Dazzi Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Hi Never really thought of this before and I don't know the answer. Say I buy a j-spec and its got 50000 kms on the clock, you convert it to miles and you do say 50000 miles after the conversion would this show up as 100000 on the odo? if it would show up as 100000 this is a mix of kms and miles right? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 yes, but thats why you need the odo of when it was converted and convert it to miles then add to the rest if you know what i mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 It's better to leave the Odo to continue clocking up in kilometeres, IMO. Saves all that trying to explain the mixture of miles and KMs, which always sounds dodgy to prospective buyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georigg Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Hi Dazzi, When you change the speedo to MPH you can change the Odo to read miles......yes, or leave reading kilometres, but you can also have the Odo reset to either the corrected "Miles" reading(or indeed any reading). It usually requires the Odo to be removed from the car and sent to any number of "Companies".......more like individuals who offer a "Mileage correction service". In plain language, clock the car!!!!! The legitimate Companies who sell the speedo/Odo converters will also offer this service, so if you convert your car at, say 48,000Km, you send them the Odo and they will change the reading back to 25,000Miles, and so on. Most of them charge about £100 for this service, as the only way to do it, is to "run" the Odo right up to 999,999Km, back to zero and then up to the "corrected" miles figure. The reason for this is that the Odo signal is basically a square wave shape where the Odo "counts" the number of "square-waves" and moves the reading on 1 Km for so many "square-wave pulses". Of course you can ask them to reset it to anything you want, but that makes you a "clocker" and anyone buying a Jspec will want to know, or see at least some proof of mileometer reading. Most folks take a photo of the reading just before conversion to prove the original reading. Incidentally, a replacement, new Odo costs about £220 or there abouts from Toyota. Rgds George Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Hi Dazzi, When you change the speedo to MPH you can change the Odo to read miles......yes, or leave reading kilometres, but you can also have the Odo reset to either the corrected "Miles" reading(or indeed any reading). It usually requires the Odo to be removed from the car and sent to any number of "Companies".......more like individuals who offer a "Mileage correction service". In plain language, clock the car!!!!! The legitimate Companies who sell the speedo/Odo converters will also offer this service, so if you convert your car at, say 48,000Km, you send them the Odo and they will change the reading back to 25,000Miles, and so on. Most of them charge about £100 for this service, as the only way to do it, is to "run" the Odo right up to 999,999Km, back to zero and then up to the "corrected" miles figure. The reason for this is that the Odo signal is basically a square wave shape where the Odo "counts" the number of "square-waves" and moves the reading on 1 Km for so many "square-wave pulses". Of course you can ask them to reset it to anything you want, but that makes you a "clocker" and anyone buying a Jspec will want to know, or see at least some proof of mileometer reading. Most folks take a photo of the reading just before conversion to prove the original reading. Incidentally, a replacement, new Odo costs about £220 or there abouts from Toyota. Rgds George Cheers mate. Just the answer I was looking for. The odo has a mix of km and miles so what Jake suggested its too late. Is it legal for a company to do this btw. If so do I have to send them proof of what my reading is now etc and will they issue me with some sort of certificate/signature to confirm that it hasn't been illegally clocked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackso11 Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 It will be 'clocked' in the eyes of the DVLA if you have it altered in any way. Best to just leave it in kms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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