tEK_99

i wanted to put an si guage cluster into my ek but it reads 30,000...but i wanted to know if i could keep the same odometer reading that i have on my car now which is 17,000?...can i switch out the odometers and keep my stock one?...and can i just pull of my needles without breaking them off? anything would help out a lot! Thanks!

markpaco

iTrader: (1)

you can do either. Pulling the needles is not a problem. just use a fork and pry on it like you would a nail. The hard part is recalibrating it. You can either look for one of those roadside radar things with the speed display to sync it. or you can use a gear calculator to estimate the RPM and speed in a particular gear. Set the cruise control in 5th at a particular RPM and set the needle to the corresponding speed. Or you can reset the odometer to the correct value. I've never seen a 96+ odometer but all you really need to do is slide the little washer holding the odometer numbers together and reset the numbers to your mileage and then push the washer back. I've seen different types of odometers so they may be different. And, no I don't know this from rolling back odometers. I've put a couple JDM clusters in my cars and had to sync the odometers.

tEK_99

is it common to just plug and play...should i really care how much miles it has on it??

Spade

If you plan on reselling your car, then the miles hurt. If you plan on keeping it for a long time then you will be fine. There are people on this site who have a boat load more miles than you on there rides.....00 HX (Will hit 38,000 on the way home today).

tEK_99

Thanks spade...ill just plug it in then..

1 speedstar

just to let you know... don't pull off the needles on the cluster, they will break and you can't put them back on.

sloppy_seconds

very fragile to do that! i tried it once on my old cluster just to practice, and those suckers broke! i guess i wasn't meant to be a brain surgeon after all!
--justin