Just did it today:

All you need to fit a 5th gen prelude cluster in a 6th gen accord:

-Cluster from a prelude.. duh!!
- This wires harness from a prelude 97-01 :


Note: If your car is manual transmission, you don't need the little green connector on the prelude harness. You only need the grey and two blue.

- Honda Shop manual for 97-01 Prelude. Very important because you need ALL the wires diagrams. There is so much wires, you DON'T want to do it again.
- welder for electronics, wire denudor, tin to weld.
- star point screwdriver
- electric tape
- power tester
- a lot of time and some perseverance.

Before:


Trim removed:


With removed connectors wires: 3 green connectors:


3 connectors wires from accord cluster:


Prelude cluster in his new house:


Note: Cluster's trim is not installed yet. I'll need to slice a part of the bottom of the trim to perfect fit the cluster.

How-to:

1. Remove cluster trim; two screws
2. Remove the 4 bolts of the cluster.
3. Gently pulled the cluster to be able to remove the 3 green wires connectors.
4. Removed the cluster.
5. With wires diagrams, you have to connect all needed wires to the prelude wires harness. That's why you MUST have complete prelude shop manual.
6. When all lights, gauges are working, fit the cluster in the dashbord the best you can and that's all.

Note: In 6th gen accord, there is a dimmer in the cluster to ajust intruments lightning intensity. On prelude, the dimmer is on the dashboard. Don't worry, just connect all wires from harness to cluster. Power is always send to instruments lights so no need of dimmer. Intensity is automatically set to maximum.


Modified by TitaniumACC at 5:58 PM 8/6/2005

 

lame write up... wheres the wiring diagram for the pin outs?

 

I kinda agree, poor instructions... But still nice to know you can run that cluster in the accord..... A 4 gen digital one in a civic is the coolest I've seen....

 

where are you writes up? weather he had pinouts or not, its still a nice job. keep it up man keep dropping stuff into your project and good luck looks clean and unique bro.like i said keep up the good work

 

not on honda tech. this forum is to cluttered

 

And? This is BS...