hey, i know ive seen the swap done before. i want to put a gsr dash cluster into my 89 dx hatch. how hard is it to do? is it a simple clip in or do i have to do some wiring?

 

a lot of wiring, I think the conversion is around here (if it's not archived)

 

... i'd like to know too... bump...

 

interested in GSR cluster into a 91 as well.......search is down

 

simple wiring, but ALOT of it. as far as the ESS i have NO clue on how to do that. I just used a 90-93 cluster because it had a cable speedo. The wiring is basic matching of wires and splicing together....thats as much help as i can be

 

here you go Outluded: (You would need an electronic VSS from a 92+ civic dseries and a 94+ GSR cluster harness also get a cluster cover from a 90-91 hatch the gsr cluster will not fit into the 89 cluster cover)
any question email me: siderazeref9@aol.com
be easy and take your time
But if you dont wanna go through all this trouble get a 90-93 integra cluster because of the cable vss instead of electronic vss you will still thought need a 90-93 cluster harness and rewire i dont have that diagram but i know someone here has it.

Here's a diagram pin side integra cluster 96 I think. However I know between 94-97, and 98+ the fuel gauge and other warning lights are in different locations. So I think if your cluster is 98+, switch b1 and b3 around on this diagram. I had to adjust mine when i went from 94 jdm cluster to 98 type r cluster. I think if your looking at the back of the cluster you can start left to right b1, b2

Integra harness
D1 - Hazards
D2 - Maintenance
D3 - Blank
D4 - Switched power to cluster
D5 - Cruise Control
D6 - Ground
D7 - ECT
D8 - Blank
D9 - Alternator volts
D10 - Blank
D11 - Oil Pressure
D12 - Malfunction indicator
D13 - Tach signal

B1 - Fuel Gauge
B2 - Door Open
B3 - Blank
B4 - Fuel low level sensor
B5 - Blank
B6 - VSS
B7 - Hatch Indicator
B8 - Seat Belt Reminder
B9 - Dimmer
B10 - Gauge lights
B11 - Ignition Black/Yellow
B12 - Blank
B13 - Left turn signal
B14 - Right turn signal
B15 - High Beam Indicator
B16 - Parking Brake light


Civic harness (wire color codes)
C1 Hazards
C2 empty
C3 empty
C4 Yellow Switched Power
C5 empty
C6 Black Ground
C7 empty
c8 Yellow/green Brightness
C9 White/Blue Battery
C10 empty
C11 Yellow/Red Oil pressure
C12 Green/Orange Check engine
C13 Blue Tachometer


B1 Red/Blue Fuel gauge
B2 empty
B3 empty
B4 Green/Yellow Low fuel light
B5 empty
B6 Orange Speedometer
B7 Blue/Black Trunk/hatch open
B8 empty
B9 Red Brightness
B10 Red/Black Gauge lights
B11 Black/Yellow VSS
B12 empty
B13 Green/Red-1 Silver Stripe Left turn signal
B14 Green/Yellow-1 Silver Stripe Right turn signal
B15 Red/Green n/a
B16 Green/Red Emergency brake


and to hook up electronic VSS...
blue/white to orange
black/yellow to yellow
black is the ground.


[Modified by MR.RED'89, 5:16 AM 4/6/2003]


[Modified by MR.RED'89, 5:23 AM 4/6/2003]

 

After hours of wiring i found out how simple it is.....I'll have to look at my cluster and figure out what wires were switched but pretty much everything matches color to color except 2 wires...

also electronic VSS is easy too as long as long as you have the plug, again just drop it into your tranny and then you are running 3 wires, 1 is a black ground, on is power which taps into your Gauge cluster power wire, and 1 is a signal wire that hooks up to Orange i believe...

really really simple the hardest part is fitting it in their properly i had to take out stock mounts and cut ears off the sides of the GSR cluster but it looks real nice..

DO NOT USE THE DIRECTIONS FOUND AT...http://www.angelfire.com/dc/oregonimport/gsr1.html

thats what turned an 30 minute job into about 3 hours of hasseling.

 

Thanx for the diagram. Anyone tell me how well the 90-93 cluster fits???

 

no i said don't use those instructions they are just confusing and incorrect and the 90-93 cluster should fit exactly the same as the 94+ however you wont need to convert to electronic VSS you can just use your cable driven VSS. for the speedo

 

well the 90-93 cluster didnt fit very well into my sedan dash. if it does in the hatch dash is a totally different story. Was way easy to wire and everything but fitment is a BITCH lol

 

i found out just like you did 94+ cluster didn't fit too well into my sedan...looks really nice though, amber glow and all its just that at the sides and bottom fuel/temp gets cut off a bit and ebrake/high beam lights do to...

 

i'm interested in seeing pics of this setup. i have a 92 gs-r cluster I want to put into my wife's 90 EF.

 

I am the one who wrote the instructions on http://www.angelfire.com/dc/oregonimport/gsr.html how ******* hard is it? Its only took me 30 mins to wire it up using that same wiring diagram. vss is easy it goes ground black. signal white/blue on most and power blue/yellow.. Also those directions I made are only for 90-91

 

can anyone post a picture of a 94+ gsr, in their 88-89 crx/hatch!

 

in an 88-89 you have to use a 90-91 cluster cover here are pics of mine in a 90-91

 

I love that!!!!!

to you!!!

 

yeah, it does look good. wow. i still want to see a DA cluster in an EF though.

 

http://www.4thgenerationcivic.com/ho...ket-Custom.htm

go there scroll down its installed but not in the dash and its is my complete write up on how to swap in the 90-93 cluster into a 88-89 civic

 

it looks great in a 90-91 car, but i wanna see how the cover fits in the 88-89 car. i hear that there's a gap left, when using the 90-91 cover in a 88-89 car! tha's why i would like to see it in a 88-89 car!

 

Agreed. A finished product pic just to see how well fitment was.

 

well here is my 97 gsr cluster in 89 hatch with a 90-91 hatch cluster cover
do not use the cluster cover from a crx u will have a gap if u use that one.
cluster cover from hatch for hatch
cluster cover from crx for crx

and now here is the pic:

the defroster works cause when i got the 90 hatch cluster cover i also got the harness with the switches i have the harness for the hazards switch im gonna wire it so that i can use the switch on the cover instead of the one on the steering wheel column.
BTW: I will be repainting the vents black...........


[Modified by MR.RED'89, 8:21 PM 4/7/2003]

 

that was a great link. i wish someone would just post a pic of the finished product in a civic dash though. i'll be the first one to post it if no one else does. give me about 2 months though.

 

a good cluster to put in the ciivc is the 00 si cluster.. since the civic has that more square opening

 

man some ppl will just go the distance wow musta took amazin patient i could do that for the world... awesome guauge fitment.

 

S2K seats and a GSR cluster, so nice.