PSE just installed - first impressions
After waiting over 4 months for my PSE order to be despatched, I finally had it installed on Tuesday. 
As it was the unanimous endorsements for PSE from Rennteam Members that persuaded me, nay, compelled me to get it, I thought I'd post my initial experiences.
My OPC took the car in at 10.30am telling me it would be ready at 5pm. During the day they rang to say they were having problems due to my car being an '05 but with some "transitional elements of an '06 car."
They wanted to keep it an extra day, but it sounded a bit like BS, so I told them I needed it that evening and they said they would put 2 extra technicians on the job!
I arrived to collect at 5pm and found that, although the exhaust had been fitted, the switch hadn't been, so the interior was still scattered around outside the car. The tech chaps were, in fact, very affable and talked me through the problems. Not a bad thing as it gave me the opportunity to get to know them better, by name etc.
Turns out they'd only fitted two units previously, both to cars with sports chrono!
At this point my main thought was, "What is this going to cost in labour charges?" After all they'd been working on it for about 7 hours and estimated another 2 hours.
Thankfully I'd come armed with the TSB, kindly provided by Alex UK on this board, which states a time allowance of 4.4 hours. There were no arguments - that was all I was finally charged - thanks Alex!
I drove the car away at 7.30pm with the newly fitted PSE switch in the 'on' position i.e. light on. I was immediately hugely disappointed - there was no difference in the sound at all!!!
After fiddling with the switch a few times I then heard the massive appeal of PSE. But the switch was in the 'off' position i.e. light off! Subsequently I was told that this is normal? The PSE operates with the switch in the 'light off' position with the light coming on when the 'cut-out' is in operation.
Having said all that, the PSE is incredible - a total new experience and one well worth waiting for.
After only 2 days, I'm still playing with the cut-off before deciding whether to do the mod/hack. At the moment I'm enjoying being able to hold PSE on with rev control.
Final conclusion - thanks to everyone here for alerting me to it - it is truly FANTASTIC.
As it was the unanimous endorsements for PSE from Rennteam Members that persuaded me, nay, compelled me to get it, I thought I'd post my initial experiences.
My OPC took the car in at 10.30am telling me it would be ready at 5pm. During the day they rang to say they were having problems due to my car being an '05 but with some "transitional elements of an '06 car."
They wanted to keep it an extra day, but it sounded a bit like BS, so I told them I needed it that evening and they said they would put 2 extra technicians on the job!
I arrived to collect at 5pm and found that, although the exhaust had been fitted, the switch hadn't been, so the interior was still scattered around outside the car. The tech chaps were, in fact, very affable and talked me through the problems. Not a bad thing as it gave me the opportunity to get to know them better, by name etc.
Turns out they'd only fitted two units previously, both to cars with sports chrono!
At this point my main thought was, "What is this going to cost in labour charges?" After all they'd been working on it for about 7 hours and estimated another 2 hours.
Thankfully I'd come armed with the TSB, kindly provided by Alex UK on this board, which states a time allowance of 4.4 hours. There were no arguments - that was all I was finally charged - thanks Alex!
I drove the car away at 7.30pm with the newly fitted PSE switch in the 'on' position i.e. light on. I was immediately hugely disappointed - there was no difference in the sound at all!!!
After fiddling with the switch a few times I then heard the massive appeal of PSE. But the switch was in the 'off' position i.e. light off! Subsequently I was told that this is normal? The PSE operates with the switch in the 'light off' position with the light coming on when the 'cut-out' is in operation.
Having said all that, the PSE is incredible - a total new experience and one well worth waiting for.
After only 2 days, I'm still playing with the cut-off before deciding whether to do the mod/hack. At the moment I'm enjoying being able to hold PSE on with rev control.
Final conclusion - thanks to everyone here for alerting me to it - it is truly FANTASTIC.
