convert spedometer from miles to kms

[akatheproducer]

i resently imported a 2009 audi cabriolet from the usa to canada and absolutly love the car except for the fact that the spedometer is in mph . i was woundering if there is a way to do the conversion to kms with out changing the whole speedo , at first glance it would look like i could just change the facia of the speedometer but i doubt its that easy . also when i tried my friends 2011 gti the display in between the rpms and speedo had the possibility of showing live speed so i figured that would be fine for me but i checked every possible setting in the menu of my a4 and was not able to get live speed , only an average speed

any help would be appreciated

[kristokes]

Your speedometer shows MPH and km/h at the same time..

[onceover]

You could take the cluster apart and replace the facia but you will need a custom one as the canadian ones speed markers are at different points, thus a canadian facia would indicate an incorrect speed

[BladesBravo]

I think hes talking about the dials themselves, and yes it can be changed. I'm not sure where you could get the piece. But the face plate for the speed/tach/warning lights can be easily swapped out. Check out the 4th pic in this post

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...l-Color-Change

[akatheproducer]

i know it shows both but i would like to have the larger white numbers to be the kms and the smaller grey numbers to be mphs

Your speedometer shows MPH and km/h at the same time..

[akatheproducer]

maybe there is a company out there that could replace the front facia and calibrate the speedo

[Cottonmouth]

Mine only shows kph...

[Jay-Bee]

Mine only shows kph...

[IMG]

Same on mine

[akatheproducer]

good for you

[akatheproducer]

what about the live speed display in the centre menu display on the cluster , is that something that i can have also like my friend in his 2011 gti , i guess thats a vag code too ???

[mpower]

New KPH face is needed and speedo value (cluster EEPROM) re calibrated to match the new face... That's all. Specific tools are needed to read and re write/modify EEPROM values associated with speedo values.

Odometer and info display can be easily changed to Km/metric with VagCom.

[akatheproducer]

wow thanks for the great info , now are you able to point me in the right direction for me to get this done , I mean the changing of the face and recalibration

sorry I just re read your post , so where would I be able to buy the kmh faceplate
thanks

[mpower]

Here is what you would need, but from cabriolet, which might or might not be interchangeable with B7 sedan Bosch RB4/RB8 instrument cluster... Here is one example, but obviously not the part you need:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/AUDI-...Q5fAccessories

Also, you might not have much luck finding just the dials and have to pick up a complete used KPH cluster for part swap or complete cluster swap.

Hope this helps.