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How to unlock a SCT X cal tuner?

Old 09-04-2009, 08:38 PM
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Default How to unlock a SCT X cal tuner?

My friend just got a new V6 and wanted to use my tuner on his car and i was wondering, is there way or does the Tuner have to be unlocked? if so how do you do it so it can be used on other cars?
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Old 09-04-2009, 10:20 PM
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You need to return your car tuning to stock, before the tuner can be used on another car.
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Old 09-05-2009, 03:53 AM
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Is it a Xcal3 or Xcal2? If it is a Xcal3, you cannot unlock and use it on a different car, because those are vin locked.
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Old 09-05-2009, 08:20 AM
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Return it to STC for unlocking and pay the price of
buying a locked to a specific VIN tuner...
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:00 AM
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I was just playing around with it and returned it to stock and it said in the programming, "unlocked tunes:5 available"
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:05 AM
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The Xcal will allow you to tune up to 5 or 6 cars. Unfortunately, you MUST return whichever car is currently running a custom tune from the tuner to stock before loading a stored tune for one of the other cars. Kinda sucks for us but works well for SCT.
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:14 AM
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Originally Posted by PonyBoy21
I was just playing around with it and returned it to stock and it said in the programming, "unlocked tunes:5 available"
Beware, some have unlimited times a tune can be moved....
Yea, SCT wants to sell tuners, not have everyone
on the block load tunes from just ONE TUNER.
They want to sell a TUNER to everyone on
the block.
Sharing tunes is highly frowned upon by tune creators....

Pleeeeease peel the dealer sticker from the trunk lid.
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Old 09-05-2009, 09:36 AM
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Originally Posted by 157db
...Pleeeeease peel the dealer sticker from the trunk lid.
LOL! I hadn't noticed that! Good eyes, 157db.

A hair dryer will soften the dealer sticker and it'll pull right off. A little solvent will remove leftover adhesive. Or, ask the dealer to remove it. They will.
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Old 09-05-2009, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Nuke
LOL! I hadn't noticed that! Good eyes, 157db.

A hair dryer will soften the dealer sticker and it'll pull right off. A little solvent will remove leftover adhesive. Or, ask the dealer to remove it. They will.
That's an old picture, that dealer sticker has been gone for about 2 months
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Old 09-05-2009, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by PonyBoy21
That's an old picture, that dealer sticker has been gone for about 2 months
Time to update the sig pic and maybe one without all the glare next time???
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