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Bluetooth OBDII to Headunit/ bespoke screen


Pritchard

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hi guys.

 

Had a little thought the other day. and someone must sell it, or have used it..

 

those little OBII bluetooth readers you get, that you get a little App for on your phone and it tells you enourmous information.

well, surely its possible to get a perminant screen built into your dashboard to link with it?

 

to give information your dials dont give, like oil temp, accurate collant temps, afr ratios, live/dynamic MPG.

 

etc.

 

i have bluetooth on my headunit, but it doesnt reconise / cant find the OBD device. if it did, it wouldnt know how ot display the output anyway.

 

so, im thinking of sticking a screen into the empty Satnav compartment.

 

anyone else seen what im lookin for, or had experience with one?

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as someone that is currently installing a nexus 7 in my centre console (full guide coming soon) let me tell you that it is alot of work. One thing I have found is that the guides on the net pretend its easy but leave out 100 steps that says otherwise.

 

Anyhow yes its all possible and you can get a really nice finish (especially with a 03 console) but it takes work and the right tools.

Torque and the racing plugin are brilliant apps and sound like what your after.

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