RHD Vitz RS cluster

[Kioshi]

Aw damn.....that sucks

Maybe another dealership...or when that salesperson isn't working perhaps....I know some other salesperson won't mind it...

If you find a Liftback, i doubt the salesperson would want to cram back in the back seats....

[advocate]

Great attempt nonetheless Scott.

[ezhacker1]

Originally Posted by advocate

Great attempt nonetheless Scott.

seriously, i dont know anyone who would risk doing something like that AND bring the wife along as an accomplice lol. Least she cant say, "honey, you never do anything with me" and next time bringing the kids? Thats commitment to our community :)

[Kioshi]

CTScott, is the maintenance light connected to the odometer or some sort of sensor where it detects engine level of engine oil and fluids?

Seeing that the stock cluster adds the miles from what was achieved w/ the RS cluster...i figure i could slap the RS cluster in and after 3 weeks of driving w/ RS cluster on, i could swap the 07 cluster in and see if my maintenance light goes on or not~ I could overcome the odometer not functioning w/ this possibly....

Just an idea....

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Kioshi

CTScott, is the maintenance light connected to the odometer or some sort of sensor where it detects engine level of engine oil and fluids?

Seeing that the stock cluster adds the miles from what was achieved w/ the RS cluster...i figure i could slap the RS cluster in and after 3 weeks of driving w/ RS cluster on, i could swap the 07 cluster in and see if my maintenance light goes on or not~ I could overcome the odometer not functioning w/ this possibly....

Just an idea....

The maintenance light is triggered by the odometer reading. When swapping clusters I don't believe that the maintenance data would come over to another cluster, as that data is only used within the cluster and is not passed to the ECM.

[Kioshi]

Oh i see. Hmm...thought I'd ask. *sigh*

[kustom play]

when i bought my jeep new a while ago, the sales guy was trying to tag along. I told him i dont want him in the car while i discuses the purchase. He said it was policy so i told him hes going to lose the sale. The sales manager came out to see if everything was ok and I told him i wanted to take the car out to discuses the deal and if i couldnt i would find a dealer who would let me. He told the sales guy to go grab a seat while we test drove it.

i would talk to the sales manager or better yet go talk to the fleet department manager or internet sales.

there are usually just one guy / woman and they will just hand you the keys. I had one experience where not only they handed me the keys, they told me to take it for the day!

[Kioshi]

CTScott, you should try that when you have free time. I think kustom play taking the assertiveness route might work with that dealership...

That is..if the dealership has an 08 w/ABS....

[A1phazu1u]

I purchased this speedo from a canadian merchant and i've scanned the gauge to custom mph which i currently have made but can't upload the image of for some reason. This speedo already has the mph conversion on it so there's no need to do the math. I made a custom mph version that i think is pretty precise. all i need to do know is find a place where i can get it screen printed on some opaque plastic so that i can use my cluster. i tried using transperencies from kinkos but those are too transparent.

[Kioshi]

Originally Posted by A1phazu1u

I purchased this speedo from a canadian merchant and i've scanned the gauge to custom mph which i currently have made but can't upload the image of for some reason.

I want to see how this looks and turns out on the actually interior of the car (video).Though I particularly am after the strictly kilometers 180km max cluster, I think if you could offer this service for people with canadian clusters like member: advocate and others...they'd really appreciate it.

Keep us posted on here.

[A1phazu1u]

So i got a custom photoshopped overlay. Now to find someone who can make it for me.

[Kioshi]

Any progress on the RS cluster's ODO increment accuracy Scott?

Advocate and a few others running KMH clusters without doing a ODO adjustment have been going by 2000-3000 mile intervals/3-4 month period for oil change. I could live by the 3 month rule of changing the oil, as I do use Eneos Synthetic Motor Oil. And my commute has been shortened by 15 miles since switching Universities. Running the ODO at slow increments shouldn't be too much of a problem.

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Kioshi

Any progress on the RS cluster's ODO increment accuracy Scott?

Advocate and a few others running KMH clusters without doing a ODO adjustment have been going by 2000-3000 mile intervals/3-4 month period for oil change. I could live by the 3 month rule of changing the oil, as I do use Eneos Synthetic Motor Oil. And my commute has been shortened by 15 miles since switching Universities. Running the ODO at slow increments shouldn't be too much of a problem.

I still haven't been able to get at a 2007 or 2008 that has ABS to grab some data off of the CAN bus. I even carry my sniffer when I travel for business, as National rents Yaris in many locations.