Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Menu

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

Reading time 4 Min.

Recently updated on December 20, 2022 at 03:19 am

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

A compass and an inclinometer in the car are not uncommon. The articles are interesting for the tuning area and are a must, especially when traveling by car on other continents. While modern cars are often equipped with satellite GPS, elements such as a compass, satellite GPS and inclinometer may be missing from older vehicles. The articles can be easily retrofitted and are available for little money.

Compass / inclinometer

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

The compass and inclinometer is commercially available for many types of vehicles and can be retrofitted quickly. The articles are available in various versions and can have other useful functions. The interested tuner can, for example, choose a system that is equipped with satellite GPS and contains a high-precision signal module. Alternatively, there are also manual versions for quick installation. When buying, it should be ensured that the compass and inclinometer are suitable for the respective vehicle. Modern retrofit kits can be connected to the vehicle electronics or use the power connector on the cigarette lighter. Variants are also commercially available that trigger an alarm from a certain angle of inclination of the vehicle.

Compass display - what is it for?

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

The compass display shows the magnetic pole. More precisely, the magnetic north pole is displayed. The magnetic north pole is not to be equated with the geographic north pole. The geographic north pole and the magnetic north pole are different. This is also called "declination". The declination (Rejection or place rejection) is recorded on maps and there is usually an indication of an annual change. Such a compass serves as a guide in the car. The car compass is needed, for example, when traveling on the African continent and should be very robust.

Building a car compass

The car compass is a magnetic compass that is usually firmly attached to the car. The compass consists of a compass housing and a compass rose in the housing, which is magnetized. Due to the magnetization, the rose is always aligned with the magnetic north pole. By changing the direction, the housing of the compass changes its direction and the driver can see the direction in which he is driving.

How is the item assembled?

When assembling the compass, there must be no magnetic interference field within a 30 meter radius. There must be no metal devices or electrical cables nearby. A working handheld compass is required to adjust the compass. The car should be positioned so that the direction of travel is north. The car compass can then be adjusted according to the manufacturer's instructions. To check the correctness, an additional east-west alignment can also be carried out and the driver can see whether the auto compass really matches the vehicle and hand compass. The check should be carried out in order to identify any deviations. When changing direction, the compass must work properly so that the driver does not get the wrong direction indicator. When buying, you should definitely pay attention to qualitative articles with many good customer reviews.

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

We hope that you the info report on the topic / term Compass (Further names / keywords: construction instrument, balance meter, balancer, clinometer, declinometer, built-in instrument, driving safety instrument, inclinometer, heeling meter, land meter, marine ball, inclination indicator, inclinometer, inclinometer, inclinometer, protractor) from the field of autotuning. Our goal is that the largest German-language tuning dictionary (Tuning Wikipedia) and to explain tuning terms from A to Z easily and understandably. Almost every day we expand this lexicon and how far we are, you can HERE see. Soon the next one will be Tuning scene concept be illuminated by us. By the way, you will be informed about new topics if you have ours Feed subscribe to.

Below are a few examples from our tuning lexicon:

But of course tuningblog has countless other articles on the subject of cars & car tuning in stock. Do you want to see them all? Just click HERE and look around. We would also like to provide you with news aside from the tuning. In our category Tips, products, information & Co we pick up contributions from car or accessory manufacturers. And also our category Test sites, laws, offenses, information has almost daily new information for you. Here are a few topics from our tuning wiki:

Two become one - the double car "can" be legal!

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

Comfort at a low price: retrofit automatic lighting!

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

Every car has one: Drop center rims are standard!

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

Full pot power - the vehicle as a dragster conversion!

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

Tuning on the fuel line? Possible, but be careful!

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

Small details for the perfect interior: the handbrake handle

Accessories: The compass / inclinometer for the car!

"Tuningblog.eu" - we keep you up to date on the subject of car tuning and car styling with our tuning magazine and we present you the latest tuned vehicles from all over the world every day. It's best to subscribe to ours Feed and will automatically be informed as soon as there is something new about this post, and of course also to all other contributions.

About Thomas Wachsmuth

Thomas Wachsmuth - He has been an integral part of tuningblog.eu since 2013. His passion for cars is so intense that he invests every available penny in them. While he dreams of a BMW E31 850CSI and a Hennessey 6x6 Ford F-150, he currently drives a rather inconspicuous BMW 540i (G31/LCI). His collection of books, magazines and brochures on the subject of car tuning has now reached such proportions that he himself has become a walking reference work for the tuning scene.  More about Thomas

Leave a Comment

Your e-mail address will not be published. Required fields are marked with * marked