DIY - Gauge Cluster LED swap

[dssence]

Originally Posted by Sportsguy83

It IS tied to the ECU and car keys via the immobilizer. The car will not start after cluster swap unless you take it to the dealer and the cluster is programmed to the immobilizer.

Wow I supposed it had something to do with the ECU. Is that simple doing it myself , the car dealer is so stupid over here Id rather prefer doing it myself. The inmobilizer does have an eeprom within the gauge cluster itself? so I will have to clone the gauge cluster data into the new one ? basically?
Can you point me towards a thread or guide about this. I'd be grateful

[Pwolf]

Originally Posted by dssence

Can you point me towards a thread or guide about this. I'd be grateful

You'd probably be the first one... let us know how it goes :P

[dssence]

Originally Posted by Pwolf

You'd probably be the first one... let us know how it goes :P

Guys can you make me a HUGE favor. Would you take a close up picture of the gauge cluster, those of you who got it handy already dissasembled. I've been checking some pics and it's a matter of reading the contents of the EEPROM chip on the gauge cluster.
That could be easily made with an eeprom flasher and flashing it back to the spare gauge cluster wanting to be replaced.
So I need those close up pictures to locate where the eeprom chip is, what kind the eeprom chip package is soic, plcc etc. And the manufacturer of the eeprom chip also.
Thanks. If It's as simple as that it's a piece of cake.

[Slammedsteve]

What size are the hvac twist bulbs? t5?

[Amir Ghadiri]

Question for you all since you seem to be more knowledgable than me on the topic. I have my cluster out and taken apart, and would like to disable a few lights (TPMS, CEL, ABS, TC...). Can I just desolder and remove the LED's, or will that cause a problem? For example, on my excursion when the airbag light was burnt out, it would beep 5x repeatedly every hour.

Thanks guys

[Pwolf]

No idea... Only one way to find out... let us know how it goes :P

[DustinS]

Originally Posted by Amir Ghadiri

Question for you all since you seem to be more knowledgable than me on the topic. I have my cluster out and taken apart, and would like to disable a few lights (TPMS, CEL, ABS, TC...). Can I just desolder and remove the LED's, or will that cause a problem? For example, on my excursion when the airbag light was burnt out, it would beep 5x repeatedly every hour.

Thanks guys

Just put electrical tape over them. Easiest way with no threat of anything going wrong.

[xFury]

So the only way to change the LED is to solder them back on is that correct?

[go_a_way1]

Originally Posted by xFury

So the only way to change the LED is to solder them back on is that correct?

Yeah

[KoB14]

Originally Posted by Acree

Thank you! There's a link to my build thread in my signature.

How did you get your screens blue? I'm kind of worried to order some of the stuff I've seen

[ort895]

Really want to do this, i think the frs white led look is more clean.

[Mazikowski]

Originally Posted by KoB14

How did you get your screens blue? I'm kind of worried to order some of the stuff I've seen

Should just be a matter of replacing the LEDs that illuminate the screen with blue ones.

[KoB14]

Originally Posted by Mazikowski

Should just be a matter of replacing the LEDs that illuminate the screen with blue ones.

That's what I thought, but from what I've seen everybody has used transparent blue vinyl

[Beechnut87]

That would be awesome if it could be that simple, I would pay someone to do the scary part of resoldering everything

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