Durham Remaps

Custom tuning and workshop services in Durham

Durham Remaps, trading as DR, has operated since 2009 and describes itself as a custom tuning and parts specialist. The company runs equipped workshops with multiple service bays for aftermarket part fitting, servicing and repair work. Its work covers most makes and models, with a stated speciality in the full BMW range, both petrol and diesel including XDrive, and in Audi, VW and Skoda Quattro systems.

In-house remapping and dyno testing

Tuning maps are produced in house using specialised software. The company combines data logging with a dyno cell equipped with a 4WD belt-driven synchronous rolling road, and a data acquisition suite with full logging and dyno plotting. According to the company, this allows bespoke tuning solutions for each vehicle, aimed at either extra MPG through torque-rich maps or a more aggressive power delivery for high-performance tuning, depending on the customer's wishes. The team cites over 30 years of combined experience.

Servicing, diagnostics and mechanical repairs

Durham Remaps offers main-dealer-level servicing and repairs with online entry and OEM parts, which it presents as carrying lower labour costs. The workshop handles annual and interim servicing, brake replacement, clutch repairs, exhausts and other mechanical work. For diagnostics and programming it uses factory-level tools including Bosch KTS, Autel Pro, Mercedes Star and Delphi. The listed service range also covers air conditioning, DPF cleaning, MOT, battery replacement, suspension replacement, tyres, timing chain or belt replacement and engine replacements. The company describes itself as a Pagid brake specialist.

DPF cleaning

The company states it is County Durham's leader in DPF cleaning, offering professional off-vehicle cleaning as a lower-cost alternative to replacement. It says the process restores a blocked DPF to 98% of its original efficiency and covers a range of vehicles: HGV, LCV, vans, motorhomes, 4x4s and cars.

Aftermarket parts and brands

Parts are available through the company's webshop, with fitting carried out in its workshops. Brands named on the site include Miltek, Scorpion and Cobra exhausts, Airtec, Wagner Tuning, EBC Brakes, KW Suspension, Eibach and Bilstein, along with clutches from CG Motorsport. Performance upgrades can be ordered. Interest-free finance is offered for goods and services, subject to terms and conditions.

Vehicle security: official CAN-PHANTOM installer

Durham Remaps states it is an official CAN-PHANTOM installer. The system is presented as protection against vehicle theft, relay theft, hotwiring and key theft, and does not require Faraday bags or hiding keys: without a unique start code known only to the customer, the vehicle will not start.

Offers and customer feedback

The site listed a special offer at the time of writing: an Fxx Series 35d ST1+ ECU/TCU package for £995. It also displays customer reviews, including one from an RS5 owner who had a remap two years earlier and returned for a more aggressive map, praising the team's knowledge and professionalism and noting a software update that addressed fault codes.