ECU and TCU files for the trade

File support. Tool support. A business built around your customers.

ECU and TCU file services for working tuners. Buy files for your master tool, join TradeFlash with a supported slave tool, or run a branded file portal for your own customers.

Three ways to work with us

Pick the route that matches how you work.

Master tool

Order files through the Portal

You already read and write with your own master tool. Upload the read, choose the work, download the file.

Open Portal

Slave tool

Join our master with a supported tool

Buying a new tool, or moving an existing supported slave. We check eligibility first and help with your first job.

Start Your Journey

Your brand

Run a branded file portal

Offer file services to your own customers under your name. TradeFlash runs the system and the agreed fulfilment.

TradeFlash Partner

Supported hardware

Common ECU families we work with.

Cars, vans and light commercials across the main ECU makers. Check your exact ECU and solution on the full list before ordering.

Bosch

EDC17, MED17, MG1, MD1, ME7

Siemens / Continental

SIMOS, PCR2.1, SID, EMS

Delphi

DCM3.x, DCM6.x, DCM7.x

Denso

175xxx, 275xxx series

Marelli

MJD6, MJD8, IAW, 8GMK, 8GMF

Hitachi

SH7xxx family, Nissan / Subaru

Visteon

DCU-1xx, EEC-V, SIM2K

MED / EDC (VAG)

MED9, MED17, EDC15, EDC16, EDC17

Reads from Alientech KESSv3 and K-TAG, Autotuner, CMD and Magic Motorsport Flex are accepted.

Dyno data

Typical gains by vehicle.

Example stock and tuned curves for popular vehicles. Figures are indicative; real results depend on condition, hardware and fuel.

VW Golf GTI 2.0 TSI

Stage 2 · indicative

+75 bhp

Peak power

Stock245 bhp
Tuned320 bhp
+75 bhp

Peak torque

Stock370 Nm
Tuned450 Nm
+80 Nm

TradeFlash Portal

Keep the job moving.

Ordering, job details, file delivery and support live in one place. For tuners with a master tool who want files without chasing anyone.

Open TradeFlash Portal
  1. 01

    Order

    Create the job and upload the original read from your tool.

  2. 02

    Job requirements

    Record the vehicle, the work wanted and any hardware changes so the file is built for the car in front of you.

  3. 03

    File delivery

    The finished file comes back to the same job, ready to download and write.

  4. 04

    Support

    Questions about a file stay attached to the job, so nothing gets lost between messages.

How the portal works

Four steps. One workflow.

01

Create free account

Sign up to the Portal. No monthly fees.

02

Upload your file

Add the vehicle details and upload your original read.

03

Pay as you go

Pay per file when you place the order.

04

Download tuned file

Collect the modified file from the Portal, ready to flash.

Start Your Journey

Bring a slave tool onto our master.

Read the full guide
01

New tools

Starting out or adding a tool to your business. We talk through which tool fits the work you want to take on.

02

Existing supported slaves

Already slaved elsewhere? Some tools can move to our master. Not every tool can transfer, so we check first.

03

Eligibility check

Send the tool type and serial details. We confirm whether it can join before you commit to anything.

04

Joining costs

You get the cost of joining up front, before any payment is taken.

05

Your first job

We help you through the first job so you know the process end to end.

TradeFlash Partner

Your network. Your brand. Your file business.

For parts suppliers, workshops, automotive businesses and creators with an audience of tuners. Your customers see your brand. You bring the relationships and look after the agreed business side. Partner file intake currently accepts master reads only.

You earn on customer orders

Files ordered through your portal generate income for your business.

Your customers get a branded service

They order from a portal carrying your name, from a business they already know.

TradeFlash handles fulfilment

We run the system and supply the agreed files behind it. You do not host software or write files.

How Partner works

TradeFlash Lab

When things go wrong, we help make them right.

Specialist mail-in ECU recovery and advanced technical support for Portal members. Failed flashes, corrupted software and unresponsive control units, assessed and quoted before any recovery work begins.

Exclusive to TradeFlash Portal members

Raise requests, receive quotations and track your case in the Portal.

Explore TradeFlash Lab

Portal retail pricing

Clear prices per file.

Pricing details

Stage 1

£60

Per file. Performance or economy calibration.

Solutions

£40

Per file. Confirm the required solution and vehicle compatibility before ordering.

Stage 2

£80

Per file. For vehicles with supporting hardware.

Stage 3

Quote

Priced on the build. Send the spec before ordering.