whitemike1644

jsut to let yall know its so ******* simple my 2 year old nephew could do it.

just un plug and plug back in.

only thing half way dificult is getting out the cruise control plug without breaking it other than that its simple as hell anyone that is thinking about doing it trust me just do it you will be amazed that it takes no effort.

Silver Civic OH

Why would you want to do that? What are the major differences? What do you mean the cruise switch? My cruise switch is mounted on the front dash to the left of the steering wheel. Unless you meant that you changed all of that too.

-Gambit-

the difference is that you get a tach in the ex cluster. the dx has no tach

skicow

Would the tach work on the EX cluster even thought the original DX cluster didn't have one? In other words would the electronics of the DX engine have what was needed to work the tach from the EX cluster? I've been thinking about doing this on my '00 SE since it doen't have a tach on it either....

pdiggitydogg

all civic clusters work on any civic (gen specific)...theyre all plug and play
minor wiring for the different gens and for teg->civic

eg686

so if i wanted a aftermarket cluster i woudl jus buy a EX cluster and plug it into the dx?

Ricey McRicerton

Yup...its just pull and replace...make sure you keep the old one of have the mileage pretty close...close enought that it wouldnt go down the next time you get it looked at (inspected). If you come up with shorter mileage your in for some trouble....and yes the EX tach works in the dx...great mod actually!

SIR-G

I had a Dx cluster and swapped in a Ex cluter with around 25,000 and the cluster works perfect and everything in the cluter works perfect

eg686

cool now i can have amber colored gauges.

trav

yae ! my 98 DX cluster swap was simple ! Plug and Play even!

just remove the 2 bolts and pull out the visor cover.
unbolt the 4 bolts holding in the cluster.
pull the cluster out.
pull the plugs from the back of the cluster.
get the new cluster.
plug in the plugs to the new cluster.
screw it the new cluster.
snap in the visor cover.
bolt the 2 bolt for the visor cover back in.

Done !!

whitemike1644

what me and the other guy did because i swapped mine with a friends.

we switched speedometers so he still has his speedometer with his mileage and i have my speedometer with my mileage so really everything but the speedo's were replaced. you just unscrew it and switch it it works fine...

and the reason there is a switch that activates the cruise control light thats the pice i am talking about that he switched

whitemike1644

and yea its just plug and play its wired to handle a tach its just that there is not one there but as soon as you switch the cluster its good to go

skicow

SWEET! thanks for the info, I'm going to go look for an EX cluster right now online.

pdiggitydogg

I have one right now...I think the temp gauge is broken though...it wasnt mine..I'll sell it to you for...$make a reasonable offer

madhatch

Auto or stick? IM me with a price I will e mail you back

Civic242

Don't you all know that your suppose to swap the Speedo from your cluster and put that into the EX cluster????

That's only held on by 4 bolts thru the back and you don't have to worry abot odometer fraud or accurate body/engine mileage either. So if your going to do the swap, do the swap the right way and keep your DX speedo in the new doner cluster.


[Modified by Civic242, 12:06 AM 4/1/2003]

eg686

so when i get this EX cluster i would switch out the speedometer from the DX and put it into the new cluster?

Civic242

Hell yeah unless you don't want an accuare mileage counter in your car?? Remove the outer plexi glass cover and remove the 2 inner bezels



unhook the cluster lights, turn the cluster over and remove the 4 screws that hold the speedo in place



carefull not to break a needle off the unit and remove, reverse process putting your DXs speedo into the EX cluster. It's the same speedo and size so there won't be and issue.

lowcivex

Some may think this is stupid but i did the exact opposite.. i did dx cluster because i had an autometer
tach (no point of having two tachs)and the cluster was automatic anyway and i did a 5 speed conversion


[Modified by lowcivex, 3:49 PM 4/1/2003]

skamal

wow, i did not know that the wireing was already done for you by honda, i think i'll do that.

Civic242

It's more cost effective in the end, one wire harness for all civic bodies, since the differences are only bolt on options and the engines. Afterall the Civic Si body is just the same as a 6th gen Civic DX and EX body.

FifthGearOnline

GSR clusters in 6th gens are > ex clusters

EM1specR

yah but your car is slow and will never hit that rpm or mph......

JD_B18CDX

hahahahahaha.

Or hit the rev limiter before the indicated 8000+ rpm redline.

whitemike1644

was it hard to install the GSR cluster? i was thinking about it but is the wiring the same or do you have to cut a splice