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I have a 98 dx with no tach

i want to put in a 99 or 00 si cluster in but i want my odemeter to read the same is this an issue or an easy task? and is the swap easy in itself? pleasse help looking to do this real soon but dont want to ruin anything.

 
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you have to find a cluster with nearly the same mileage as you have now.

 
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yeah more and more i read thats what it is looking like, anyone know if i bought one and took it to a dealership or somethin they could put it spot on? not really tryin to go down any path to odemeter fraud... but HATING not having a tach

 
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Very few dealerships have the machine, the ones that do prob wouldn't do it, if they did do it it would cost hundreds. I've heard of a few places on line that do it for around $150, but they seem pretty sketch.

Basicly, just listen to whatever Gearbox, tells you.

 
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yeah for sure, cus i dont want some big horrible looking tach up on my dashboard or anything but guess need to make my search for one a little more specific. thanks for the help!

 
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Sometimes you can find a speedo guy in the yellow pages

 
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cheapest i found is $125, but remember it wont be much cheaper since the machine that does it costs $10k for them. im not even sure its possible to do the analog style. it only applies to digital which i think only started in 2001+ civics.so yeah just keep your eyes on ebay, eventually something you want with close mileage will pop up. doesnt have to be exact, but a lil over your current miles is fine too.

 
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yeah i figure if its within a couple thow just subtrct the differance and keep tabs, but im also going to look into the other way being the "perfectionist" i am it would bother me

 
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A little bit off topic... but why did they make civics with no tach??

 
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The dx was the "cheap" civic, as in cheaper than an already fairly cheap car, there was supposed to be a civic for everyone, the si for the tuner, the ex for the person who wants luxury items with some power, the lx for the luxury but not the performance, and the hx for the fuel economy.

The dx used to not even come with a passenger side mirror on the eg's.

 
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Just swap the speedometer from your car to the new gauge cluster, so your mileage will transfer.

 
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I think you meant odometer and to my knowledge thats not possible.

 
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yeah stevennaka its all one peice you cant just switch the speedo and have the same milage. and the dx is definetly the cheapest version i just came across the 98 with 1 owner and 57xxxmiles and it was flawless for the price so i grabbed it