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03-13-2008, 05:13 AM

drewsquared

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gauges help!

so my friend and i swapped gauges and hvac. his is modded leds to white but when i switched the gauges the odometer had more miles than i actually have. any ideas to return it back to normal?

03-13-2008, 05:26 AM

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i guess the mileage is stored in the gauges itself so to speak, so you now have his actual mileage, while e has your lower mileage.

changing that would be very hard since it is usually highly illegal, so you should probably go and get your gauges back.

03-13-2008, 06:24 AM

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yup you are not allowed to change the mileage on the odo...

03-13-2008, 06:57 AM

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crap!

03-13-2008, 03:39 PM

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they have to be programmed by toyota (not the dealer) when you buy a new cluster to replace one. So there is no way for you to change it. Just like cars with mechanical odo's, your mileage is stored in the cluster.

03-13-2008, 03:54 PM

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What I would do is get your old cluster back, have it swapped and there ya go. Otherwise, you just added all the extra miles on your car that you didn't drive...