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DIY: 01-02 to 03-05 Civic Cluster Conversion
« Thread Started on Sept 4, 2005, 11:01pm »

Here is what a stock 2001 sedan gauges look like. More pics below...

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Okay, those two holes on the top of the black bezel - there's screws in there. Take those out and then you should have something like this:

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Okay, I don't have this pictured, but once you have the bezel out, you should see three screws. Two are on opposite sides on the bottom of the gauge cluster, and one is at the top. Take all three of those out, and the pull the gauge cluster forward, a-like-a-so:
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I hope you're not getting too confused, because we're just getting started! "Ohhhh yeaaaaah," says the Kool-aid man.
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Olright! Those pictures tell you that you have to take the original pin layout, trash it, and then rewire your connections. Sounds easy, right? Wrong. This part should take you less than 2 hours, but that's 2 hours of fiddling with small, 18 gauge wire. It's not fun.

Here's what the blue and green connections on my cluster looked like when I took the cluster out:
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And now, here's what they look like pulled *somewhat* apart:
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Ooo look at the purty why-rung, mah! These are somewhat rewired connections.
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And now, the final product (sorry for not enough in-depth-ness...I was in a hurry).
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Oh my. Would you lookey here? It's all lighted up and stuffs. We gots ourselves a keeper!
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Okay, you hoohoo. Put everything back together. Take your old cluster inside and lay it on a fold out chair, and you should now have this inside your house:
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