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swapping a US cluster to a Canadian
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 3:02 am
by thebig
First post here ....so hi there yall !!!ok i just bought a reconstructed US vibe. and since im in Canada our measure are kilometer and celsius. the cluster is US so farenheit and miles. Is there something to do with this. i guess i could go in a scrap and change the cluster but here there more than 100$. also i guess its the computer who is responsible for my vibes milleage and the outside temperature so even swapping a cluster the digital stuff is controled by the ECU.sorry a loty of text.besides changing my whole cluster could i just change the speed diagram or what?thanks ahead and great forum
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 8:36 am
by lovemyraffe
You probably could just switch the overlay in the cluster itself, but the odometer would still be recording miles.
Re: (lovemyraffe)
Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2011 11:48 am
by jake75
And the odometer will register up to 299,999 miles - not just 299,999 km which is only 186,411 miles.
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 7:45 am
by thebig
as someone ever changed the overlay and where to get some
Re: (thebig)
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 9:29 am
by jake75
What would be the point in that - the US version already has markings for mph and kph.
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:33 am
by Old Tele man
...ah, but "markings" are different than "distances," ie: "odometer" 'kilometers' vs. 'miles' (5,280 feet).
Re: (Old Tele man)
Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2011 11:53 am
by jake75
Quote, originally posted by Old Tele man »...ah, but "markings" are different than "distances," ie: "odometer" 'kilometers' vs. 'miles' (5,280 feet).see this earlier post "You probably could just switch the overlay in the cluster itself, but the odometer would still be recording miles."
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:45 am
by Old Tele man
...was "agreeing with / reinforcing" your point that it's not a 100% answer.
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:36 am
by thebig
yeah it would be cheaper to find a overlay instead of a cluster but i just cant find one....any ideas where im in canada!
Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:55 am
by joatmon
The odometer reading is stored in the instrument cluster,not the car's computer. The instrument cluster can be reprogrammed to have the odometer/trip meters and thermometer display in metric units, but not without some specialized equipment.I messed around with the deal in
http://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=32956 for a while, not sure if I got my adapter wrong, if the PROM has to be unsoldered from the circuit board to be reprogrammed, or if I just didn't have the parallel port set up for bidirectional IO or perhaps something else. I have about 48K miles to go until my cluster hits the magic 299999, so I'll figure it out before then. If you figure it out, let me know
Posted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 9:39 am
by thebig
wow that to complicated for me
Re: (thebig)
Posted: Wed Aug 24, 2011 3:43 am
by alex_nrv
Just buy the cluster at 100$. If it's too expensive, then just live with it.I don't mean to be rude, but that's reality.I bought a couple of years ago a Golf 96 cluster fo about 120$... I regained about 14,000km on the odo but the car wasn't meant to be sold afterward.BTW, welcome to GenVibe, and second, you didn't specify your make... 1st or 2nd gen?
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:18 am
by thebig
i have a 2003 base model with electrical group
Re: (thebig)
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 6:26 am
by SeattleJeremy
On ebay they can be had purchased for less than $50. You're looking for a Base Vibe or Matrix 03-04 cluster. The 05+ Base and the 03-04 GT gauges are different. As said before you will need to have a Speedometer specialist reprogram the cluster if you want the mileage to match up with the car. Edit: The deleted link I had was for a US cluster. My bad.
Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2011 10:44 pm
by thebig
even a matrix cluster fits???cause on ebay there all US what i can find for vibes