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Old 03-19-2008, 11:56 PM   #6
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From your PM to me, you state that you've been told that the analog gauge must also read metric in order to pass in Quebec.

There is another way besides swapping clusters. You can simply change the dial faces. I searched ebay in Germany and found this:



Here:
http://cgi.ebay.de/PASSSEND-FUR-Porsche-Boxter-986-Tiptronic-Tachoscheibe_W0QQitemZ260220137563QQihZ016QQcatego ryZ99213QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

The Gauge Face reads MPH in the photo, but I suspect this is just a stock photo, you'd need to contact the seller. Now this is for a Tiptronic set of gauges (don't know what you own), but you could:

a. Just swap the Speedo

b. Swap them all (not using the Tip S indicator)

c. Contact the seller (using Babelfish as a translator) and ask if he can furnish a set for Manual (if you need that)

d. Check TechArt - http://www.techart.de (they also make Gauge Faces)

e. Check more ebay sites for other EU or other Metric countries (I'm not gonna do ALL the work )

This is a pretty easy hack which is well documented here - do a search on Gauge Face(s)
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