Change Fascia Dial or Instrument Cluster (KMH to MPH)

[mubmoh]

Hi,



I am the owner of a vehicle which has the dial in KMH, the car is fine and smooth but this feature is quite frustrating.
I have 2 options and want to know which one would be superior:

1. Change the dial fascia (purchasing from Lockwood), the new dial will be in mph but not be exact same as UK models of the same car (and not an authentic piece, more of a mod), it would be missing 70mph and 50mph words, but other than that looks fairly good and would do the job.

2. Get a new instrument cluster from the same model from a UK car, this will already be in MPH and be identical to everything else on the street, also seems to work out the same in part cost. I believe the advantage of this is when I eventually sell on the car it would be easier. However with this I am not certain what happens to the milage the car holds, does it go to this new piece or keep whats in the car?


What is the superior option and the opinions of the community?


Thanks, sorry if this is in the wrong section.

[Xcore]

Will be more difficult to sell a car with
A different set of clocks then just a rescaled face and the odometer still in km.

[mubmoh]

Xcore said:

Will be more difficult to sell a car with
A different set of clocks then just a rescaled face and the odometer still in km.

Thanks mate, sounds realistic, probably just best to get the new skin over the KMH dial then.

[Blanco92]

Don't most clocks have an "original" skin, for this very reason?

Then best of both worlds - buy a cheap set of UK clocks, carefully extract the skin and then replace it in your original clocks.

[mubmoh]

Blanco92 said:

Don't most clocks have an "original" skin, for this very reason?

Then best of both worlds - buy a cheap set of UK clocks, carefully extract the skin and then replace it in your original clocks.

Thought about this but wouldn't work unfortunately as the MPH and KPH speedometer are calibrated slightly different, for example 160 kph is at 12 o'clock for one, and the other has 100mph at around 1pm. Even thought 160 kph and 100mph are the same.

[Blanco92]

Ah ok, then I'd probably go for the Lockwood insert.

If you were to swap the clocks, the mileage would change to that of the new clocks. So now you will need mileage correction. And depending on year/model of car in question, you may run into immobiliser coding issues.

I had a bad experience with inserts many years ago, I bought a sporty white insert to replace a black one but it didn't align perfectly with the dash bulbs, so it didn't look good, and I reverted back. I'd imagine a Lockwood product would be much better than the one I had, mind.

[Levin]

Contact Lockwood if their version listed online is different to that found in a UK car. Their website has a section for custom dials, which makes me think they could alter things as needed to leave it just right.