Custom Instrument Cluster in OEM housing
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I am planning on building myself a digital cluster (within an OEM cluster) like I have done for my Probe GT:
http://www.xtremethings.com/Digital_Cluster.htm
http://www.xtremethings.com/Digital_Cluster.htm
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Almost all of the VFT displays can be filtred with either smoke, blue or green plexiglas. Red is a color that doesn't go well with VFT. It will work but the intensity is noticeably cut down. The villager display has a redish orange section on the tach from about 5.5 to 8k RPM and that VFT color doesn't show well thorugh anything but a light smoke color filter. It takes lots of playing with to get everything just rignt. It is something that takes lots of patience. So if you have any -don't attempt it.
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I am planning on building myself a digital cluster (within an OEM cluster) like I have done for my Probe GT:
http://www.xtremethings.com/Digital_Cluster.htm
http://www.xtremethings.com/Digital_Cluster.htm
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I plan to do a lot of similar write-ups for the SC cars too when I get going on mine. I have already discovered how to replace the SC300/400 plastic pull handles inside that tend to break with metal ones. Both of mine were broken when I first got the car about two weeks ago now.
When I get in full-swing -I am even going to divide the website into KL and UZ stuff -now that I am also addicted to the SC & UZ. I have one somewhat minor hold-up keeping me from starting. I bought the car from a car butcher. He butchered it to fix a customer's car. So he stole the bumper and the front hood. I have already found both replacement pieces with a 300SC parts car.
Sorry for drifting off topic. Back to the fun cluster stuff eh!
When I get in full-swing -I am even going to divide the website into KL and UZ stuff -now that I am also addicted to the SC & UZ. I have one somewhat minor hold-up keeping me from starting. I bought the car from a car butcher. He butchered it to fix a customer's car. So he stole the bumper and the front hood. I have already found both replacement pieces with a 300SC parts car.
Sorry for drifting off topic. Back to the fun cluster stuff eh!
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That would be a great idea. I was actually looking for a non working one. I was thinking along the same lines. Why hack up a good cluster? I have a couple of feelers out. I will let you know as soon as I find one.
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I have a 92 SC 400 with bad needles and a 92 SC300 with good needles. The plan is to swap the good needles from the 300 to the 400 and I will have that cluster but would rather not use if if someone has a bad one because it will just need a set of needles to be good.
But -if I am unable to find a bad one then the 300 cluster will have to become the guinea pig.
But -if I am unable to find a bad one then the 300 cluster will have to become the guinea pig.
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I have a 92 SC 400 with bad needles and a 92 SC300 with good needles. The plan is to swap the good needles from the 300 to the 400 and I will have that cluster but would rather not use if if someone has a bad one because it will just need a set of needles to be good.
But -if I am unable to find a bad one then the 300 cluster will have to become the guinea pig.
But -if I am unable to find a bad one then the 300 cluster will have to become the guinea pig.
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