facelift dials

[Musgrove88]

Hi everyone,

I have fairly recently purchased an 03 S-TYPE 4.2 SE (and naturally loving it..). After careful consideration I decided on the pre face lift model as I preferred the look of the rear, however I much prefer the dials you get on the facelift models (speedo, temp etc.) And was wondering if anyone knew whether I can have the facelift ones fitted on my model? 

Thanks in advance for any help!

John.

[Mr Lawrence]

No. 

[Old Peter]

Hi John, and welcome to the club.

I saw somewhere that the electrics are somewhat different on the post facelift models.

In any case, I think a retro fit would be rather complicated, if not impossible.

Regards,

Peter.

[Simjag]

The plugs on the back are completely different.

[Raistlin]

John,

I'm always up for a retro-fit but, to be honest... good luck with that. A step too far I think, even for me.

[Musgrove88]

Thanks for the welcome and the info.

Looks like I won't be doing that then...

I noticed a couple of you have said 'retro fit' what does that mean?

[Raistlin]

Retro-fit means to install a function, possibly on the options list, which wasn't on your own car to begin with. The idea is to make it as OEM as possible.

[Musgrove88]

Thanks Raistlin... and what about OEM?

[Raistlin]

Ooops. Three Letter Acronyms abound

Original Equipment Manufacturer.

Used in the context above that a properly installed retro-fit would be indisitinguishable from a car which had it fitted from the factory.

[Musgrove88]

TVM

[Musgrove88]

Thanks Very Much 

[Old Peter]

The only letters after my name that I care about are MMSDT --  very rare.

Peter.