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Old 10-11-2019, 08:11 AM   #13
Zzsteve
 
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Originally Posted by zts1986 View Post
I still don’t exactly understand. Is this to have somebody unlock it so that I can tune it myself? Can’t I just take my car somewhere and pay somebody to do what is needed and not deal with “credits” or whatever other shit?

Is there a way to earn credits other than paying $200? Why not just say that it costs $800?
when you purchase HPTuner, you are only purchasing the interface. HPT charges on a "per VIN" type setup. they chose to do the 'credits' setup due to varying cost between platforms. most older GM cars only take 2 credits ($100) to unlock a VIN. many new cars will take 4 for the engine, and 4 more for the transmission. the credits can be purchased directly from HPT as needed, or you can 'load' your device with some up front if you are a professional tuner, and plan to tune dozens of cars. they sell credits at different prices, depending if you are a vendor, a regular dude, or some other promotion/special. its easiest to just use the credit/token type setup.
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