Miles to Kilometers

[gfog]

hello everyone,
does anyone know if its possable to have an r56 mini's speedo converted to km from miles and if so whats involved and prices if anyones undertaken it? i know i can change the digital read out in the setting but im just wondering about the speedo in the centre console.
Thanks in adavnce, cheers

[adam_Randell]

you can get anything mate. but its gonna cost . you will need lots of work doing i should imagine. i was thinking of getting the new style speedo (80 mph is where the 70 mph is on the old one) but was thinking it would be too much work!

[M.O.S]

Quote: Originally Posted by gfog (original)

hello everyone,
does anyone know if its possable to have an r56 mini's speedo converted to km from miles and if so whats involved and prices if anyones undertaken it? i know i can change the digital read out in the setting but im just wondering about the speedo in the centre console.
Thanks in adavnce, cheers

Should be just swapping a card over

[gfog]

im not sure if thats easy think it may have to be re-calibrated? would love if someone could prove me wrong though.

[adam_Randell]

Quote: Originally Posted by M.O.S (original)

Should be just swapping a card over

ah, maybe. i was thinking it would be hard work coz i wanted to 80 where the 70 is, but yes. i see how it would work now

[M.O.S]

I'd imagine that its calibrated to be in the same position in mph and kph (the needle is as responsive as you can switch the digital display around) as it would be cheaper to make that way for mini!

[caveman_dave]

To change from km to miles is as simple as changing the face of the dial. The direct km to mph values will be in the correct place. ie 60mph will be very slightly before the position of 100kmh.

To change the face with the digits in new locations (ie 80 where 70 is) would require the speedo to the calibrated, but since the digital and analogue use the same outputs it would require a new servo motor behind the analogue clock and that would take some working out, or find someone that could remap the chip behind the speedo, and I am not sure that it would be that easy to get at the code let alone change it.

[gfog]

i was just thinking surely if its as simple as changing the face of the dial, zero would be wrong then? as the needle would come to rest in the same place if you get me?

[DaFlake]

They are two seperate part numbers....

RealOEM.com BMW R56 Cooper S Speedometer, instrument panel

I would imagine that you have to buy the cluster as the needle will move at a different pace on one than the other.

You could get the USA version that has both MPH and KPH.

[caveman_dave]

The only way to know for sure would be try and get some pictures of the different facia's for the speedo's one in mph and the other in kmh.

It appears that there are different versions even here in the UK, some have 70 mph in the centre uppermost postion and mine a Cooper D as 80 mph in the centre uppermost postion. This would imply that you would need to buy a facia that as the equivilent sppeds in the correct position.
Post a pic of yours and maybe we can identify a model in the UK that would give you the correct readings.