01 to 03 cluster conversion - link to pictures!
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look in the for sale/trade section, mish.
thefivespeeder: it's not different at all. i don't understand why so many people are having such difficulties installing these gauges...
thefivespeeder: it's not different at all. i don't understand why so many people are having such difficulties installing these gauges...
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Rep Power: 316 Man its really easy to do.....unplug battery Neg and positive undo cluster take green plug and take pins out then reinsert with diagram at the right place same with blue the replug harness and battery and voila done....
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Rep Power: 0 there was one wire that i didn't know about. the white/red wire i think. it was suppose to be green/black, but there was no wire for the '02. so i just hooked the white/red one to that slot and it works fine. at first it had a burning smell, but it's all good in the neighborhood.
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Rep Power: 0 If you are asking if an 02 cluster could be put in a 04 car, or if an 04 cluster could be put in an 02 car, the answer is yes it is possible. In order to do it you have to switch some of the wires in your wiring harness. LINK http://temp.dirtysamurai.com/gauge/convert.html
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Rep Power: 456 Here's a word of advice for the people that are doing the 03+ swap into an 01-02 EX.
One of the wires will be too short. It's the yellow/black wire out of the green connector. This wire has to be extended to reach into the blue connector. You need this wire. It's for the gas gauge. Found that one out the hard way.
You'll have an extra wire left over, a long white/red one. What I did was snip the white/red one and cap it off, since it's 12v. Then, I just snipped off the end of the yellow/black and butt connected the piece of white/red that I cut off. Everything seems to be working perfectly fine for me. I've had the cluster in for about 1000 miles now and no problems. I'm glad I had to do this switch.
One of the wires will be too short. It's the yellow/black wire out of the green connector. This wire has to be extended to reach into the blue connector. You need this wire. It's for the gas gauge. Found that one out the hard way.
You'll have an extra wire left over, a long white/red one. What I did was snip the white/red one and cap it off, since it's 12v. Then, I just snipped off the end of the yellow/black and butt connected the piece of white/red that I cut off. Everything seems to be working perfectly fine for me. I've had the cluster in for about 1000 miles now and no problems. I'm glad I had to do this switch.
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Originally Posted by cj2185
How do you get the wires pulled, it's hard?
There's two little "tabs" on each side of the connector. You have to remember to undo those first, or else the wires won't come out.
Then I just used one of the bigger paper clips to push the wires out. Just bent it straight and pushed a little bit and the wires poped right out of the connector. Easy enough. Then you just pop them back in. Really simple.
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Originally Posted by taz757
Not really. It's pretty easy.
There's two little "tabs" on each side of the connector. You have to remember to undo those first, or else the wires won't come out.
Then I just used one of the bigger paper clips to push the wires out. Just bent it straight and pushed a little bit and the wires poped right out of the connector. Easy enough. Then you just pop them back in. Really simple.
There's two little "tabs" on each side of the connector. You have to remember to undo those first, or else the wires won't come out.
Then I just used one of the bigger paper clips to push the wires out. Just bent it straight and pushed a little bit and the wires poped right out of the connector. Easy enough. Then you just pop them back in. Really simple.
the paper clip slides in, you here a little 'click' and the wire practically falls out. it takes not even 5min to take out all the wires using this method. its so easy, i did chicohondas (shawn) in the dark.
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Originally Posted by Caucasian.Asian
EXACTLY
the paper clip slides in, you here a little 'click' and the wire practically falls out. it takes not even 5min to take out all the wires using this method. its so easy, i did chicohondas (shawn) in the dark.
the paper clip slides in, you here a little 'click' and the wire practically falls out. it takes not even 5min to take out all the wires using this method. its so easy, i did chicohondas (shawn) in the dark.
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Rep Power: 377 that looks pretty sweet. if i can find a 03-04 cluster, i'll do it.
about the milage, couldnt you technically switch gauge clusters, put tons of miles on it and then switch back and still have your same miles that were on your original gauges? cuz that could really help my resale value in the future.........lol j/k.
about the milage, couldnt you technically switch gauge clusters, put tons of miles on it and then switch back and still have your same miles that were on your original gauges? cuz that could really help my resale value in the future.........lol j/k.
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Originally Posted by EnProceso
that looks pretty sweet. if i can find a 03-04 cluster, i'll do it.
about the milage, couldnt you technically switch gauge clusters, put tons of miles on it and then switch back and still have your same miles that were on your original gauges? cuz that could really help my resale value in the future.........lol j/k.
about the milage, couldnt you technically switch gauge clusters, put tons of miles on it and then switch back and still have your same miles that were on your original gauges? cuz that could really help my resale value in the future.........lol j/k.
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I have a 01 DX,, i hate the no tach gauges but its the car my parents got me.. can i change my 01 dx gauges with an 03 lx?? I know i would have to install the tach but wouldnt it be the same as installing an aftermarket tach???
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Originally Posted by lilbit_trojan
I have a 01 DX,, i hate the no tach gauges but its the car my parents got me.. can i change my 01 dx gauges with an 03 lx?? I know i would have to install the tach but wouldnt it be the same as installing an aftermarket tach???
