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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 07:17 PM
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My friend has a 2000 ss camaro. His pcm somehow got fried So he purchaesd a pcm for a 2000 camaro and it's a 2000 tahoe pcm. The store that he purchased it at won't take it back now because it was installed even though they messed up and gave him the wrong one. I have tuned his car in the past So I have the files to rewrite it but hptuners will not let me change the vin or overwrite the vcm cause I don't have the license for the trucks. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 07:25 PM
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As per the help file you must have a license for the file IN the pcm as well as a license for the file your trying to write to the pcm.
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 07:33 PM
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So I need to purchase a license for a truck pcm which I will never use except to rewrite this pcm?
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 07:59 PM
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It depends.

If you have the year/model license for 00' Gen 3 Fbodies you can have someone with a tech 2 flash it to a stock 00 camaro file and you can go from there without having to license the tahoe pcm's file.

If you do not have the year/model license for 00' Gen 3 Fbodies and you only PCM licensed his 00 pcm then you also have the option to license the tahoe pcm.
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Old Jul 7, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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yes i have the unlimited license for 00 fbody's.
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Old Jul 8, 2007 | 03:28 AM
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I found a tech 2 tonight but have to wait until monday for him to do it but thanks for the help!
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