European Instrument Cluster Swap?

[Japandrew73]

Yeah they are.

My car had a broken odo in it when I got it with 193k on the clock, so I wasnt too concerned about keeping track of the miles on it.

When driving I keep in mind that 100km is 62mph and 120km is 74mph. Anything less than 62mph wont get me a ticket on any road in my area, so I dont worry about it.

ya i don't care what it reads for how fast im goin becasue i alwasy just go the speed of traffic. I want to know about my question....


if i just plug and play a euro cluster into my car, after doing the math and resetting the euro clusters kilometerage equal to my american clusters milage, after doing that if i just plug it in, will it begin recording kilometers or miles?

[der affe]

KM. i didn't switch the coding plug, so i can't tell you what would happen or even if it will change it to reading KMs insted of MPH.
remember that your fuel econo gauge reads in KMs per 100LT of fuel in a "euro" speedo also.

if you do the math and don't fuck with the coding plug, then turn the odometer to the proper mileage in KMs; it is going to read correctly from then on. when you want to know how many miles there are, you just convert the km reading to miles.

[rThor432]

^^Yeah what he said. Just figure out how the amount of miles on your stock odometer converts to kilometers and roll the Euro odometer to the correct measurement in km. You will always be able to mathematically convert the amount to miles if you need to know.

If you really must, you should be able to use the US spec gears in the Euro odometer to make the odometer turn in miles instead of kilometers.

[der affe]

uggggh too much work!

in the time this thread has gone on yuo could have installed the euro speedo and been driving already!!

stop worrying about it and just put it in!

[der affe]

remember that EVERYTHING will be in the metric system. that includes your gas gauge, mileage gauge, and speedo.

[Japandrew73]

KM. i didn't switch the coding plug, so i can't tell you what would happen or even if it will change it to reading KMs insted of MPH.
remember that your fuel econo gauge reads in KMs per 100LT of fuel in a "euro" speedo also.

if you do the math and don't fuck with the coding plug, then turn the odometer to the proper mileage in KMs; it is going to read correctly from then on. when you want to know how many miles there are, you just convert the km reading to miles.

Bingo! That is the answer i have been looking for. Thanks a lot i appreciate it. I don't actually have a euro cluster ready to be put in, but someday i will and this helps a lot.

[rThor432]

So why do you want a Euro cluster?

[Japandrew73]

So why do you want a Euro cluster?

Doing a full euro conversion

[kenika65]

no pictures?

[Japandrew73]

no pictures?

of my conversion?

well, hah it hasn't come along that well yet just because im 16 working minimum wage and have no money, but so far i have a couple simple things,

•Euro Plate
•Analog Clock
•Cloth interior to Black Leather interior (Finish with door panels this weekend)
•Depo Smiley Ellipsoids (would have gotten Bosch's but i bought the headlights before i joined R3V and learned that Depo's suck)
•Half way done with Regular speakers to Premium sound all around

Thats all i have done so far, but LOTS to come in the future

[E30_Pare]

:]

[rThor432]

An E30 habit is probably the worst thing that can happen to a 16 year old. Hopefully your car isnt an early model. They take a good bit more 'body work' as opposed to the late models that just need the bumper trim to be Euro replicas.

[Japandrew73]

An E30 habit is probably the worst thing that can happen to a 16 year old.

Haha true.

But its my thing, let it be.

[E30_Pare]

Haha true.

But its my thing, let it be.

Haha. Let it be.

I'm 16 too, and for some reason an e30 has become quite addicting.

[Japandrew73]

Haha. Let it be.

I'm 16 too, and for some reason an e30 has become quite addicting.

Hah welcome to the club