Heads up display
Heads up display
After looking at my 89's manual i noticed a bunch of stuff about an optional heads up display. I dont know if this is for another nissan car, or for the 240 but i think adding a heads up display to my 240 would be pretty sick looking, and i wouldnt have to check when im on the freeway by tilting foward so i can see past my hand. I drove my friends C5 corvette that has one and it was pretty awesome, it looks like a jet cockpit. (hehe cockpit). Anyways if anyone knows if they sell these seperate or where they have them id appreciate it...'Tanks
I'm pretty neutral in my feelings to my HUD. I thought it was a cool feature when I initially bought the car . . . but:
1.) At nighttime in low-visibility (fog, rain, etc.) conditions I'll shut it off because it floods my eyes with excess light when they need to be taking all of the light reflecting off the road surface they can get. I have very good eyesight (my one good sense :pface ).
2.) During bright daytime, the light of the HUD can often be obscured by sunlight to the point of unreadability.
3.) I have that damn lights out problem that kills my gas flow at 3500 RPM in 5th!!!!!! Not a comment about the HUD; but I've only seen people that have HUDs report this which leads me to believe Nissan's poor HUD design is the culprit :squint .
4.) The HUD's digital speedo only updates a little under once a second. Not only does this occaisionally make heal-and-toe shifting after coasting in neutral for a bit an issue; but it also makes the cruise control rather jerky.
1 & 2 could be fixed simply by a light sensor which could adjust the light level of the HUD to an appropriate level (my $20 GE alarm clock has a similar feature and it works perfectly). 3 is simply Nissan's bad digital dash design (any other Nissan I've seen with a digital dash has had problems). We Nissan owners are fortunate to be able to put so many miles on our cars; but those damn dashes they stick in there always give out. 4 could prolly be fixed by a faster processor . . . or perhaps there are other architectural limitations. I wish someone would come out with an aftermarket dash to eliminate these problems for the 240SX. I know I'd buy it.
To be a little more upbeat, I love my bigass, centered tachometer!
1.) At nighttime in low-visibility (fog, rain, etc.) conditions I'll shut it off because it floods my eyes with excess light when they need to be taking all of the light reflecting off the road surface they can get. I have very good eyesight (my one good sense :pface ).
2.) During bright daytime, the light of the HUD can often be obscured by sunlight to the point of unreadability.
3.) I have that damn lights out problem that kills my gas flow at 3500 RPM in 5th!!!!!! Not a comment about the HUD; but I've only seen people that have HUDs report this which leads me to believe Nissan's poor HUD design is the culprit :squint .
4.) The HUD's digital speedo only updates a little under once a second. Not only does this occaisionally make heal-and-toe shifting after coasting in neutral for a bit an issue; but it also makes the cruise control rather jerky.
1 & 2 could be fixed simply by a light sensor which could adjust the light level of the HUD to an appropriate level (my $20 GE alarm clock has a similar feature and it works perfectly). 3 is simply Nissan's bad digital dash design (any other Nissan I've seen with a digital dash has had problems). We Nissan owners are fortunate to be able to put so many miles on our cars; but those damn dashes they stick in there always give out. 4 could prolly be fixed by a faster processor . . . or perhaps there are other architectural limitations. I wish someone would come out with an aftermarket dash to eliminate these problems for the 240SX. I know I'd buy it.
To be a little more upbeat, I love my bigass, centered tachometer!
As far as 1 & 2, there is a level control to the left of the steering wheel that dims the HUD. So your problem at night should be easily solved, since once you set your night HUD level a couple of times, it stays there until you change it again. I like my HUD, but the rest of my dash lights flicker in and out at night. I have yet to change my turn signal combo switch, i thought i read that this may be my culprit.
Ooops, dopey me. :icesangel I never bothered to play with that switch; I just assumed it wouldn't affect the HUD. Well that will certainly fix #1 . . . #2 might still be a problem . . . plus an auto-dimmer would be more convenient ^ ^. Might be a project for me to pioneer someday . . . beware GE alarm clock!