ok so i got an atuo gauge cluster from a junk yard for $40. onlly thing wrond is its from a auto and my hatch is a stick and i have seen so many posts on if this will work and stuff so ima make a mini build thread if you call it
I first started with the auto cluster with the wrong mileage.

then i started to take it apart removing things that my car does not have
Such as the auto lights and plugs



Then i removed the cruse control light since im going to use the bezal from my hatch


and the pile of stuff i will not be using


Now i ordered threw honda new fuel and temp gauges that will not have the p-r-n-D4-D3-2 in the middle. it was 44.59 new but i got it cheaper cause i have a friend who works there.
once i get it in i will have more pics but im now just waiting for parts.
Also does anyone know were i can order amber bulbs for my gauge cluster?

 

I hate to tell you this, but with the $40 you spent getting the cluster, and the ~$39 or so with the Honda discount for the fuel and temperature guage overlay, you could have purchased a manual cluster, had it shipped to your house and still had enough money get a case of beer and your amber bulbs...

but for trying to DIY..

 

well the new gauge is 33 buck which brings my total to 83 and most gauge clusters i found that were manual were 100 bucks plus shipping and the auto ones were around 60 plus shipping. i did check that before i payed for the new one. the amber bulbs came out to be 7 bucks so a total of 90 bucks.

 

i just sold a manuel cluster out of my 99' coupe for $30 bucks and it had 188k on the odometer.

 

most of my estimates were threw ebay and little on honda-tech but most on honda-tech were jdm sir or ctr clusters. i know i could of got the whole thing cheaper if i would of looked hard enouph.

 

I have an auto Jdm SIR cluster in my civic. I dont think it'd be worth going through that for mine, especially when it works perfectly fine. Just seems like a waste of money tbh.

 

well time is not the problam. im in no rush to get it in. neither is money its only 33 bucks and it will not have the auto settings on the side.

 

update. i got some amber bulbs at my local auto parts store for 7 bucks. i got 4 #24 and a 194.




also my fuel gauge will be here on monday and it came out to 32.81

* i was considering painting the needles but not sure. i like when there yellow and i also like when there red but im not sure
*im also thinking about ordering a si bezel since it has the carbon look but im undesided

 

my guy has his cluster set up with amber light bulb **** looks sick at night the whole lights are amber

 

so today i got my gauge in and it came out to 31.09 with tax. here is the pics. i will have the night shots later once it gets dark but everything works and even during the day the amber lights look sweet. cant wait till the sun sets.



I also used the gauge bezal from my origanal cluster cuz the EX had the cut out for the cruze control and my car does not have it so i used my bezal that does not have it cut out.

 

Looks good, but i really didnt see going through all that trouble.

 

total spent was 79.09

 

here is a few night shots

 

i picked up a manuel gauge cluster for 9.00 at my local j/y. What a deal.

 

*there wasnt any trouble. i used the speedo from my dx so i keep the milage which was held in my 4 screws and the gas gauge which was 6 screw. once i got the cluster out of my civic it no more the 10 mins it was in and working.
*i searched for a few weeks for a cluster and could not find any deals so when i went to my local junk yard he had one EX and it was auto so i snatched it.
*i also made this cause this is a very commen question if people can swap this so i thought i would post a little how to.

 

Nice write up, F them hater's. Good deal though I can't seem to find a cluster with a tach for less then a bill either then if I do its a auto. So for less then $80 you got a good working one and did the amber bulbs. I think I might do that now. Look's clean to.

 

thank you

 

haha very nice man. Here's the EX cluster I put in my dx. I did the bulbs opposite that you did lol. Try ripping that plastic piece out of the top of the cluster, it lets a lot of light go through. That's what I did at least!

 

wow you could of got some flat black paint and painted over the p-r-n-d, it would have been $1.

 

dude i dont know why you didnt go through your local junkyard. I bought an integra cluster for $10 at my junkyard! Come on man, you just wasted your money!

 

But to each his own...

 

that would look horriable.

 

*junk yards around here are slim to none and the only integra i have seen is a black DA. even if i did use the integra cluster it would not fit right. y not use a cluster that is ment for the car instead of hacking it up to fit an integra one i dont get the point of that. im a perfectionis so i dont like things half *** or incomplete. that meens when i install that integra cluster and theres a gap on the top right and left it will look like ****.
* just like the out side of the car i dont like to swap panels from other makes. so if i put the DA or DC front end on my civic people will flame like crazy cuz it looks bad and the lines dont match at all. just like the inside, i use parts ment for the car. i have seen this done and the wiring is somthing i do not want to do cause i bought this car for a daily not a project car. plus people have to use wire tie or pipe straping to hold it up if not the integra cluster will have a 1-2 inch gap at the top and to me that is sloppy looking.
* now when someone does a swap like that i will not flame or post anything because its there car and they most likely to not want to hear my negative comments so i keep to my self.
* can anyone appreciate and good old DIY that was not sloppy or half *** that had a few good tips.