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i want to put a tachometer in my car but i dont want a ricey one id like to put a stock civic one in so i was thinking i could go out and get another cluster from a car with a tach in it and put it in mine but what im worried about is all i will have to do is plug it in and the tach will work automaticly or do i have to do somthing in the motor like get another part to the the tach to work thankss

 
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Plug and play. Just be sure to get one from a car with the same transmission you currently have.

 
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and the same body style. coupe and sedan have different backlight i think.

 
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well im not to worried about backlight il prolly put my own lighting in it anyways but you said to keep to the same body and tranny well i think the se models only came in automatic and i dont believe any of them had a tach so could i not pull it out of like a older civic ? like between the years of 96 and 00 ?

 
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it needs to be the same generation for it to plug in and work properly. im not sure, but i think 99-00 is different from the older years.

 
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ok and one last question the new cluster is going to have difrent milage on it can i set it to mach what my cars is actually ? is it easy?

 
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That's the hard part. You have to find one that is very close to your mileage.

 
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so i guess i cant roll it ? ok well it was hard enough finding one but i found on out of a 99 hatchback with only 130 km lol it should workk
i hope

 
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Just make sure it's close. It's illegal to put a cluster in that shows less than... I think it's 5000 kms or something like that than yours... I'm taking a wild guess but I know there are people on here that know the numbers... Be careful.

 
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lol well my car just rolled 300 km's ! lol so thats a huge diffrence ! what makes it illegal? what if i just swapped it to the old one if i wanted to resell my car ?

 
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I think you might be able to take it to a dealership and they can make a certificate which states the milage on car prior to instilation and the milage that was on the cluster. this would make it legal and much less of a hassle when selling the car. I have a certificate that says mine was changed at 95k miles

 
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how much did this bad boy cost you ?

 
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Came with the car. so idk

 
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put in a guage cluster from a 99 hatch and works like a charm !!! i know how fast im going again !

but this cluster has a few burnt bulbs out has anyone ever replaced these ?

 
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usually they are reachable from the rear. either twist or pull out.