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Hi Username, If your preference is Dtech - that is great, they are amongst the top tuners in NZ, and one of the few other shops i'd be confident enough to take my own car to. I do know we are slightly more expensive than Dtech, our pricing is based on our local competitors (If we wanted to make oodles of money, we wouldn't have chosen the motorsport/performance game, we'd be building houses or something). In our neighbourhood we charge similar to our competitors but attempt to provide a higher level of customer service, support, courtesy cars, event/club sponsorship (including the CS 2017 Calendar) and more stuff to come. A full PBMS tune, includes a comprehensive pre-tune inspection (taking upto an hour and a half) to test all the basics, static fuel flow, intake system pressure leaks, setup of fuel pressure (if required), setup of ECU etc, then an entire day on the dyno, then a cold start tune, finally a road tune/adjustment is $1200+GST/$1380inc. We could most certainly pump tunes out in half the time, without inspection for $800, and have them 60% as good, then get a bad name real quick - but that ain't what we're about. We're about taking the time required to do a quality/thorough for a fair price, to protect our name and your pride and joy.

Yep Ill second that.

the details of the deal are something I'm not willing to share publicly, but I will say the team at PBMS have stepped up and offered some substantial financial assistance to the club, which is very much appreciated, and we look forward to working with the PBMS team heading into the future.

@willisnz Nothing wrong with the 2.5

Early xmas present.

@PBMS Any chance you guys will start posting up before and after dyno tune graphs? Would love to see how you guys get on Oh and can definitely vouch for PBMS customer service. Have spoken to Julius quite a few times and he was very helpful!

Took some photos, click for more

Insert sexual innuendo here..........

Slow in fast out is the usual advice.. Unless you are a sprint car driver,then it's flat out at all times..

Take it slow the first couple of times and really learn the track. Grass can be very slippery, but over the day it will dry out. Learn the scandy flick, and learn to slide the car under heavy braking, it will improve your times if you can flick it around the corners quicker.

Are you sure the gauge reads over 9 lbs? could be faulty and giving you wrong readings. Also are you hooking the mbc into the factory boost controller? from what I've read and been told you hook it up without the factory controller but leave it plugged in.

Don't roll it.

That's awesome! Don't need details, was just curious as a member

Hi Guys, try these guys, they generally have just about everything relating to clips: http://www.totalbodyshop.co.nz/catalogue.php?cat=BODY+CLIPS Regards, Mo

done like a done thing

Awesome that PBMS joined the party. @RAYDEO do you have details of what PBMS has actually provided?

The news ones are all good. Just look after it and it will look after you

@JGM true, is it only the older EJ25s that have head gasket issues? (starting to get off topic, haha)

Just saying, I'm more than happy with you taking over the thread Side note, I think I asked but my memory is worse than a fish. Flex Fuel tune cost por favor.

@94 Leone Great to see that car in person. Looks in fantastic condition.

No cert required if you are using factory subaru suspension from the legacy. Just get a wheel alignment after the swap. Only need to cert for adjustables

Sounds fair. Pricings on par with Auck imo with added service. Feel free to start another thread or I can split this its easy to keep it on the forum for easy reference rather than on fb.

Oh and just a word of advice from someone that has been down this route before. Its not really about the company that you go to and their reviews (they do provide value don't get me wrong), its more about the person doing the tuning of your vehicle, and their experience and knowledge. So wherever you choose, find out who that will be, find out more about them and what they've done first. Once you know who is going to do your tune, you'll have a lot more confidence about what you are going to get. Chris who used to work for D-tech did my tune, and he was an absolute wiz at it and had plenty of experience. He now has his own business, Prestige tuning I think (in Wellington). I vote PBMS or Dtech, have a chat to both and make a decision

I'll create an album on FB and post up the link so I don't take over this thread anymore

Hi team, Julius from Possum Bourne Motorsport here. Note: I may be going a little off topic, sorry about that! I will start by saying that I never want to involve myself with any of the S***-talking that goes on between dyno tuners in our small industry in NZ. It seems like you can do 100 great tunes, then 1 bad one can kill a reputation overnight. We aren't in the business of tearing anyone else down, all we want to do is great work that we can stand behind, at a fair and reasonable price - which I'd hope other tuning shops also aspire to. What a lot of people get hung up on, is that they wouldn't do what someone else has done in a tune, because it's not their personal preference. Sure there are some facets of tuning where there is a right and wrong way to do things, but for the most part it's all subjective and down to the individual tuner to decide how to skin the cat, so to speak. I personally have heard of great results from both TP and Dtech. If you have used them (or any other tuner), have had a good experience and a good relationship with them, then i'd alway encourage you to take your car to someone you know, trust and them knowing the car is always a plus. Whilst I don't know anyone at TP, I know Dave at Dtech quite well - he is actually engineering some state of the art software for our dyno to be at the cutting edge. He has a great depth of knowledge, and I believe the guy that does most of his tuning on day to day cars is top notch as well, as is Tony who runs the shop. About PBMS and our tuner: No matter who is tuning or performing any work on your car at PBMS, we back our workmanship 100%. We will do everything in our power to provide you the best job we can, within the budget we're give, and will always let you know about any issues we find along the way, getting approval before performing any extra work that may be required. With our workmanship warranty, if you do happen to find something isn't quite right, we will always come to the party and investigate it for you free of charge. If it is indeed our fault, then we will always replace, repair, adjust, re-tune or do whatever it takes to get it right. If we tuned your engine, and it was clearly our fault that it blew up (hasn't happened yet, touch wood) then we would replace your engine, or build you another equivalent one, end of story. Our tuner/team: Including myself, we actually have 3 guys in our team that can tune - which is great for problem solving when the issues pop up, and adds depth to the whole service we provide. When is comes to our actual tuner, there is only one that we get to do the actual tuning work - KB. As you've already discussed, he's from Chile. We got him over as we couldn't find anyone with the experience, qualifications or trust locally. KB ticked all the boxes - he's got the intellect to do the job well, with a degree in automotive engineering behind him, he has been tuning for over 10 years in his home country, where he ran his own tuning business as one of the few South American dealers for brands like AEM and later Haltech. His partnership with Haltech went pretty deep - he has done many of their training courses. He also worked as a head engineer for the OEM manufacturer Lucas/Delphi. We brought him over at great expense, as we know he's as good as, if not better than most NZ tuners. In his own words 'I love physics which are the principals behind engine tuning, and I love cars, especially fast ones'. If anyone has further questions - please let me know. Best way to get in touch is via email - [email protected]. Cheers, Julius

So, after fixing the leather in place with contact adhesive ( https://www.mitre10.co.nz/shop/ados-f2-multipurpose-contact-adhesive-75ml-honey/p/370182 - which is what I should have done in the first place ), armrest is reassembled... All that remained was to install it into the car. Lowered position... Elevated... Raised... All in all, a pretty straightforward DIY job with a pleasing result. It's the sort of mod that just about anyone could do and simply requires a cross head screwdriver, contact adhesive, a sharp knife and some cushion foam. Though it would have been a lot easier if Subaru fitted it in the first place

Yesterday; I picked up this gorgeous creature; -You asked @Dairusire and here you are Also, facebook image links automatically embed, that's new. cool though

We kind of have some decent sized news regarding the ClubSUB calendar. We new have a sponsor! the team at @PBMS have come on board to sponsor the project! They want to give back to the Subaru community and see this as a perfect way of doing it. So our design team are back on the task, slightly re-jigging the layout, and adding in a special image entry. All current orders will be honored so dont fret! Any questions feel free to PM me directly. Like this post to help us say cheers to PBMS