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

[PaCiFiKbAllA]

now that is some clean shit...i mean i seen some shit before, but that is clean!!

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[Newnewbie]

Hey Karizzle, u have a Canadian car rite, i'm have some problems with my cluster, i seem to have a red/green wire in my car, but missing a red/yellow wire in my car, i assumed it was the same, since they are from the same original location as Samuri's diagram, but it didn't work. i had a chance to take apart an 01 civic sport and that car has a red/yellow wire, i have a vp and do not know where it should go. when i plug it into the red/yellow location the high beam indicator comes out, now that it is unpluged that light is off. i keep blowing out the 15A fuse of exterior lights and don't know how to fix this problem, can u help?

[rice4lyfe]

hey 01hondercivic, i have the exact same cluster swap, but the coupe one. I want the sedan blue one. Wanna trade?

[01HonderCivic]

Sorry bud, no way in hell am I giving this thing up. Way too hard to find. Give me 150 bucks & the trade and I might consider it....

[rice4lyfe]

lol.. nahh its ok then!

For me, luckily i had some connectors from another cluster, and just made an adapter.
No more repinning for me! 8)

[01HonderCivic]

Bump for Video walkthrough of how to remove the pins using paperclip posted

[dizbstretch]

BUMP on that man... it really helped out a lot... he emailed it to me when I had issues on it and damn, that made things really clear for anyone who sees it in regards to removing the wires from the socket...

[54321r]

looks good got those with my car hehe

[Mr_Plenty]

lol i gotta say this must be the most comprehensive diy type of post ever on this site...its even got a video for it! wow

[karizzle]

i swapped mine to an 05 sedan (blue) if anyone wants to trade for their coupe (red) let me know.
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[rice4lyfe]

boo...its an auto clusterr

[TransformedBG]

Okay i have on 01 ex and im swapping my cluster out with an 03 or 04 ex *not sure* cluster.. can anyone tell me which wires to swap. lol

[gearbox]

almost every wire needs to move, just follow the diagrams. vp is old style you use to match up your plug orientation, then EX is the new diagram you want it to look like. dont forget to remove battery. yes just take it out of the car, you dont want an accident lol.

[Mr_Plenty]

i think you meant remove negative terminal? ^^^

[dizbstretch]

yeah... just follow the diagram... have to move some wires from the blue connector to the green, but for the most of it, it would be worth it... got mines installed and is loving it... way better than my original cluster... The only thing I was wondering is does the cluster lights get more dim when you turn your headlights on compared to the how bright it was when you drive w/out the headlights on??? for some reason, when I turn my headlights on, the cluster is much more dimmer than it was w/out the headlights on... If anyone could shed some lights on it, it would be much appreciated..