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Yes, I drive a Sentra. Laugh. :thefinger:
Now that that's out of the way, I hate my car, but until I'm ready to move up I have to deal with its shortcomings. The biggest one is the lack of cruise control. Driving to and from UT last year was a pain, to say the least. I'm not doing it again this year without cruise control.
I have been researching this for quite some time and I'm left with 3 options since the 2004+ Sentras are Drive-By-Wire.
1) Buy an aftermarket cable-pull system.
-- Cheap (less than $180)
-- ECM is out of the loop for speed control
-- Difficult install with a pedal-pull = not safe
2) Aftermarket Datalink system
-- Expensive (~$300)
-- moderate install but safe(r)
-- ECM is confused on pedal position (new cruise module does calculations and tells the ECM what to do to the throttle)
3) Replace all OEM non-cruise parts (ECM, add ASCD Brake Switch, add ASCD control switch)
-- Safest
-- Hard to find parts but cheap (~$150)
-- ECM does all calculations
-- OEM
-- May have to flash the ECU ROM to work with my car (unlikely)
I'm leaning toward 3 because I've found a new ECM for $100 (waiting on a response on another that's ~$70) and an ASCD switch (steering wheel mounted) for <$20. All I'll need is the brake switch (seperate from brake light switch). My car is pre-wired for all this crap too.
Nissan forums aren't any help (they say it's impossible to add cruise). I'll post up when I make the jump and go kick some Nissan Forum mods in the nuts.
I'm accepting any advice from anyone on SVRider, however.
Now that that's out of the way, I hate my car, but until I'm ready to move up I have to deal with its shortcomings. The biggest one is the lack of cruise control. Driving to and from UT last year was a pain, to say the least. I'm not doing it again this year without cruise control.
I have been researching this for quite some time and I'm left with 3 options since the 2004+ Sentras are Drive-By-Wire.
1) Buy an aftermarket cable-pull system.
-- Cheap (less than $180)
-- ECM is out of the loop for speed control
-- Difficult install with a pedal-pull = not safe
2) Aftermarket Datalink system
-- Expensive (~$300)
-- moderate install but safe(r)
-- ECM is confused on pedal position (new cruise module does calculations and tells the ECM what to do to the throttle)
3) Replace all OEM non-cruise parts (ECM, add ASCD Brake Switch, add ASCD control switch)
-- Safest
-- Hard to find parts but cheap (~$150)
-- ECM does all calculations
-- OEM
-- May have to flash the ECU ROM to work with my car (unlikely)
I'm leaning toward 3 because I've found a new ECM for $100 (waiting on a response on another that's ~$70) and an ASCD switch (steering wheel mounted) for <$20. All I'll need is the brake switch (seperate from brake light switch). My car is pre-wired for all this crap too.
Nissan forums aren't any help (they say it's impossible to add cruise). I'll post up when I make the jump and go kick some Nissan Forum mods in the nuts.
I'm accepting any advice from anyone on SVRider, however.