![]() These are wired in to the car’s electronics. If you’re going for one of the electronic methods, make sure the person doing the work knows what they’re doing! If these conversions aren’t done properly they can affect the gear change points of automatic gearboxes, having a substantial knock on effect on fuel consumption and driving enjoyment. Two of them are electronic and one is more of a physical adjustment to the car. There are a few ways to convert the speedometer on an imported car. The speedometer will need to be in miles per hour for the car to pass this test. However, if the car is under 10 years old when it arrives in the UK, it will need to have an IVA test. The car does have to have a speedometer, but the MOT regulations do not state that it has to read in miles per hour. Many people will tell you it is a legal requirement for the MOT. ![]() If the car is over 10 years old when it has its first MOT in the UK, you do not have to convert the speedometer. Having said all of the above, do you have a choice about speedometer conversion? In some situations, yes you do! ![]() You want to save money on the costs of speedometer conversion.You always drive with a satellite navigation system that displays the speed in mph.You’re an experienced driver or have a particular head for figures and can do the conversion from kph to mph in your head whilst you’re driving.You want to keep the car as close to original condition as possible.There are a number of situations where you might want to avoid speedometer conversion: ![]() The conversion work can be done in Japan before the car is exported, or it can be done in the UK once the car has arrived. This may well already have been done for you if you’re buying an imported car already in the UK. So if you’re buying a car direct from Japan you may want to consider speedometer conversion. In general they do not have a smaller mph scale in the same way that UK cars often have a smaller km/h scale. Your imported Japanese car will have a speedometer reading in km/h only. ![]()
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