Any recomended tuning shops in the south?

[Simon+Kat]

Hi guys, i should be getting a Z soon and was wondering if anyone can recomend a tuning/mod shop near me, i live in fareham which is between Portsmouth and Southampton in Hampshire. Cheers.

[rtbiscuit]

there are a couple round the M25, DMS are very good and know the Zed inside out.

[Simon+Kat]

Great i will look them up, have you had work done there?

[Chris`I]

TGM Sport in Fleet know the Zed pretty well. Depending on what you want doing of course. AdrianK has had a lot of work carried out by them, and I've had a few bits and bobs done, as have many other members. They are about an hour away from Fareham if you go by M3 - http://www.tgmsport.co.uk/

[Simon+Kat]

Cheers Chris, that sounds good. You cant beat recomendations from enthusiasts. Someplaces have very slick websites so you assume they know what they are doing but areoften cowboys.

[Chris`I]

Cheers Chris, that sounds good. You cant beat recomendations from enthusiasts. Someplaces have very slick websites so you assume they know what they are doing but areoften cowboys.

TBH, from what I've seen, a lack of a website, or an especially cack looking one, usually means they are very good mechanics! Ditto when you see a workshop and it looks like a shed, usually means they are good

[Stew]

Depending what you are wanting to do.... Abbey are renowned for tuning.

[rtbiscuit]

Cheers Chris, that sounds good. You cant beat recomendations from enthusiasts. Someplaces have very slick websites so you assume they know what they are doing but areoften cowboys.

TBH, from what I've seen, a lack of a website, or an especially cack looking one, usually means they are very good mechanics! Ditto when you see a workshop and it looks like a shed, usually means they are good

 

slightly unscientific method, but not an inaccurate one, the performance place near me has a webiste, but it only works on certain internet browsers. they don't really advertise and i found them by accident. but their work is excellent.

[Chris`I]

Cheers Chris, that sounds good. You cant beat recomendations from enthusiasts. Someplaces have very slick websites so you assume they know what they are doing but areoften cowboys.

TBH, from what I've seen, a lack of a website, or an especially cack looking one, usually means they are very good mechanics! Ditto when you see a workshop and it looks like a shed, usually means they are good

 

slightly unscientific method, but not an inaccurate one, the performance place near me has a webiste, but it only works on certain internet browsers. they don't really advertise and i found them by accident. but their work is excellent.

Yup totally unscientific, but in most places I have been to, quite true

[3FIDDYZ]

Hard to tune the zed without a piggyback or a reflash so as others have said, depends on what you want.

 

If its a remap then there are only 2 places in the country doing remaps using uprev and that rs tuning and abbey. If its a piggy back then it all depends on what your tuner is used to using, but also if they know the zed..

 

Personally for me, speak to Mark @ Abbey about uprev tuning, had some nice gains with mine

[Holly]

Abbey Motorsport is where i always go, I'm also from Gosport/Fareham area, its not to bad of a drive.

 

Highly recommend them

[Simon+Kat]

well thank for the input guys, sems to be a lot of love for Abby, i may talk to them when the time comes. Holly, glad to see there a local Z lover.

[Pimm]

Abbey Motorsport is where i always go, I'm also from Gosport/Fareham area, its not to bad of a drive.

 

Highly recommend them

 

 

That is where I will be going after xmas

[rtbiscuit]

oops forgot to mention abbey,

 

yes i plan to use them in the next few months for a remap

[Simon+Kat]

sorry for the basic questions but im still new to performance cars having been always into quck bikes, so my cars were always there to get the groceries really. How much does a remap typcally cost and what are the gains?

[rtbiscuit]

go have a search on the forum there are lots of threads on it already, but the basics of it is,

 

 

go to abbey pay £350 get a dyno run before tune up and 2nd dyno run and about an hour of tuning andf tweeking time leaving your car with more midrange torque and a bit more power.

[andlid]

sorry for the basic questions but im still new to performance cars having been always into quck bikes, so my cars were always there to get the groceries really. How much does a remap typcally cost and what are the gains?

it costs a bit more on the car to make it go quicker then a bike

 

It all depends on what you want done, abbey seems to do a good deal read more here:

viewtopic.php?f=114&t=27916

 

 

I paid 450€ for a tune that took about 4-5 hours but that was a 'cheap' quote due to very low season over here. Was quoted double that previously. ( )

 

What bits and bobs have you done to your car? Wouldnt bother tuning it if you've not done something to it. Normal stuff is to get a plenum spacer and a differnent intake and exhaust/cats.

 

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