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Digital speedometers

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  • 26-04-2007 10:30am
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    LillyVanilli
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭


    Hi, I have an old car with only miles per hour on the speedometer. I have seen digital kmph speedometers that you can stick on your dash. Anyone any idea where I can get these? Thanks


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    Owen
    Registered Users Posts: 12,683 ✭✭✭✭Owen


    Buy a SatNav, that'll stick on your dash, and give you Km/h if you choose in a virtual speedo.


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    LillyVanilli
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭LillyVanilli


    Thanks for suggestion but I really want to find the digital speedo instead.


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    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    Installing a digital speedo installation in a car that didn't originally come with one is far, far more hassle than getting a satnav, believe me.


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    LillyVanilli
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭LillyVanilli


    Thats besdies the point. I really want to find one of these, I know someone that can install it easily. Anyone else?


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    blastman
    Registered Users Posts: 5,451 ✭✭✭blastman


    Easily? I doubt it.


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    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    No, there is no easy way to do this, If there was a Sports version of your car that had a digital speedo then you might be able to retrofit it too yours, but this would be stupidly expensive in time and money.

    The cheapest option would be to put stickers on your MPH Speedo and mark off 30 - 50 - 80 - 100 and 120 km/h

    The second cheapest would be GPS.

    Other than this, what exactly would this Digital Speedo have to take a reading from :rolleyes:


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    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    lynners wrote:
    I know someone that can install it easily

    I assume the someone who claims that they can "install it easily" has done it before, and so maybe they have an idea about where to get one.

    Alternatively, since you obviously don't want to go for the easy option (sat nav), you could build one yourself:

    http://martybugs.net/electronics/speedo.cgi


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    ianobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 2,755 ✭✭✭ianobrien


    Get a tripmeter, like a terratrip or a Brantz. These are designed for motorsport, and can be got through most motorsport parts stockists. They are big though, and are not really designed for the driver, more for the navigator as they have got so much information.

    They are expensive, and are overkill on a road car.


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    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    A quick search on Google turned this up:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-Diamond-Digital-SPEEDO-TACH-ODOMETER-MULTI-FUNTION_W0QQitemZ140111037943QQihZ004QQcategoryZ50461QQcmdZViewItem


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    LillyVanilli
    Registered Users Posts: 268 ✭✭LillyVanilli


    Thanks phutyle, thats the kind of thing im looking for. I saw one on a car before, really small and simple and cheap looking, havent been able to track one down since.


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    craichoe
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,706 ✭✭✭craichoe


    phutyle wrote:
    A quick search on Google turned this up:

    http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-Diamond-Digital-SPEEDO-TACH-ODOMETER-MULTI-FUNTION_W0QQitemZ140111037943QQihZ004QQcategoryZ50461QQcmdZViewItem


    Thats for a bike, its 209$ before tax and shipping and requires a cable run to a wheel.

    Uber expensive for a Digital Speedo :D

    You still need to hook it up to something to take a speed reading ... you can't just Jimmy it into your existing Speedometer. Unless it uses a laser for speed measurement which would be pricier than gps anyway


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