I have a cluster available if anyone is intested - out of an '05 non-navi 6MT coupe - https://g35driver.com/forums/showthr...kptechnologies

 

does it matter the cluster from an o5 non navi auto?

I have the 03 auto with navi!

 

I believe it does, but I'm not sure.

 

do you have the harness for the cluster?

 

So has anyone else done this? or is aorbeta the only one who has successfully done it? I think it's a little over my head to be doing all that soldering and other jazz. Maybe, btw how much for your set of 06 gauges for non nav 6mt?

 

*Update for everyone*

Aorbeta is the ONLY one that I know of that has successfully accomplished this cluster "switch".

He told me that he is selling (could be already sold at this juncture?) his coupe, but will still be around this site from time to time. I'm extremely sorry to see him go, as I would like to think we were getting to the "pretty good friends" point here on G35driver. Hopefully we can still keep in touch through this site; he's a great guy to know!

To the point above, Aorbeta was so KIND as to send me the cluster that he was able to "Frankenstein" together utilizing more than one cluster.

*If I was an EE or of the like (Electric Engineer); I could probably help you all out for this project. But, I can really only "show" the cluster and the wiring. Maybe by showing you the wires, we could see if someone could figure it out, but I highly doubt pictures are going to help move this project along to a "D.I.Y." like I would have liked.

I'll try and see what I can come up with.

In the meantime, here are some pics that I took last weekend:

 

i think we forgot about the pictures!!!

 

Sorry about that guys, I was witting this *update* and didn't finish it and left the computer on all night (wife popped downstairs to show me what she purchased @ V. Secret, so I said see ya to the computer and forgot all about it! LOL), so I just posted the "post" and added the pic's.

 

how about some pictures of that instead? LOL

j/k man.. haha


anyways is it possible for you to jot down how the connectors are wired? that would be super helpful. thanks!

 

Nice pics Wyatt. Shows the real differences between both cluster and housing designs and why they are not interchangeable. When are you going to pop the gauges in?? I see you ordered the plastic cover, I elected to leave it uncovered for maximum brightness

Enjoy,
Alan

 

Hey accordfreak. Let me write up the connections in my next post. Sorry to leave you hanging on this.

 

Here is my connector breakout that I used for the 03 to 05 conversion.

*Use this at your own discretion. I am not responsible if you decide to do this conversion and you #&%! your car up. These connections were derived from the 05 and 03 user manual*

The first column of this list is the 05 cluster wiring(pin #), the second column a description of the connection, the third the corresponding 03 cluster wiring(pin #)

You will note in the attachment that I have a ? beside the LIGHT + connection. I had to probe the wire harness for this connection and forgot to write down which pin # it was. Sorry about this, but anyone attempting this should have the ability to probe the wiring harness and locate that connection. I believe it is in the neighborhood of the LIGHT - connection, so somewhere around 31.

Let me know if there are any questions as I assume there will be more once people start trying this mod out.

 

What Wyatt's pictures show is that I've separated the housing from a set of 2003 gauges. I removed the electronics from the housing in the 2005 gauges, and installed the 2005 electronics into the 2003 housing. This is the middle set of gauges that Wyatt has taken a picture of. This way, the gauges will install into the 2003 "hood" using the same mounting points as the old gauges because it is using the same housing.

As for the wiring, I used a combination of a wiring harness from a 2005 and the desoldered connectors from a set of 2003 gauges. The main reason I did this is to retain the factory wiring harness when I wanted to return the car to stock. Hopefully Wyatt can take a picture of the harness that I supplied to him.

-Alan

 

Hey Alan!!!

THANKS again and again for the gauges!

Yeah, I decided to *attempt* to get close to the original 2003 OEM look as possible (ie. make it look like nothing changed - other than the updated 'halo' gauges - in the car, to others viewpoint). I'm sure the added brightness is sweet looking, but I would have to continually "dust" the gauges (since I'm OCD about this car and it's neatness condition - HA!)

YES! For certain. I'll go downstairs later today and snap some pictures of the harness for everyone to utilize.

Thanks Guys!
-WoW

 

thanks for the document! someday .. i'll get to it..