I finally got those AutoBudget gauge clusters i heard so much on this board about and decided to document the install. Here are the pics to the 45 mins (with bathroom break), hehehe. As you can see, the taking out part is easy:
1. 2 screws underneath the cluster face.
2. Then 3 screws behind the cluster protective face
3. Then yank (easy) the entire cluster collection out.
4. Overlay the white faces over the OEM black ones.
5. Put em back in,...but before that of course connect red wire to yellow-red wire on white 21 pin,...and ground the black somewhere metal, cut the loom in comes in to get more length out of it.
6. Connect all the plugs it came with and put the red-blue toggle switch inside the little coin-whatnot box under the steering wheel.
DONE

 

i like the way the white gauge cluster looks, better than the stock one

 

I wonder if they have one with 8K redline :}

 

good point, was wondering the same thing ;-)

 

It looks kinda cheap in real life IMO. I want the new Defi one whenever it's available.

 

gotta get used to it i guess, they are very similar to the new 05 lancer ralliart white faces. the illuminating part is way cool though ;-).

 

Where can I get these gauge faces? I'm desperate to change mine from the orange and black, I think my eyes are getting worse every day from squinting to see how fast I'm going.

 

I agree it looks better than stock, but the Defi one will be better...just waitin it out...

 

Undie.....I see in the pic you posted that you have a flip screen with gauges on it. I have been searching for this myself for my EVO. What deck are you using? How many gauges can you get on your screen? Any info you can give would be really helpful. Thanks

-CI

 

anyone have pictures of the new defi ones? id like to compare those with the ones that he just posted.

 

i just bought these

 

I believe that's a Pioneer AVIC N-1 or N-2 unit. It's a DVD/CD/mp3/etc player with a flip-out screen. Also comes with navigation software and the ability to wire into the car's speedometer and tach, along with a compass (the three gauges you see). It's expensive though...like $1000+

 

yeah... i have the same one and it is awesome. thinking of upgrading the software up to n2 model to get all the traffic info on the screen. also trying to find out how to add more gauges, if possible.

 

I have these. The only suggestion I'd make, tap the power line to the parking lights (green w/yellow stripe on bottom of fuse box). This way, the gauges light up like normal car.

 

Where is everybody getting these from?