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Old 05-16-2014, 10:02 PM   #1
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Heads Up display

My motor home has the steering wheel placed so that the speedometer is difficult to read. is there anyone with experience with an aftermarket head up display? Thanks for sharing!
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Check out Garmin they have some kind of heads up display. Don't know if it just gives GPS or other info. safe travels... ed
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:13 PM   #3
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are you talking moving the dash cluster or adding a new cluster like i did or having some thing shows on the windshield
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:24 PM   #4
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I put my Garmin Zumo on the dash of our 450 to view the speed. I feel it is very accurate and shows other things I am interested in. Direction of travel, distance to next turn, and elevation. These are the ones I like. There are a number of options to swap out if you have other preferences.

I am not sure what the coach GPS will display but it is down to the right. I will take the Garmin along when we pick up the coach and will use it if I am not pleased with the coach display.
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I am not familiar with your solution. Would you be able to point me to the details? Txs
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:36 PM   #6
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I am not familiar with your solution. Would you be able to point me to the details? Txs
the way you worded it is if you wanted to see all info not just speed and installing a new cluster where you can see it

my soluton is setup with a 8.1l but i think its way not what you may be wanting to do

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this is my setup but i am dumpping the stock dash all the way

VHX-1014: Universal Dual Round VHX Instrument
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Old 05-16-2014, 10:40 PM   #7
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my sister inlaw had a maxima that had the heads up. loved driving that car, you never had to take your eyes off the road to see your speed!!! always wondered why all vehicles don't use this system...

we install quite a few gps speedometers in old cruiser cars that you can't get parts for anymore.
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Impressive! I will look into the choices. TX for the feed back.
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Almost all HOSpitality speed display and you will want one anyway. Garmin will also alert for over speed limit at the same time as MAP routing display.An other option is a scan gauge, plus it will be a backup for most if not more than your dash gauges do now. Cost GPS. $100 and up Scan Gauge $150 o.r so.

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I have the Scan Gauge D and a 7" Lowarence GPS on my dash
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There are many types/styles of aftermarket GPS speedometers. Most can be replacements for in-panel gauges, or set into an above dash bracket.

http://www.speedhut.com/gauges/GPS-speedometers

I presume your problem is with viewing your present speedo due to its location. Not knowing what your instrumentation cluster looks like, but is it possible to swap the location of the speedo? Say for instance into a similar sized opening like the tachometer? Maybe that too is in a poor visual location, but it is just a thought.

As to a poor instrument cluster arrangement, don't feel alone ... for some reason the ease of "seeing stuff" was not job #1 for the RV driver area designers. If I want to see any of the temp gauges, I have to either ask my wife to lean over and give a reading or nearly twist my neck out of joint doing it myself. Yeah ... if the steering wheel was not there, the gauges would be easy to see! I can tilt, and telescope, but something is always hidden. 😁
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There are many types/styles of aftermarket GPS speedometers. Most can be replacements for in-panel gauges, or set into an above dash bracket.

GPS Speedometers

I presume your problem is with viewing your present speedo due to its location. Not knowing what your instrumentation cluster looks like, but is it possible to swap the location of the speedo? Say for instance into a similar sized opening like the tachometer? Maybe that too is in a poor visual location, but it is just a thought.

As to a poor instrument cluster arrangement, don't feel alone ... for some reason the ease of "seeing stuff" was not job #1 for the RV driver area designers. If I want to see any of the temp gauges, I have to either ask my wife to lean over and give a reading or nearly twist my neck out of joint doing it myself. Yeah ... if the steering wheel was not there, the gauges would be easy to see! I can tilt, and telescope, but something is always hidden. 😁
I too have this same problem. I'm unable to see two of my pressure gauges, turn signal indicators, and high beam indicator. Since I'm also hard of hearing, I have trained my self to look at the turn indicators that are mounted on the bottom of my outside mirrors.....oh, and of course, I get a "friendly" reminder from my navigator whenever I forget to look at the mirrors!

I once had a 1993 Pontiac SSEI that had the windshield "head up" (you only have one head, so it's a "head" up not "heads" up) display and I thought it was the greatest thing since peanut butter.

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Costs a little more, but gives you everything

It takes a little bit of configuring and playing with, but if you have a diesel, the Silver Leaf VMSpc is great for connecting to the engine and getting everything displayed on a computer screen.

I used a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 with a mounting bracket for a large tablet that bolted to the side panel. Got a 12v adapter for the Surface Pro power and connected it all up.

You can configure everything you want to see from speed, cruise set speed, tach, HP, torq, turbo pressure, oil pressure, voltage, trans temp, engine temp, MPG (instant, avg, rolling), fuel rate, miles before empty, current fuel level, current gear, desired gear, trans mode (I have an Allison 6), etc....

You can also configure the colors to be shown on the circles or a graph bar for each indicator. This means that when everything is running fine, it is green. When going slightly high or low, yellow. Bad level=red. I can glance at the display and see everything is green and then focus on the road. No more staring at analog gauges trying to figure out what level it is at and then trying to remember where it should be.

I NEVER look a the dials or gauges. They are less accurate and harder to read.
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LOL..... if you add a few more gizmos you'll also need a remote camera (and display) so you can see what's in front.
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