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I have a R32 GTS-t

I also have a Nismo 260kp/h speedo.

Problem: I bought the speedo used.

So, my car has 66k on it, but the speedo I got on eBay has around 100k.

I believe originally when Nismo was selling these things, they sold them with 0 kilometers on it so that when you swapped it in the number on your old speedo plus the number on the new speedo was the total mileage.

Anyway, what can I do about this odometer situation? Is there anyway to reset the odometer of the Nismo speedo I just bought so that I can install it into my car without someone else's mileage being noted on it?

I'm not trying to do anything illegal here, I just want to get my new speedo installed and get my money's worth.

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Well, no way do I believe your car has only 100000 on it anyway.

So just put speedo in and off you go.

Only suckers believe speedo readings ;)

The 66k original kilometers on the car are real, I have all the service records since the day it was manufactured and there are no discrepancies.

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The 66k original kilometers on the car are real, I have all the service records since the day it was manufactured and there are no discrepancies.

Wow. That's pretty awesome then. Wouldn't be many around with confirmed low k's.

Ring a speedo place near you. In sure they can reset it for you no worries.

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Wow. That's pretty awesome then. Wouldn't be many around with confirmed low k's.

Ring a speedo place near you. In sure they can reset it for you no worries.

That's why I bought it, because of the fact that it included the complete service history. Otherwise you don't know what you're getting.

Should I reset the Nismo speedo to zero, or should I match it to the car's original odometer?

If I match it to the original odometer, if I switch the odometers in the future they would have to be recalibrated again.

If I reset the Nismo to zero, then the total mileage would be the sum of the two odometers.

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Or just leave it alone and don't replace the speedo - thus conserving the integrity of the reading and helping you out when you come to sell it.

The stock speedo only reads to 180 though.

It sounds to me like the less sketchy thing to do would be to reset the Nismo unit to zero so that the total mileage is just the sum of my two odometer units.

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Why not change the numbers to what you currently have? That's what I did with my Nismo unit (wound it forward). Or, do you need to go past 180 km/h?

Odometer reading aren't worth that much on a 25 years old import these days anyway.

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