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Old 07-08-02 | 07:28 AM
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My Speedometer is off, I need to adujst it. How can I get in there and adjust it about 5-6 miles per hour?
Old 07-08-02 | 08:21 AM
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how do u know your speedo is off??? that's kinda weird.
Old 07-08-02 | 09:20 AM
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LoL are you sure it's off? Maybe it's just accurate and you're trying to fool yourself.
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I'm sure it's off, I pass by those police things that tell you how fast you are going, and it's always different than what my speedometer says. Even if I am the only car on the road and I know it is me who is being radared.
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What size are your tires? When I bought my ES, it had 205/60/15 tires on it, someone had gotten the wrong size along the way. I'm not sure how else the speedometer could be off by that much. I'd talk to a mechanic and have them recommend someone who could recalibrate it for you, definitely not something I would recommend doing yourself.
Old 07-08-02 | 07:32 PM
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Originally posted by EGainer
My Speedometer is off, I need to adujst it. How can I get in there and adjust it about 5-6 miles per hour?
Take it to the dealer -- if you don't know what you're doing, you can cause a lot of damage messing with the calibration.
Old 07-08-02 | 09:30 PM
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Speaking of speedometers, somebody had talked about putting blue celophane behind the gauges to make them look blue. Did anyone ever do it, and if it worked, how do you do it?
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Originally posted by 01M3
Speaking of speedometers, somebody had talked about putting blue celophane behind the gauges to make them look blue. Did anyone ever do it, and if it worked, how do you do it?
i swear, the ES forum goes in circles. everything will be repeated....will be repeated....will be, oh f*** it.
hey eric, those police radar thingies are calibrated to be off maybe 5 mph to give drivers the benefit of the doubt usually. i really think your speedo is fine.
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Thanks for all the help guys, I'll figure something out now.
Old 07-09-02 | 10:34 AM
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Those things are always off. Everytime I go past them in 3 different cars it has said the same thing. Everything it ok. Dont touch anything.

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Old 07-09-02 | 10:35 AM
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Cool, but now I need my speedometer to be off. by about 7 miles per hour. For legal reasons if you know what I mean
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Why do you want it like that????

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Nevermind, It's all good
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Good, I hoped that you were going to say that...

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dyno......
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