STiTCH87
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- First Name
- Adam
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- 2016 Honda Civic Sedan, 2006 Scion TC
I suppose I am the only person on side with NewFlyer. Maybe this forum is just chock full of people who don't wish to critically think?
Let me verify what he has already stated and lay it out for everyone:
Firstly, you're paying $100 for a gauge cluster that looks almost exactly the same except you want your little red speedometer pin to be digital? Foolish.
You may argue the digital dash has other features, and that is true, but NONE of those will work on a model that it did not come with as you'd need the upgraded steering controls, upgraded radio, etc.
The door and trunk sensors are different so it won't show when those are open. The list goes on.
That being said, if you still want to spend $100+ to make your little red needle a digital one, you'd have to take apart more than you may think.
It is all one piece covering the cluster, that being the vents, upper plastic to the steering column, and the radio mounts on top if it also.
So you would need to unscrew the top bezel of the steering column, remove your radio, then with a pry tool remove that whole front bezel piece without breaking it or removing clips.
Possible? Of course. Could you do it quickly? Perhaps. Is it worth it? That is a matter of opinion.
I wouldn't as there is no advantage in installing the digital cluster except for changing the needle, as no other feature differences would work. (This assuming the cluster would even turn on in the first place.) Do you know if the pins from cluster to cluster are the same?
There is also one much larger issue you are all forgetting, the odometer. How do you plan to properly display the accurate mileage? That information may be stored in the gauge cluster itself.
Some cars store that information in the car's computer, but do you know that this model does for sure? They often need to be reprogrammed to display correctly and generally only a dealership can do this. Good luck with resale for a good price if it's inaccurate.
So now that I have probably pissed off EVERYONE, lol, i'm done. There's my 2 cents.
Proceed with whining and calling intelligent people retarded...
Let me verify what he has already stated and lay it out for everyone:
Firstly, you're paying $100 for a gauge cluster that looks almost exactly the same except you want your little red speedometer pin to be digital? Foolish.
You may argue the digital dash has other features, and that is true, but NONE of those will work on a model that it did not come with as you'd need the upgraded steering controls, upgraded radio, etc.
The door and trunk sensors are different so it won't show when those are open. The list goes on.
That being said, if you still want to spend $100+ to make your little red needle a digital one, you'd have to take apart more than you may think.
It is all one piece covering the cluster, that being the vents, upper plastic to the steering column, and the radio mounts on top if it also.
So you would need to unscrew the top bezel of the steering column, remove your radio, then with a pry tool remove that whole front bezel piece without breaking it or removing clips.
Possible? Of course. Could you do it quickly? Perhaps. Is it worth it? That is a matter of opinion.
I wouldn't as there is no advantage in installing the digital cluster except for changing the needle, as no other feature differences would work. (This assuming the cluster would even turn on in the first place.) Do you know if the pins from cluster to cluster are the same?
There is also one much larger issue you are all forgetting, the odometer. How do you plan to properly display the accurate mileage? That information may be stored in the gauge cluster itself.
Some cars store that information in the car's computer, but do you know that this model does for sure? They often need to be reprogrammed to display correctly and generally only a dealership can do this. Good luck with resale for a good price if it's inaccurate.
So now that I have probably pissed off EVERYONE, lol, i'm done. There's my 2 cents.
Proceed with whining and calling intelligent people retarded...
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