SHG_James

Items Needed:
-DC5 Cluster w/ Pigtails

1. Disconnect the negative terminal on the battery

2. Remove the cluster bezel

3. Remove the cluster

4. Cut off the 2 plugs that goes to the cluster

5. Strip the wires where you just cut off the plugs and on the DC5 cluster pigtails.

6. Solder each wire by color. The 01-02's will only have one ground wire (blk), so what you gotta do is connect the 2 ground wires from the dc5 cluster pigtails to the one ground wire on the dash harness. The 03-05's have 2 grounds. The DC5 ITR cluster does not have Cruise Control or Immobilizer so those 2 wires will not be connected if you choose to use this cluster. After soldering, heatshrink the exposed wire.


(so i don't confuse anyone, the pink wire had to be lengthened along with 2-3 other wires. i didn't have any pink wire so i used another color.)





7. Plug in the harness to the cluster & reconnect the negative terminal on the battery. Test drive the car to see if everything is working.

8. Re-fit the cluster bezel. It won't fit correctly, so what you gotta do is look where it hits the cluster and dremel that part off little by little. Take your time on this or else it will look like crap. It took me about an hour to get it nice. When everything is fitted you will have a gap at the bottom. The only way to fix this is to fiberglass the bezel to cover the gap.

9. Finished conversion:




Modified by jamescardenas07 at 7:23 PM 10/23/2008

Harlowe

Verry naicee

supafil25

im doing this swap and i have some wires left over.
i color matched most of the wires.

i have 1 wire left over from the dc5 pig tails (black yellow)
and 3 wires on the car harness (red black)(blue black)(white)

ApexRR

nice DIY!
what if you want to swap an EP3 cluster into EM2?same wiring?

bigdawgky

How to get the temp gauge working?

Modifry.com?

jerzzehook

Any adjusting required so th eguages work properly

j_moreno

I believe that you have to swap the temp sensor for a dc5 one to get the temp guage to work. Snice when you do a K-swap for have to use the civic's temp sensor for the guage to work with the civic's cluster.

SHG_James

the stock d17 sensor works fine using the rsx cluster

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

Are you sure about that? The sensor had to be replaced when I went from D17 to K24.

SHG_James

well i was using the rsx cluster when i still had my d17.

Jdm92accordex

is there anything special you have to do to go from mph to km/ph?

toyomatt84

iTrader: (1)

Umm... not all DC5 clusters are metric-based. Every DC5 manufactured for the US market, is imperial measurement-based.

Harlowe

I've had an RSX cluster in my D17 powered em2 for about a year, no problems and no sensor changes.

eghatch4sale

any pics of it installed ???????

civic_ceze

i have those colors left over too from the car harness as well, thats where i'm stuck and need help

jdm em2

Got a question, i have a 05 civic Lx i dont have a tack in my car now will it work in the rsx cluster?

Spoon ES2

i need a pin out

wickedbautista

I tought ALL lx's came with a tach, are you sure u don't have a dx or vp? anyways, the cluster works, you just need to wire the BLUE wire for the tach to work.

Midori Bandit!

looks good

redb16coupe

wire by wire works fine, i had the same amount left over and my cluster works fine

jdm em2

ya sorry dx lol but thanx tho..::thumb up::

Spoon ES2

any one got the pinout for this?

redb16coupe

you dont need a pinout, wire by wire they are the same

jdm em2

Wish me luck guys im doin this project monday!! kinda scared

jdm em2

The abs light came on what should i do?