Switchin the ODO from Imperial to Metric

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michpm
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Switchin the ODO from Imperial to Metric

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Hi Guys. Does anybody know how to switch from imperial units to Metric on dashboard odo display? By the picture from owners manual it`s possible. but how?

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Re: Switchin the ODO from Imperial to Metric (michpm)

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Welcome to genvibeIf there is any owner selectable way to toggle that, nobody has found it yet.It would be interesting to be able to easily switch back and forth, but I think it would also switch from miles to kms on the odometer. Is it something you want to do every now and then, or swtich to metric and leave it there?I have looked at the clusters a bit and haven't figured out how to do it. I think that it is likely possible to hook the cluster up to some sort of tool and reprogram it, to change from Imperial to metric, or to set or reset the odometer. The tools I found that might be able to do that were priced in the thousands of dollars, so that certainly isn't worth it. When I was looking for a way to program the odometer, I found a company called SPECMO that would set the odometer for about $100, but I never had that done, so I can neither recommend or condemn that company
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Not possible. They use the same LCD for american/canadian clusters, but the mode is not switchable.
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