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YOUR RESEARCHHas anyone ever thought about adding HUD to their 996?
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Phil installed the HUD on his C4S, but didn't like what he saw on the windshield, so he disconnected it!
Has anyone ever thought about adding HUD to their 996?
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Leading evidence: 'Install hud' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'little more "boy racer"...too much ricer' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Install hud' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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It's probably a little more "Boy Racer"...too much ricer for my taste, but if it had the speed as well as that sexy-looking tach, I'd probably give it a shot...
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Replace color of the display
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It's built for out-and-out racers and, in fact, when displaying the tach information, changes the color of the display when the rpms equal the pre-programmed shift point.
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Use active radar
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One) to see our wittle 4 legged friends at night a bit easier and two) To see the donut eaters a bit farther away if they aren't using active radar.
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It's built for out-and-out racers and, in fact, when displaying the tach information, changes the color of the display when the rpms equal the pre-programmed shift point.
Has anyone ever thought about adding HUD to their 996?
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little more "boy racer"...too much ricer
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It's probably a little more "Boy Racer"...too much ricer for my taste, but if it had the speed as well as that sexy-looking tach, I'd probably give it a shot...
Has anyone ever thought about adding HUD to their 996?
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I alternate between driving my Targa and my Vette. I like both cars for different reasons and am in no hurry to rid myself of either one. But there are two things on my Vette that I wish were on my Targa. The first is the magnetic suspension setup and I know that it will never happen.
The second, though, is the HUD display.
I really wish my Targa had this feature and I've started to look around and see if there is some retro-fit that could be cobbled together to get close to this result.
I have found a HUD that displays direction and speed only. It gathers the information from traciking GPS satellites. These seem to be very affordable (~$100 to $150), but they just sort of lay on the dashboard...not exactly what I had in mind and they don't have a display for rpms.
Then, I've found a really neat setup that displays the rpms, but no indicated speed. It's built for out-and-out racers and, in fact, when displaying the tach information, changes the color of the display when the rpms equal the pre-programmed shift point.
I was just curious if any of you have looked into adding a HUD to your 996? And if you did, what you found?
My current path of exploration is that I know Continental (Siemens) VDO makes most of the gauges for our cars. They also make the HUD used in 5-series and 6-series BMWs. Could a BMW HUD be shoe-horned into my 996?
What do you think?
Hmmm...Never thought about a HUD but I do want to do a forward facing Thermal camera. One) to see our wittle 4 legged friends at night a bit easier and two) To see the donut eaters a bit farther away if they aren't using active radar.
Course the only camera I found was $2k and was only rated for a 100yrd range.
The HUD is a great idea. Could you share the units you found? Links?
Sure. Here are the 3 I've found...
First, is the GPS unit. Speed only...probably works...cheezy looking...but how can you complain about the price.
http://www.autosportcatalog.com/inde.../5572/sc/52266
Not sure I like the plastic square on the windshield to get the numbers to show up.
Then, there is this one is made by PlasmaGlow. The graphics on the site look great, but you still have to wonder how it would look in real life. It's probably a little more "Boy Racer"...too much ricer for my taste, but if it had the speed as well as that sexy-looking tach, I'd probably give it a shot...
http://www.plasmaglow.com/catalog/po...c38d54a2e1df24
Finally, the most comprehesive model is this one by Defi...
http://www.defi-shop.com/product/vsdx/vsdx_top.html
As I understand it, you can hook up this basic module and get speed and tach on the HUD or you can get way carried away and buy there central module and a bunch of various sending units and get anything you want on the little window...stuff like oil pressure, oil temp, water temp, fuel pressure, etc., etc., etc.
That's pretty much what I've found so far, but I'm still looking.
ohh I am late to the party, nice photoshop Tim, I laughed really hard at the light and return to garage comment, the wayne's had me over the edge !
I was thinkingn how do you get a 9v battery to do all that!
I've had three vetts including a ZR-1 and the MOST useful feature was the HUD. You never have to look down for speed or the tach. It's such an amazing safety feature I don't know why it's not on every upscale car.
Please keep us informed what you find. I'd do it in a second.
Joe Cortney
Dallas, TX
04 C4S Cab
