BPM Sport - Awesome experience with CIC retrofit and tune

[Jocko]

I have a 2008 E92 with the six speed and it was in bad need of a nav upgrade. I e-mailed Mike and he called me maybe 15 minutes later. We chatted and he explained the upgrade options to me. I went with CIC and a Combox, as well as a performance tune. I told him I needed it soon as I was taking a road trip. He got me the whole package before 9:00 a.m. the next morning, and I'm in Austin, Texas.

The install took roughly three hours. My mechanical abilities are about a 1 on a 1 to 10 scale. I'm guessing that I could do it again in under 2 hours now. The instructions are good, although I did call Mike several times with dumb questions. He patiently answered them all and I never felt like he was annoyed. Top-notch service.

Once the gear was installed, he remoted in and enabled audio. Everything worked perfectly. Nav works, stereo works, etc. And I cannot believe how much more usable my iPhone is now. Bluetooth streaming works like a champ on the native music app and Spotify as well as Youtube. I own a 2011 E90 and the systems are indistinguishable now.

The performance tune really woke up the car. Way too easy to spin the tires now, and third-gear scratch is easy.

2 days after doing the upgrade, I drove the car on a 1,200 mile road trip. Everything worked flawlessly. No bugs or drivability issues. It was a joy, other than getting 2 speeding tickets. Can't blame Mike for that. Lol.

I was leery of spending that kind of money on a kit from a vendor across the country, but my fears were unnecessary. I got concierge-level service from Mike and would not hesitate to buy from him again. In fact, I'm soon going to do an Akra exhaust and level 2 tune from him.

If anyone is worried that (a) there will be bugs; (b) the install is too hard; or (c) that you can trust BPM Sport, don't be. If a complete mechanical noob like me can get the kit installed, anyone can. Mike's a top-notch guy. In fact, I've lurked here for years but finally decided to join specifically to review this experience simply because I was so satisfied with the process.

Now I guess I can start posting elsewhere about all the other fun M3 stuff.

[///M Power-Belgium]

Needless to say that after 2 years I'm still very happy with my BPM/Tune ,DCT/Software upgrade , coding ect...
And of course Mike is the very best out there..and he tuned our cars all over the world and with outstanding customer service ...
So Mike thanks again for everything .
OP thanks for sharing !

[ilikebmxbikes]

mike benvo is awesome.

[tony093]

Originally Posted by ilikebmxbikes

mike benvo is awesome.

+1
i've been a happy customer for over a year now

[C|3R1C]

Ill second this review. Mike is definitely really awesome when it comes to taking care of the customer.

[BPMSport]

Thanks everyone!