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How would i go about changing my chip from an APR to a GIAC X?

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Old 02-28-2006, 07:54 PM
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Default How would i go about changing my chip from an APR to a GIAC X?

I bought my car with an apr chip that had two programs, stock and 93oct. Would i go to the nearest giac dealer and have them install the giac on the same ecu and remove the apr chip? Could i sell the apr chip seperately or would I have to sell the whole ecu? Would anyone be interest in a trade? I have an '02 tip.
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Remove ECU and sell. Install is the reverse.
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isnt the chip soldered to the ecu, or do the companies just make the pins so that they can plug in?
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Default I am no expert but a lot of the newer APR code is just flashed on the ECU. I know nothing...

about GIAC but it may be possible that they do the same thing too. I have this same dillema to deal with when I go Stg3 unless I want to use APR code and I really don't think I want too.

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