleabay Chinese copy.

I'm in favor of supporting the people who actually put some R&D into their product, instead of just copying someones hard work. That said, everyone is on a budget, and name branded chips are considerably more pricey than the ebay rip-offs...

[Kershaw]

my eta came with an ebay chip. i immediately pulled it out and tossed it in the trash.

maybe its because im a graphic designer, but i take intellectual property rights (for the small guy, like markd) very seriously.

[slammin.e28]

I hate the stuff eBay makes. It's always cheap quality. Their in house manufacturing capabilities have got to be sub par. EBay needs to step up it's game if it wants to be competitive in the automotive parts manufacturing business, especially the aftermarket/tuning branch. Their R&D budget must not be what it seems....

[Kingb]

You do understand that it's not eBay who makes the stuff on eBay right. It's where people sell stuff.

I hate the stuff eBay makes. It's always cheap quality. Their in house manufacturing capabilities have got to be sub par. EBay needs to step up it's game if it wants to be competitive in the automotive parts manufacturing business, especially the aftermarket/tuning branch. Their R&D budget must not be what it seems....

[slammin.e28]

You do understand that it's not eBay who makes the stuff on eBay right. It's where people sell stuff.