I considered it. But the hole in the panel is a different size than on the MCS, so it's not a simple retrofit. The Cabrio is made that way, because with the convertible top mechanism, there's not enough depth available to fit the MCS chrome recessed cap and stuff.
Vipec is not in yet, I'm still running on the GP ECU. Which, FWIW, also doesn't like AutoEnginuity. I haven't been able to access the extended powertrain stuff on the ECU since I swapped to the GP ECU. But AutoEnginuity is still able to talk to and manage all the other computers on the system. I'm hoping the behavior with the Vipec installed will be the same, but really don't know. My understanding is that the ECU bridges the OBD2 connection to the CAN bus, and the cluster bridges all the other busses / modules to the CAN bus. I've read that the Vipec i-Series CPU nominally supports CAN and OBD2, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Worse case, I can always pop the GP ECU back in when I need to manage other modules. Not ideal, but workable.
Hopefully, I'll know via experience in a month or so.
I think what I'm going to do is get it aligned at a shop I trust (or have it checked if Jan aligns it to make sure it hasn't shifted, it's a long trip back), and then measure it myself as a reference point. It's not so much camber but toe that I'm worried about. Fronts should be relatively easy, it's the rear that at least looks tougher.
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