to control your cruising speed.

 

mine z came with cc but Ive used it like twice.

 

Please post pics of the controls, modules, etc.... If you don't know, just email it to me and I'll post it. booey1979 at g m a i l . c o m (erase spaces please).

 

No **** smart ***..

 

Can this be done to 03-06 years as well?

 

+1

 

I'll try to take some pictures in a day or two. In the meantime, you can see pictures of this stuff at the Conrad Anderson site linked in the original post.

I'm not sure how video would be interesting, but will do it if someone can convince me.

 

having a video of it assures us that it works

BUMP for pics!

 

I use mine everytime I drive my car. And that includes 20 mph on a school zone. JK.

 

what were these "other connections" was it just power?

 

There were few other connections. I remember the kit needing both a constant and switched 12V source, a ground, a vehicle speed signal, and clutch and brake switches.

 

I set mine at 60mph all the time. I drive faster than that but the CC helps to keep me from slowing too much.

 

It seems as though for just about a hundred bucks more you could have the OEM cruise control. The steering wheel switches, brake, and clutch switch can be had for about a hundred bucks for all three and plug right in. A new ECM from a non base car is about eight hundred bucks. I am not sure if the ECM has to be programmed or not.....but assuming it doesnt it should all just plug in and work. Also, has anyone ever confirmed that the base ecm cant be flashed for cruise? Another possibility would be getting a used ecm off ebay.

 

Nissan ECU can't "just be flashed" for something like cruise, VDC, etc.

 

My research led me to believe that a base model ECU can't accept a program intended for another model, and the ECUs for the not-base models would not function properly in a base.

I also was not able to find any references to someone ever successfully connecting non-base devices (like steering wheel switches) into the base wiring harness. I could be wrong, but I don't think the mating connectors and wires exist in a base harness.

Most telling of all, I asked knowledgeable installers in my area who had experience with throttle-by-wire aftermarket cruise controls. No one could find a product, and I'm sure they didn't want to lose my business.

 

Correct. If you took the ECU from a Touring model, it would be looking for the VDC system or TPMS, something that's not available on the base.

The wiring harnesses are the same across models so the connectors would definitely be available - the problem was always that the ECU didn't have the functionality.

 

Question, mostly unrelated - what does the ECU have to do with the TPMS?

 

for the money it costs to do all of this, it seems you should have just spent it on buying a non-base model to begin with.

 

Because the Japanese 350z's did not have cruise control.

Their "highway/freeways" are plagued with traffic, and some sportscars are built without them due to certain legal restrictions involving speed?

Props the OP for finding a solution, but many of us don't use cruise control.

 

Bump I know this is an old thread but I'm in for pics and will it work for an 03?? Going to Zdays and might consider this