rickybobby
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- VR V6 T5, VR V8 T5, VS L67 statto, VY V6
hi,
trying to sort out previous owner shenanigans with a VR V8.
- speedo is reading higher than actual speed
- speedo reads 116 while GPS (and other cars and freeway speed check) reads 110
- speed alert is functional and accurate and different from the speedo (speed alert matches GPS)
- speed alert background light does not work (alert light is ok and beep is ok)
a) can somebody please confirm that the V6 and V8 instrument clusters are different (on this particular car the original V8 cluster has been replaced with a V6 cluster) - do i need to find and install a V8 cluster ? are the speedo electronics different inside the v8 cluster ? it's looking like they are...
b) speed alert is accurate enough but i can't see the display at night - i'm also suspecting that the V8 and V6 speed alerts are different parts - does anybody know for sure ? the speed alert that is currently installed (v8 factory ?) has homemade soldering on it and it's not as easy as it should be to simply replace the background light. do i need to hunt down a V8 specific speed alert ?
thanks for any info, feedback, links to other threads or ideas,
rob
trying to sort out previous owner shenanigans with a VR V8.
- speedo is reading higher than actual speed
- speedo reads 116 while GPS (and other cars and freeway speed check) reads 110
- speed alert is functional and accurate and different from the speedo (speed alert matches GPS)
- speed alert background light does not work (alert light is ok and beep is ok)
a) can somebody please confirm that the V6 and V8 instrument clusters are different (on this particular car the original V8 cluster has been replaced with a V6 cluster) - do i need to find and install a V8 cluster ? are the speedo electronics different inside the v8 cluster ? it's looking like they are...
b) speed alert is accurate enough but i can't see the display at night - i'm also suspecting that the V8 and V6 speed alerts are different parts - does anybody know for sure ? the speed alert that is currently installed (v8 factory ?) has homemade soldering on it and it's not as easy as it should be to simply replace the background light. do i need to hunt down a V8 specific speed alert ?
thanks for any info, feedback, links to other threads or ideas,
rob