Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters......
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Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters......
A Friend of mine was in an accident a few weeks ago about 200 miles from home. He called the sherrifs office that has his car impounded to get the mileage and they told him that they were unable to read the odometer because it was a digital display odometer.
His car was an 86, but my 86 has a mechanical odometer in the upper right hand corner of the cluster, and the trip is a digital read out.
Was there a time during the eraly version of the C4s that the odometer was a digital readout?? Or were they all mechanical??
His car was an 86, but my 86 has a mechanical odometer in the upper right hand corner of the cluster, and the trip is a digital read out.
Was there a time during the eraly version of the C4s that the odometer was a digital readout?? Or were they all mechanical??
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Re: Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters...... (Husker Vette)
All 86's were mechanical, they probably just figured since it was a vette it was digital like the 90's and above.
I think in 86 the only things that were changed on the dash were the angle of the dash (to better reflect sunlight) and the addition of a photoresistor to adjust dash brightness based how dark it was outside.
I think in 86 the only things that were changed on the dash were the angle of the dash (to better reflect sunlight) and the addition of a photoresistor to adjust dash brightness based how dark it was outside.
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Re: Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters...... (Aaron71771)
All 86's were mechanical, they probably just figured since it was a vette it was digital like the 90's and above.
I think in 86 the only things that were changed on the dash were the angle of the dash (to better reflect sunlight) and the addition of a photoresistor to adjust dash brightness based how dark it was outside.
I think in 86 the only things that were changed on the dash were the angle of the dash (to better reflect sunlight) and the addition of a photoresistor to adjust dash brightness based how dark it was outside.
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Re: Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters...... (Aaron71771)
I think in 86 the only things that were changed on the dash were the angle of the dash (to better reflect sunlight) and the addition of a photoresistor to adjust dash brightness based how dark it was outside.
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Re: Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters...... (scorp508)
Interesting........my 85 has that photoresistor too.......... and I have seen a LOT of 86 stuff on the car ........... but it's titled as an 85......... and when I bought a top for it I specified 85 and the used top I got was off an 85 and guess what ..........it didn't fit .......... (I modified it to fit though) so the body is definitely later than it's titled .........I figure it's been stolen and recovered or rebuilt somehow but it runs great and I have a clear title so screw it :seeya
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Re: Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters...... (vettmech)
Interesting........my 85 has that photoresistor too.......... and I have seen a LOT of 86 stuff on the car ........... but it's titled as an 85.........
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Re: Change in Early C4 Digital Clusters...... (vettmech)
That's an '85 VIN. And fairly early at that.
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Re: (scorp508)
Thanks Scorp.......I knew the VIN was ........I just can't figure all the 86 stuff on the car and the top wouldn't fit like I said............ OH BTW when I repainted the top it was dated under the headliner as sometime in 83!!!!
thanx again :cheers:
thanx again :cheers: