01-03 to 04-05 Gauge Cluster Swap: DONE! Pics inside w/ Pin removing FAQ & Video - Page 13

Polo2k4 · 09-13-2007

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Originally Posted by rev125yz

thanks alot man, much appreciated, but i found it! it was on the blue plug, i mixed the 'RED/YELLOW' and the 'YELLOW/RED' wires. its up and running and i'm lovin it

Awesome man, I know the feeling :P

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01HonderCivic · 09-14-2007

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Originally Posted by artnsx

Im going to be doing this swap pretty soon. I've already ordered the cluster, but are there any known issues with swapping a 05 LX sedan cluster into a 01 EX coupe?

I know the sedan and coupe difference doesn't matter, but am a little concerned about the EX --> LX.

Does the LX have a passenger airbag?

I'm fairly certain that mine was from an LX. Too long ago to find the auction. Seems to work fine to me

EDIT: I looked on the first page, and my second post was that I was going from an EX to an LX cluster. In that respect....You're fine. All my lights work, ABS, SRS, Et cetera...

Buds302 · 09-14-2007

i dont know where mine came from wether an LX or EX but i have a red one. but i dont have an ABS light. i have an EX and followed the wire diagram to a T and one wire that was in the diagram i didnt have. the original writeup was done by a dude with an auto...since i didnt have an auto i dont think i had this wire.. and i didnt have any wires left over except the withe/red one. i dunno?

artnsx · 09-14-2007

awesome thanks. Im going from auto to auto so hopefully thats one thing i have going in my favor. I'll post pics when im doing it before/after. I already did one swap from 01 to 02(i think) because i preferred the black gauges over the gray ones, but that was just plug and play.

artnsx · 09-15-2007

Got the cluster today and also finished today. The diagrams were insanely helpful in combination with each other, and the video on how to removed the wires from the plugs was invaluable too. Anyone can do this, I would say it only took me about an hour and a half all together, but if i was to do it again it would take under one hour. For anyone confused why one connection has two wires going to it, you have to splice the two wires listed and make them into one connection going into the designated spot.

Thanks for all of the help everyone.

Encouragement for anyone thinking about swapping gauges

BEFORE

SIDE BY SIDE

AFTER

01HonderCivic · 09-15-2007

1,000 times better man. Gratz!

gearbox · 09-15-2007

sweet, makes the car alot more luxury lol.

dubD02CiViC · 10-05-2007

So i've had my swap done for a while now and still no pics

but I do have one problem. I have one light that will not turn off! It this one..

Does anyone kno how to turn it off???

gearbox · 10-05-2007

its airbag SRS light, i think if it triggered somehow, resetting it is a pain. you gotta do some weird procedure with a special tool idk. theres diy around here somewhere.

dubD02CiViC · 10-06-2007

Ahh that sux, i tried the SRS reset and it didn't work..It turned off for like 10 sec. then turned back on. But i know someone that works at a honda dealership and i'm gonna have him check it

AmbulanceMonkee · 10-23-2007

so just swapped an 03 EX cluster into my 04 DX VP. followed the diagrams, directions, etc. and shockingly, had no issues getting the cluster out, or taking the pins out of the connectors. However, following the spreadsheet, i ended up with a white/red stripe wire from the green connector that i just taped off, as it was not used. with the cluster installed, everything seems to work. speedo, tach, fuel and temp. all the indicator lights that should light up when the key is turned to run, before starting, do. i have the following problems, tho. my high beam indicator no longer works, and i now have an ABS light lit up on the dash of my non-abs equipped dx. i can deal with the high beam indicator not working, tho i'd like it to. but what i really need to resolve is the abs indicator. i feel like this will screw me, at my next inspection, and/or when i try to sell the car. were i to tape over the light, i would have to take the needles off to pull the cluster apart. i'm trying to avoid this. any ideas for either of these issues?? i've used the "search this thread" function, and haven't come up with anything.

gearbox · 10-23-2007

just disconnect the abs wire? and connect the hi beam wire? ill look up the colors and what they mean when i have a chance to look in the manual. but if removing abs wire doesnt work, you can prolly ground it out.

AmbulanceMonkee · 10-23-2007

ok. i was hoping someone would have a chart/diagram for what color wires do what. i'd appreciate if you could look that up for me. i think all my connections are good, but it's possible i screwed something up. given a breakdown of what does what, i'll have a better chance of finding the problem

AmbulanceMonkee · 10-23-2007

sorry for the double post, mozilla was misbehaving.

gearbox · 10-24-2007

okay its not too helpful. just double check the connections. for the hi beam, it says red/yel or red/blu. i guess both are needed to complete the circuit or something. for abs, its blu/red.