Mufti G
New member
Hi all
A long overdue review, but here it goes.
After hunting for over a year for a clean 530d GT with low kms and FSH, I luckily managed to find one and the first thing on my mind was removing the dpf and the EGR delete.
It was my first time doing tuning and in hindsight, Juvan gave me solid advice and explained everything to me with detailed clarity.
My 530d GT is a 2010 model and had about 112,000 kilometres when i took it in to Xcede Performance for tuning work: DPF removal, downpipe , EGR delete, and stage two performance mapping. This was back around October last year. Initially, the file sent back had errors, and the car threw fault codes and went into limp mode on the drive home. I sent the vehicle back with my cousin immediately as I had a meeting to attend to. My cousin left from Xcede around 5pm but we were still having the same issue. Juvan told me to bring the vehicle back, and that he would not sleep knowing a customer is unhappy.
Juvan opened the workshop, and I got there around 7pm. He custom made multiple tuning files, loading at least four or five different versions onto the vehicle. Each time he had me take it for a test drive, then made adjustments based on my feedback. His patience and commitment to getting it perfect was genuinely impressive. I probably only left there past 9pm.
After the tuning, yes, the car does throw out a fair bit of smoke, but I've had zero issues. I plan on and have been, servicing it every 10,000 kilometres and the performance gains are genuinely insane for a car of this age: 692 newton metres of torque and 222 kilowatts. Juvan's willingness to stay late and invest that kind of time into custom tuning until it was spot on says everything about his professionalism and integrity. Highly recommended.
A long overdue review, but here it goes.
After hunting for over a year for a clean 530d GT with low kms and FSH, I luckily managed to find one and the first thing on my mind was removing the dpf and the EGR delete.
It was my first time doing tuning and in hindsight, Juvan gave me solid advice and explained everything to me with detailed clarity.
My 530d GT is a 2010 model and had about 112,000 kilometres when i took it in to Xcede Performance for tuning work: DPF removal, downpipe , EGR delete, and stage two performance mapping. This was back around October last year. Initially, the file sent back had errors, and the car threw fault codes and went into limp mode on the drive home. I sent the vehicle back with my cousin immediately as I had a meeting to attend to. My cousin left from Xcede around 5pm but we were still having the same issue. Juvan told me to bring the vehicle back, and that he would not sleep knowing a customer is unhappy.
Juvan opened the workshop, and I got there around 7pm. He custom made multiple tuning files, loading at least four or five different versions onto the vehicle. Each time he had me take it for a test drive, then made adjustments based on my feedback. His patience and commitment to getting it perfect was genuinely impressive. I probably only left there past 9pm.
After the tuning, yes, the car does throw out a fair bit of smoke, but I've had zero issues. I plan on and have been, servicing it every 10,000 kilometres and the performance gains are genuinely insane for a car of this age: 692 newton metres of torque and 222 kilowatts. Juvan's willingness to stay late and invest that kind of time into custom tuning until it was spot on says everything about his professionalism and integrity. Highly recommended.
