I've purchased a Jap WRX STI version 4, obviously the odometer was in kilometers which has now been been changed to miles. The clock reading is 74,000, is it legal to change this to the mile equivalent which would be around 40,000?

Hope you can understand this.

Cheers
Bob

I had to have the speedo changed in my MY98 as it kept cutting out, which involved replacing the whole instrument board. I got a replacement speedo from a breakers, which dropped the mileage from 33 000 to 17 000, but I got a dealer to do the work and they endorsed the change and stamped it into the service book, so no probs there. Anyone can see that the work was done legitimately.

I spoke to the AA beforehand, and their technical experts said that changing this stuff is OK as long as you don't try to pass off the car as having done less miles than it really has.

Misrepresenting the true mileage is the problem, not the conversion between kilometers and miles. You'll just have to figure out how to make it crystal clear that you've converted the reading, in case you get asked if the reading is kilometers or miles when you sell the car.

Just thought, you've changed the dials I assume, but how do you make the odometer add one to the clock everytime it covers a mile instead of a kilometer? Is there some sort of converter? Otherwise you'd clock up "miles" at 1.6 times the true rate, if you get my drift.

[Edited by Mike P - 7/23/2002 3:54:58 PM]

Thanks for that Mike.

Bob

I assume there is some way of 'chipping' a speedo - as my Jap Kmh clock has merely had a Mph sticker stuck over it and the kilometers converted to miles - again by a dealer who marked the change in the service book.

Mine is even more confusing. Up to a certain point it reads in Kms and after that point it reads in miles...

Have a look at this thread for more info!