Hi All,
First post on here after lurking for some time now
I posted on piston heads but no replies as of yet.
I've booked my C200 W205 for a remap in a couple of weeks. Never had a remap or anything fancy like this done before so I'm a little apprehensive.
On one hand I've read about this an the general consensus is that all will generally be fine, the car will drive 10x better etc, but on the other hand I am concerned I'll just be reducing the car's longevity by doing so. The car is a 64 plate with 42k miles on the clock. remap from 181BHP to 241BHP.
241BHP is roughly the same as the C300, is this because the C200 is the exact same car but detuned so they can charge more for C300s or will there be differences in the turbo, the intakes, clutch, flywheel ratings etc as well?
Basically I want to apply a bit of science to the "it will be fine" answers. I probably won't be booting this car very often, I just want to unlock the C200 into its true C300 potential if merc have deliberately detuned it. If anyone has had this remap done I'd love to know about it.
Thanks very much in advance for you help.
First post on here after lurking for some time now

I've booked my C200 W205 for a remap in a couple of weeks. Never had a remap or anything fancy like this done before so I'm a little apprehensive.
On one hand I've read about this an the general consensus is that all will generally be fine, the car will drive 10x better etc, but on the other hand I am concerned I'll just be reducing the car's longevity by doing so. The car is a 64 plate with 42k miles on the clock. remap from 181BHP to 241BHP.
241BHP is roughly the same as the C300, is this because the C200 is the exact same car but detuned so they can charge more for C300s or will there be differences in the turbo, the intakes, clutch, flywheel ratings etc as well?
Basically I want to apply a bit of science to the "it will be fine" answers. I probably won't be booting this car very often, I just want to unlock the C200 into its true C300 potential if merc have deliberately detuned it. If anyone has had this remap done I'd love to know about it.
Thanks very much in advance for you help.