DIY- 01-02 civic manual cluster to 03-05 cluster swap

[Apollorhythm12]

good write-up, I've been wanting to do this myself actually.

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[blissman20]

Originally Posted by jdmfreak1992

I'ts the vp there is no tac in the gage cluster at all. Mine do not look like the ones in the dyi there just plain black no silver trim or anything like that.

thats weird, oh yeah im canadian so i have no clue what vp is, we go by si, lx, ex, dx.... my advice is to pull your gagues, takes ten mins, two screw holding the plastic surround, then once you get that off 3 screws holding your gagues in, piece of cake, also you may need to undo your clips on your steering column, but thats easy to snap apart and snap back together

[BIGHERSH87]

nice write up!!

[2slowEM2]

I just got an 05 VP last week and this was one of the FIRST things I was planning on doing to it. I got a cluster from an 04 EX (auto) (thanks to Tomsecks here on HT) and MOST everything is working. The entire cluster works, except when I cut on the left blinker the check engine light blinks

Does anyone know which wire could be crossed? Also, I am having the same issue with the radio not working now that the cluster is in. I have checked all the fuses under the steering wheel and they all look good. I saw that a lot of people were having issues with this, but didn't see a resolution. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I also found this video http://videos.streetfire.net/video/0...-to_110751.htm it helped me get those pins out.

[jdmfreak1992]

Originally Posted by 2slowEM2

I just got an 05 VP last week and this was one of the FIRST things I was planning on doing to it. I got a cluster from an 04 EX (auto) (thanks to Tomsecks here on HT) and MOST everything is working. The entire cluster works, except when I cut on the left blinker the check engine light blinks

Does anyone know which wire could be crossed? Also, I am having the same issue with the radio not working now that the cluster is in. I have checked all the fuses under the steering wheel and they all look good. I saw that a lot of people were having issues with this, but didn't see a resolution. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: I also found this video http://videos.streetfire.net/video/0...-to_110751.htm it helped me get those pins out.

Did you have to do the repin or did it plug right in?

[2slowEM2]

I had to re-pin it. I tried doing the plug-n-play but it did nothing, and now the entire cluster is working perfectly except the left turn signal and the radio.

[2slowEM2]

Update: The radio issue ended up being a 10a fuse under the hood. There really should be a notice on these write ups to disconnect the battery before attempting this for us dumb asses who didn't think of that.

I am about to go check my wiring again for the check engine issue (after I disconnect the batter ), and I will get back to yall on that. What did everyone who did this do about the milage? My car has 36,xxx miles and the ODO from the new cluster reads 85,xxx.. I noticed there are not a lot of topics on roll back because of the legal issues, but I (like most people) just want my car to display the correct millage. I opened up my old gauge cluster and it doesn't look easy to remove the digital ODO, and I'm not sure if it would even fit in the new one. Any insight on this would be awesome!

EDIT: Found the issue with my turn signal. Turned out to be less of an problem with my wiring skills and more to do with my color blindness. I crossed Green/Orange and Green/Red, alls fixed now though and I freakin love it!

[pmhitman007]

my check engine light doent come on for nothin but i knw theres a bad 02 sensor doesn anybody knw were to start besides the bulb cuz theere all good.. so anything else would help a lot

[space_eyes]

has anyone attempt the hybrid swap? still looking up info on it, but I'm going to make an attempt if anyone can give a short for my i.e. plug diagrams, just want to clear up that at the beginning of this thread the diagram applies to all models, lx ex dx and such, i will be swapping it into an 02 lx sedan, I hope it will just be repin and plug in... but any help would be appreciated..

[oarce_5]

What do does everyone do regarding the mileage?

[cityhunt3r911]

Originally Posted by space_eyes

has anyone attempt the hybrid swap? still looking up info on it, but I'm going to make an attempt if anyone can give a short for my i.e. plug diagrams, just want to clear up that at the beginning of this thread the diagram applies to all models, lx ex dx and such, i will be swapping it into an 02 lx sedan, I hope it will just be repin and plug in... but any help would be appreciated..

I just bought a hybrid gauge myself still havent seen any info on how to repin the plugs for it either im putting it into my 01 dx civic. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[01greendx]

i just got a 01 civic dx, the cluster doesn't have the tach.

would this work with my car or even just using the same year cluster but the EX model?

it's really annoying not having a tach and i don't really want an aftermarket one.

thanks