What exactly is the El-guages and how much of a pain is it to install?

 

electro-luminescent

came in the 94-96 prelude

need the EL converter(little silver box)......i believe there are some write ups floating around, just search

 

Theya re found in 94-96 Prelude Si's and VTEC models.

They are the Lexus type clusters. They go pitch black when the car is off. Looks really nice when you turn the car on. When the car is off, the whole dash is black.

When the Prelude was introduced in 92, the interior got HORRIBLE reviews. This was Hondas attempt to make the interior better. I still have no idea why people didn't like the interior design. I guess it was too different from the 3rd Gen Prelude, and it was a little ahead of its time I guess.

To install, all you need is the cluster, inverter box, and the dash harness. Without the dash harness, the install is MUCH more difficult.

 

so if you got all that stuff then its pretty simple? just plug and play pretty much?

 

and is it a pain to take the dash apart?

 

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Yup.

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Nope, very easy to take the necessary panels off to swap clusters.

The major problem I ran into when i was going to do mine (never did it since I have 4WS) was getting the dash harness plug out of the fuse box panel.

 

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Yup, I know they have them for 4WS Preludes. They are just REALLY rare. 94 was then they started making the EL gauges and 94 was the alst year they made the 4WS Prelude.

 

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I know, it took me ~6 months to find it.

 

well I got a 93 Si with a H22a1 swap in it... is there anything special i have to do to put a Vtec cluster in?

 

and also how much would it cost me about for the whole kit to upgrade to VTEC el guages

 

My 93' Si (H23a1, doesn't have el's)
My 95' S (H22a, has el's)

I'm wanting to swap the gauges and someother interior peices before i sell the 95'
so since i alread have the gauges and the dash harness, will i just have to take out the guages from the two cars and unplug their dash harnesses and then just plug them back into the opposite car?

..srry if this was kinda hard to understand

 

so ytou can just plug in a VTEC cluster? nothing special?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ProjectTib &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">so ytou can just plug in a VTEC cluster? nothing special?</TD></TR></TABLE> yep thats pretty much it. the vtec ones if theyre not el, the only difference is that it redlines at 7200 and it has more lines(dashes) on it

 

thanks guys

 

yeah, srry. its the vtec motor but it still has the non vtec el's lol

dont ask me..i didn't swap it

 

great info i was wondering the same but didnt want to ask lol

 

you guys mean this cluster??



yea i made it blue

if you want plug and play, i got plug and play, hehe

dash harness off a 94-96 lude, EL vtec cluster and the converter box. this will be the plug and play version of the vtec cluster, no splicing, no cutting, no sticky hands. etc

 

Its all about trip 1 and trip 2!

Just find one of the 50 writeups about this install. Personally I thought taking the dash apart was a pita.

 

see mines vtec but it has the non vtec gauges.

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i can't find any write ups about it any where..
so i should just be black to take off the tweeter covers and then enbold the gauges,take off the clips, take them out, then take out all the wiring in the dash, then do the same to the other lude and just put them back in the way i took them out?

 

haha yea, both my trips work, i have a 92 lude. you have to run the red with black to the constant to the radio, green is dimmer

 

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Yup, I know they have them for 4WS Preludes. They are just REALLY rare. 94 was then they started making the EL gauges and 94 was the alst year they made the 4WS Prelude.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I hear ya, I'm waiting for a vtec/4ws/Metric LHD one! try finding that on this planet... wstef has one though the lucky bastard. haha.

 

i just finished my el swap.

turned out perfect

but i hate that stupid friction tape stuf fin the dash
and my finger tips still hurt from tryin to get thoughs plugs..

 

 

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I hear ya, I'm waiting for a vtec/4ws/Metric LHD one! try finding that on this planet... wstef has one though the lucky bastard. haha.

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Is it possible to just switch the light from your old 4ws cluster and make it try into the new cluster? Can it be done?

Like you said..they are realy rare...