703

$1500 is within reach. Most people spend more than that with aftermarket wheels/tires.

remember when you pay for it, you also get calibration updates, to have the latest for your ECUs or even the AC to prolong the life of your servo motor.

Cwang

Every year? 1K a year to scan the odd code and fiddle with settings isn't something an ordinary owner is going to spend.
The techinfo.snapon site has it for $1295 USD a year... that's $1800 in our money...

703

no. You can do a short subscription only when you need it.

Link

peasodos

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If you go around trying to fix things that are not broken, re-calibrating or whatever, your more likely to create problems that didn't exist. I purely use techstream to diagnose problems, especially useful when your retrofitting options your car didn't have. Also programming my own keys and changing dealer only settings. It's the best scan tool made for our cars.

Also a $500 Mongoose OBDII to USB cable(pictured in techstream ad) is overkill IMO.

peasodos

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Yup $30 eBay special paid for itself the first day used it to program new keys, delete the keys previous owner still had, and change a few dealer only settings.

703

agree on the price of the USB dongle. But all eBay Techstream are just cracked Techstream software and is no way legit.

Techstream doesn’t allow you to put software that is incompatible with the ECU. I have done it on a Toyota to improve transmission shifting smoothness as part of a TSB. There are also plenty of updates for the GS. Including reducing the fuel pump noise on a 2016 GS F.

Cwang

That's $90 for 2 days access... that's highway robbery. This is clearly aimed at mechanics or anybody making money from the software.

bladest

Guys what do you think of Open port 2.0 does anyone experienced use it? Tactrix Openport 2.0 its made in the usa so quality should be decent not like cheap chinese stuff, and price is not that high i plan to try it.

703

agree. But remains the only way for the public to have legitimate access to everything the dealer can, including service bulletins.

could be worse, most other luxury brands don’t even allow this.

peasodos

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Sure it's not made in China? So many on Ali Express:
https://www.aliexpress.com/popular/t...nport-2.0.html

bladest

These are clones / fake stuff

genuine one is made in usa. Chinese people fake only good stuff,
they doesnt bother to make fake stuff of non good product and not popular..
Genuine one cant be compared to chinese ones i guess.
I hope to get one when i get my next pay check
still saving to get and service my GS450h.

bladest

i already bought subscription and genuine cable and i am awaiting for the cable from usa to my small country now, can someone clarify,
with that genuine cable dealer level of diagnostic how fast the whole full scanning of everything takes for lexus gs 450 h?

Is there a speed differecen between chinese and usa made cable ?