The electronic climate control displays

[IllusionX]

Originally Posted by mrbond

Man, North America keeps getting shafted when it comes to cool Japanese things. For example: the skyline gt-r (before the r35), kei cars, and digital everything for the interiors of cars. Gah!

because Americans always believed in their F350, and most don't have the mind of "fuel economy". Also, owners have such big lawns, they can afford big cars for the big parking spot they have.

Japan is very small (so is most of Europe), the small size cars help in finding parking spot and are very good at zoom zoom around town.

[CTScott]

I received the pricing info for the parts from Danish Yaris, who works for Toyota in Denmark.

The total price is over $2600. This is definitely cost prohibitive, especially since there is no evidence that anyone has attempted the conversion before...

[mrbond]

Holy crap. Holy crap. Hmm. Maybe I'd source these parts one at a time so the sticker shock isn't as bad. Holy crap.

[spookz]

Australia does not get climate control, however we get the Digital Speedometer across all our grades, as Jinxor has pointed out.

[Sodium Duck]

Ouch that's expensive... so who's gonna be the first to splurge? lol

[dccurrent]

How can it possibly cost that much? Do people realize that that is 1/5th the price of the whole freakin car? For a few digital buttons?!! Come on now!

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by dccurrent

How can it possibly cost that much? Do people realize that that is 1/5th the price of the whole freakin car? For a few digital buttons?!! Come on now!

Individual car parts are significantly marked up (>3x actual cost). I just bought a set of 09 fog light trim pieces (the plastic pieces that surround the fog lights) for $28 each from my local dealership. Those probably cost under $2 each to manufacture...

[jinxor]

feint, would you be able to tell us, how much the whole assembly would cost if we were to get it from Japan...

And is it standard in the japanese vitz? dont they have wrecker yards... would love to go to one of those and just pull one out for cheap

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by jinxor

feint, would you be able to tell us, how much the whole assembly would cost if we were to get it from Japan...

And is it standard in the japanese vitz? dont they have wrecker yards... would love to go to one of those and just pull one out for cheap

Take a look at the parts list on the first page. There are 8 parts need, besides the controls, and they are located under the dash and under the hood. I agree that junkyard parts would be the best way to test if this will work, but it might take a bit to get all of the needed parts.

[tk-421]

I'm also interested if the price is right... $2600 doesn't count.

[unclenefeesa]

check out the taris sedan on japan's site. it comes loaded with new features, All electronic , climate control, zillion airbags, front and rear sensors and not to mention the tons of Toyota genuine accessories you can get. integrated GPS system? built in memory card reader?

http://toyota.jp/belta/

[mhkritzinger]

did anyone atempted this yet?

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by mhkritzinger

did anyone atempted this yet?

No. It is very cost prohibitive at $2600 for the parts required.

[puetato89]

this is like the 1,000th time that question has com up an scott always anwers first

[DarkShadowFox]

found the Mk3 controls on ebay but im not giving up the link because the item is very hard to find and expensive.


actually the toyota part number is:


55900-0D800

[enviri]

i found a few...89 bucks isnt all that bad.

piecing it together really isnt that bad. I say you can get all the pieces with a bit of luck for about 700.

[DarkShadowFox]

Originally Posted by enviri

i found a few...89 bucks isnt all that bad.

but then its getting the rest of the assembly too

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heres a nice photo of how the manual controls work vs the digital controls and how their setup differently via ebay:

digital:

http://zdjecianaallegro.pl/gallery/005382290,2-.html




manual:

http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/LD4AAO...Zi/s-l1600.jpg


this is why I hate USDM models, their so much more complex. that digital control piece is literally a solid module so if it breaks you just swap it out.

EDIT: you can also reference the GSIC for the mk3 for the digital ac control assembly for the euro model which is basically what we are doing here.

http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=58940

^ Thanks to me, please give me credit I paid for the DL.