Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior TRD gauges

hello ppl!! i just want to know where i can get TRD Gauges ( the ones with the rpm in the center) and what does it run for?

Can be special ordered from your local TRD Sales Dept (Toyota Parts Dept at the Dealership)

They run for about $550 (not including import taxes)

and are only available in KMH rather than MPH... since they are imported from Australia/Japan...

would that roll back the odometer to 0 miles?

I'd hate to buy that and get stuck with odometer fraud.

what's that got to do with the odometer? The odometer is in the lcd screen on the right of the gauges.

yes - your odometer would be set back to 0... since you are replacing your entire gauge cluster and not just overlaying a sheet

well that explains it.. I thought they were just overlays and I was thinking DAMN that's expensive

BTW - Fraud would be if you intentionally changed your odometer mileage and represented your car when selling it as having different than actual mileage.

if you were to replace your gauge cluster with a new cluster and noted to the new buyer of the additional miles that the new cluster had not recorded - you should be just fine.


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FEDERAL ODOMETER LAW

Motor Vehicle Cost Information Act, 49 U.S.C. Section 32704

1. (It shall be unlawful for a person) "with intent to defraud, operate a motor vehicle on a street, road, or highway if the person knows that the odometer of the vehicle is disconnected or not operating; or

2. The owner of the vehicle or agent of the owner shall attach a written notice to the left door frame of the vehicle specifying the mileage before the service, repair, or replacement and the date of the service, repair, or replacement.

3. A person transferring ownership of a motor vehicle shall give the transferree the following written disclosure

A) Disclosure of the cumulative mileage registered on the odometer,

B) Disclosure that the actual mileage is unknown if the transferror knows that the odometer reading is different from different from the number of miles the vehicle has actually traveled.

(b) Mileage Statement Requirement for Licensing. - (1) A motor vehicle the ownership of which is transferred may not be licensed for use in a State unless the transferee, in submitting an application to a State for the title on which the license will be issued, includes with the application the transferor's title and, if that title contains the space referred to in paragraph (3)(A)(iii) of this subsection, a statement, signed and dated by the transferor, of the mileage disclosure required under subsection (a) of this section

Yeah, when you go to the DMV on the form to transfer title it says "odometer reading" then there's a box where you can indicate whether it is ACTUAL mileage or if it has been altered.

Thanks isaac...

now, if I could only get MPH instead of KPH...

just keep a calculator in your glovebox

Although, I could just keep the stock gauge cluster and replace it when I am done using the new one, and then report the mileage.

and you wonder why dealerships write down the milage befor working on your car

Yeah, right...

"Uhm, sorry officer, I think I was going like 60...wait *calculates* make that 70...no wait *calculates* 68.9"

I'd get a ticket the first day.

just buy the TRD Platinum gauges...
you don't need those ones...

Tach doesnt change position with the overlays... the only way to put the tach in the center (where it should have been in the first place for manuals), is to replace with TRD cluster or do something custom

um...
I just said to buy the TRD Platinum to go over his stock gauges already...
because there is no point in spending and having the others.

WoW!! $500 thats too much wow.. thanks for you help

Plus your DRL's and a munch of other things will not function either.

If the proper wire is gounded your lights will function.

thats a lot of money

just get the autotechnic s7 gauges..look real nice and costs a lot less. plus its in mph, etc etc etc. 500+ dollars to put your rpms in the middle and throw you off by changing to kilometers/hr? i dont think so. if you want your RPMS to be more visible get a tachometer and/or shift light.