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My car went back in earlier this month for some testing on Hondata. It turns out, when you unpair Cobb it relocks the car. The main diff between Hondata and Cobb is initial cost. Everything after that is like Android vs iPhone.

Pro vs Cons

Hondata:
- Costly initial startup cost ($1572.76 CAD)
+ allows for customization beyond the tuner
+ has presets to easily turn on customization
+ Hondata Traction Control
+ multi tune select via cruise control
+ OTS Stage 1 actually works. Not well, but it runs. The numbers are significantly lower than my custom tune (ofc) and has oscillation in the top end (once again due to MAF limitations)
+ Hondata app available = Gauges directly on the headunit (with HondaHack)

Cobb
+ cheaper start up cost ($1018 CAD)
+ Gauges with just the device
- OTS Stage 1 doesn't even run
- No customization. Only pro-tuners (aka Stratifed, other Cobb shops) are allowed to modify

As Stratified was able to replicate the same custom tune on Hondata as they built in Cobb, the primary difference is Hondata is more accessible to the everyday person in terms of base map library/toggle switches. Again, it's not optimal, but doable.

If the plan is to go custom anyway, you can save on hardware cost (~ $500) by going Cobb, and put the savings into getting a custom tune (~$1000-$1500).

New numbers are now: 326HP, 384FT-LBs

Edit: Pricing added as of May 30.