Trip computer (can it be easily added)
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Trip computer (can it be easily added)
It isn't high on the list of things I want to upgrade, but I was trying to determine whether the trip computer was a plug-n-play sort of thing or whether there is programming that needed to be done after the dash module was sourced.
The few threads I saw discussed a need to get the stalk with the TRIP button on it, but the '03 I bought already has that...but it is only capable of resetting the trip odometer given that the car lacks the trip computer buttons under the light switch selector.
If it would require reprogramming, then it isn't worth my time since, IMO, the trip computer functions were more of a novelty than anything else (at least based on how I have used it in the XK8)...but if it is just a matter of popping the dash plate to insert the new controls, hooking them up and starting the car, then it is something I would keep an eye out for.
thnx...
The few threads I saw discussed a need to get the stalk with the TRIP button on it, but the '03 I bought already has that...but it is only capable of resetting the trip odometer given that the car lacks the trip computer buttons under the light switch selector.
If it would require reprogramming, then it isn't worth my time since, IMO, the trip computer functions were more of a novelty than anything else (at least based on how I have used it in the XK8)...but if it is just a matter of popping the dash plate to insert the new controls, hooking them up and starting the car, then it is something I would keep an eye out for.
thnx...
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