hi guys, i can probably get a scan tool for my birthday woo finally tunring 18, reading through some of it, and it describes what it does, can it do anything decent? it turns off check engine light, does anyone have one? i cant decide if i should get it.
dad wont let me haha, he is paying for insurance so he said no because it makes it more expensive, otherwide id get it, my cousin just got me alpine type s splits 330w um getting floormatts off someone, few of my mates r chipping in together to buy me custom leather seats (its a maybe) they r lazy so i dont no, umm im saving up for a hardlid will be getting soon, tint is coming soon, i have a growler intake but im thinking of a otr :S i dont no there isnt much else and i cant be ####ed being pulled over every 10 seconds by cops if i do lower it and put a lowder exhaust, exhaust has had the mufflers changed so it does have nice not once putting my foot down, there isnt much more.
There is an android app called alobd scanner and its free, its got a very basic UI but it can monitor your engine and it can also clear the engine light. All you need to pay for is a bluetooth elm device which on ebay is worth around $25-$35.
As SV6 Power said, you can get very cheap ELM327 Scantools off eBay from $20. The basic ones will allow a PC to connect and scan/clear DTCs, and display other data. For Android devices, you will need to shell out a bit extra for a Bluetooth model. For Apple iOS, you will need to jailbreak the device to support bluetooth scantools, though with iOS5.1 I am not sure if this is still the case. (I develop for iPad, iPhone using Monotouch, and have noticed some libraries for Bluetooth serial devices, but I cannot find anything concrete). If your looking for budget upgrades, there is a whole heap of things you can do, such as LED lighting (Change the LED lighting colour), fitting Calais / SSV bits and pieces such as trims bits, map lights, clusters, Colour LCD Radio, etc, etc.... Some of the most impressive mods can actually the cheapest !!!
