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Mechanical dash to digital

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum. My father in law just loaned me a 2001 Honda Civic EX coupe and I am trying to see what is possible for this car. I wanna try a make it a little more modern for him, in case he needs the card back. I have already gotten his permission to treat it as my own (I honestly think he just gave me the car). Is it possible to convert the mechanical dashboard to an all digital daashboard? Has anyone attempted this before?
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

Digital I am unsure, but there are some LED that if well customized, helps visibility
look into "Flyin Miata LED gauge DIY"
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

Why?
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

well, the flyin miata modification actually have some actual useful features

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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

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Why?
Personally, I like how the digital looks over the traditional gauges. I am fine either way but something I was preferential to.
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

aftermarket for 7th gen cars is... pitiful.
you will need to custom adapt things.

easiest way it to get one of the OBDII port readers from amazon and bluetooth connect to your cell phone and have a dash mount for the phone, to be honest. We usually use the torque app
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

if I recall correctly, swapping in S2K clusters was a small thing back in the day.
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

Originally Posted by xRiCeBoYx
if I recall correctly, swapping in S2K clusters was a small thing back in the day.
I will keep that in mind. Thank you everyone.
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Re: Mechanical dash to digital

I have been slowly trying to do this as well. I have Kpro, so my plan is to get all the data from it over CAN.
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