05-05-2015, 07:35 AM
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Outside Air Temp
Have I missed something.... I recently saw a photo of an instrument panel from a 98' Boxster (non-S) that displayed an outside air temp reading below the digital mph readout. I own the same car and (to my knowledge) my display has never shown the outside air temp. Am I missing something? Was that an option my car may not have? Was the photo I saw mis-labled and from another year?... or will my display offer the same IF I can figure out a way to operate it?...lol
Any ideas?.....thanks.
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05-05-2015, 08:20 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob175
Have I missed something.... I recently saw a photo of an instrument panel from a 98' Boxster (non-S) that displayed an outside air temp reading below the digital mph readout. I own the same car and (to my knowledge) my display has never shown the outside air temp. Am I missing something? Was that an option my car may not have? Was the photo I saw mis-labled and from another year?... or will my display offer the same IF I can figure out a way to operate it?...lol
Any ideas?.....thanks.
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No, you saw correctly. The car has the on board computer activated, which shows the outside air temp by default. To do this, you need to re code the DME.
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05-05-2015, 09:40 AM
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Ah OK....my car doesn't have the on-board computer option. Thanks for the reply!
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05-05-2015, 09:48 AM
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I believe all boxsters came with the onboard computer- it's just they didn't activate it and give you a stick to toggle through the features. But if you activate it you can get the outside temp but can't use the other features. With a little more work on the steering wheel you can get use all the functions besides the temp.
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05-05-2015, 06:32 PM
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where can you activate this besides the dealer?
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05-05-2015, 06:59 PM
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Location: Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Anybody with a durometric
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05-05-2015, 07:14 PM
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Location: North Alabama
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Yes
Find 4 stalk and install it....one of my harness will make it look and function like a factory option....even a dealer will not be able to tell it did not come on the car
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05-05-2015, 07:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
Find 4 stalk and install it....one of my harness will make it look and function like a factory option....even a dealer will not be able to tell it did not come on the car
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curiosity, would a car with a 4 stock have the same harness in it already ?
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05-05-2015, 08:11 PM
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It should
If it came with a 4 stalk and OBC activated....it should be right there.....but so should the 4 stalk be also
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05-05-2015, 08:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pdwight
If it came with a 4 stalk and OBC activated....it should be right there.....but so should the 4 stalk be also
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I am surprised the harness was not already in there
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05-06-2015, 11:19 AM
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Unless a PO replaced the 3-stalk with a 4-stalk, since sometimes they are cheaper, but never bothered to put the harness in. Food for thought.
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