I may just be retarded but i have searched several times and cant come up with a DIY how-to for this done in a 96-98...I have seen the right up for the 92-95 and have done this to my friends 94 but they are obviously not the same dash. Thanks for any help!

 

id like to see this too

 

its in the search somewhere, im almost postive.

if not, go exploring in your dash. its only a few screws.

 

Im sure there is something somewhere but i cant find it. Taking the dash out is not the problem, thats the easy part. I was going to just take it apart and figure out which bulbs came out, but wasnt sure of the numbers of the new bulbs.

 

Take the Cluster out........Pull out all the bulbs from the back of the cluster.......paint them whatever color you want. Thats basically how to do it......or just buy amber bulbs and replace.

you just have to experiment thats all......then you can make ur own write up if its more complicated then that

 

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lol I fugured that much, but i didnt know what number the bulbs are. Not all of the bulbs come out either, I dont want to paint the CEL and the blinker bulbs, and so on, amber also.

The climate controle is the other part of it, i dont want those normal and the dash amber, with the 94 hatch i did it was kind of tricky to get everything out/back in for the climate, figured it would be easier if someone has already done it.

 

id like to know how to do it on the climate control too.

 

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For the climate control:

LARGE AMBER BULB:
(2)79609-S02-A01 (FOR HEATER CONTROL PANEL)

SMALL AMBER BULBS:
(2) 35831-S2A-003 (FOR DEF. SWITCH & CRUISE)

Take silicone caps off of the above bulbs and place on the existing bulbs in the climate control and switches. DO NOT substitute bulbs, USE THE CORRECT ORIGINALS! The nice thing about these caps is that they will not fade.

I have not yet looked into which OEM Honda bulb caps will work on non-SI/CTR/SIR clusters because I swapped my cluster out, but given the offers I've received after changing over a few peoples CC's, I'll probably be looking into it.

If you have doubts about how this will turn out, I can post pics...

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=661308

 

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If you have doubts about how this will turn out, I can post pics...</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks! No doubts but i would love to see some pics Did you get these bulbs from a honda dealer? Thanks for the help! If you decide to look into the numbers for the dash bulbs let me know, If i get to it before you ill let you know.

Thanks for the link chuniepatuni, but thats the one for the older models. It says through 2000 for some reason but the colsole,cc are different

 

Yep, OEM honda parts
I'll get some pics and post them tonite

I need to get a hold of a scrap cluster, something that doesn't function but at least lights up so I can figure out which bulb caps to use.


Modified by CB7VTEC at 9:27 AM 10/19/2006

 

Awesome, i would much rather have the rubber boots than to paint my bulbs for the stated reason of fading but i didnt know i could get my hands on them.

Waiting for the pic's

 

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I need to get a hold of a scrap cluster, something that doesn't function but at least lights up so I can figure out which bulb caps to use.[/i]</TD></TR></TABLE>

OK, I ordered some bulbs from Honda for the potential cluster changeover, should get them in a couple days. Just need to find a donor cluster...

...Pics up in a few hours when the west coast gets dark

 

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Just need to find a donor cluster... </TD></TR></TABLE>

I wish i had an old cluster to send you lol, but then again if i had an old one i could just mess with it... That would be Awesome if you could find out which ones that would work with the rubber boots for the cluster too!

I called my local dealer and am ordering the bulbs for the cc. He said he cant tell if they have the boot on the so im trusting you that your right

 

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They will, if they don't I'll send you the ones that do





i know it looks kinda yellowish but thats just my camera...

 

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They will, if they don't I'll send you the ones that do





i know it looks kinda yellowish but thats just my camera...</TD></TR></TABLE>

That looks SWEET!!! i dont care even if they are a little yellow its better than stock!
I have read SO many threads on here where people ask a ligit question and get bashed, Its nice to know that there are people like you that want to HELP a fellow honda lover! for you.

Is that a swapped cluster? Def. let me know when or if you find the part numbers for the cluster bulbs. It looks great!

 

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Thanks

Yep, I swapped in an SI cluster...for now.
I swear its not at all yellow in person, thats just the camera. I was trying to choose between two settings that would either capture too much light or not enough light. Since you can't really fine tune a Cybershot I ended up choosing the setting that resulted with what you see above

 

Haha its cool. See i didnt know the si had the amber guages. As you can tell im still learning a lot about honda. I cant wait to make mine look like that.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1186091

this is the DIY i used to do my guages but i used an orange glass marker from Michaels and it came out pretty damn good

 

Cool thanks i couldnt find that one for sone reason

 

did you get that climate control finished?

 

Informative thread

 

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No im slack! I havent been home in like a week but I am ordering the bulbs. I will post some picks when i get it done, I wamted to wait and do everything together but i think ill go ahead and do the CC

 

Ok finally ordered the bulbs, should be in by next wed. so ill be doing the CC when they come in.

Pics will follow. Just wondered if you looked into the numbers for the guages CB7VTEC?

 

I did, so far i've only found a amber glass sidemarker bulb that will replace #8 in the below pic.



The problem is that honda clusters don't use a amber capped bulb in thier amber clusters, the actual guages are amber plastic with the painted white numerals on the painted black guage face. So far I haven't found a cap that is big enough to put on the mid-sized bulbs (#6's in pic) through honda, so im starting to look into bulb companies, maybe toyota/nissan parts, etc.