Hi all,
Just received my new Scangauge v4.02 from Matthew at Ample Outdoors in Lithgow (www.ample-outdoors.com.au).
The unit is well made, per my last scangauge unit. I have used these units in my Hilux 2.7 petrol ute, my 4.0 V6 Prado and also in my 3.0 Turbo diesel 2003 Rodeo ute. I have found them to be brilliant and would recommend them to anyone who is a motoring enthusiast. I really appreciate the accuracy of the unit (after a few tanks of fuel to learn the parameters), as the Rodeo had the normal useless fuel gauge that never reads correctly and the Hilux had a 140 litre long range fuel tank fitted, so the Hilux fuel gauge struggled to read correctly.
Here is the SG2 unit as supplied by Ample Outdoors, ready to plug in and play..
The unit is very basic to fit up, especially in a 120 Prado. I just dropped the panel below the steering column, plugged the big connector straight into the OBDII port and cable tied the excess cable up so it wouldn't wander about. I then refitted the panel and used the Velcro sticky strips to fit the gauge on my steering column, allowing enough cable to adjust the steering column up and down.
The clarity of the LCD screen has been improved in my opinion. I found it easier to read with the sun coming in from behind me. Also while setting the basic options on the unit I was very happy to see the changes in the layout of the settings screens. Here is an example of one on the setting screens.
The new soft ware now has X-gauge features that read engine horsepower, transmission temps and a really handy looking cost per kilometer gauge. As I have some more time I will program the X-gauges into the unit and add a write up here on each different function, with my opinion of the 'extras'.
Hope this is interesting for you.....
Cheers,
Just received my new Scangauge v4.02 from Matthew at Ample Outdoors in Lithgow (www.ample-outdoors.com.au).
The unit is well made, per my last scangauge unit. I have used these units in my Hilux 2.7 petrol ute, my 4.0 V6 Prado and also in my 3.0 Turbo diesel 2003 Rodeo ute. I have found them to be brilliant and would recommend them to anyone who is a motoring enthusiast. I really appreciate the accuracy of the unit (after a few tanks of fuel to learn the parameters), as the Rodeo had the normal useless fuel gauge that never reads correctly and the Hilux had a 140 litre long range fuel tank fitted, so the Hilux fuel gauge struggled to read correctly.
Here is the SG2 unit as supplied by Ample Outdoors, ready to plug in and play..
The unit is very basic to fit up, especially in a 120 Prado. I just dropped the panel below the steering column, plugged the big connector straight into the OBDII port and cable tied the excess cable up so it wouldn't wander about. I then refitted the panel and used the Velcro sticky strips to fit the gauge on my steering column, allowing enough cable to adjust the steering column up and down.
The clarity of the LCD screen has been improved in my opinion. I found it easier to read with the sun coming in from behind me. Also while setting the basic options on the unit I was very happy to see the changes in the layout of the settings screens. Here is an example of one on the setting screens.
The new soft ware now has X-gauge features that read engine horsepower, transmission temps and a really handy looking cost per kilometer gauge. As I have some more time I will program the X-gauges into the unit and add a write up here on each different function, with my opinion of the 'extras'.
Hope this is interesting for you.....
Cheers,
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