Instrument cluster?

[redvalkrie]

:o Well I got the ride Bacjk from the Wife I am going to take pick's hopefully today after work, and put some jiberish around the pick to help out. with what the pics are trying to say + a shot of the paint I used.

Well sorry for the delay's people but with the scare in the silicon valley of being laid off any min has me troubled especially when I am buying a house & have put dwn a big down payment on a house that hasn't been finished still in the skeleton fase..... (also my wife last work day was wed).

So I am kinda crapping my pants with fear of loosing my home!

[MoReace]

I decided that I had waited enough and went out to do this mod myself. After all this it was rediculous to find out how easy it was. I am hoping that the P11 takes different bulbs because otherwise everyone else made this mod 10 times harder than it should be.
First of all, forget the paint. It's a pain in the ass. Go to your local Pep boys or Autozone and pick up red 194 bulbs. The P10 requires 5. Came to about $5.50 for me. Then replace bulbs and vuala!!!!! It is that easy.
What is required:
Tools: Screwdriver
Time: approx. 10 min.
Brains: None, it is that easy
The result is great and this is the easiest thing that can be done. No need to wait any longer. Any questions, e-mail me or post it on the group.

[MoReace]

Another

[G20RIDER]

Is the bulb number 194.....the same size as the small ones in the headlights of a P11...

[MoReace]

I did my mod on a P10 and used the 194 bulb as u had a picture of. I got mine at autozone. It was about $1.79 for a 2 pack. I needed 5 bulbs all the guages.

[G20RIDER]

Hey B-Boogie......it seems you did this in your P11.......is the bulb like the one in the picture

[Dprotech]

No the one in the headlight aka clearance lamp is bulb 168, 5Watts.

[b-b00gie]

Yeah.. the one in the cluster is smaller than the ones for your parklight and side repeaters.


When I removed it I didnt think I'd be able to find colored ones so I didnt even bother. I had the paint handy and finished the job in about half the time it would take to run to Pep boys and buy the new bulbs..

[endfro]

Yo help me out here peoples..

I dont know if I'm doing this right or not.. but heres my story.

In order to take off the black casing around the gauge cluster, I had to remove the big brown plastic piece that goes under the steering column and such. Then I had to remove the plastic pieces that "cover" the steering column. After that and with a little maneuvering I managed to get the black plastic case that covers the gauge cluster off (the one with the "Security" light). Then the gauges themselves are covered in a piece of plastic.. and that is connected to a unit of some sorts that holds them all together. Behind them I assume is where the light bulbs everyones talking about are. But when I unscrewed that and tried to pull it out it just stopped.. anyone have any idea why it doesnt pull anymore? I couldnt see behind it, but I think that it might be a wire of sorts that is connected (probably the wire that powers the lightbulbs for the gauges).

Can anyone tell me exactly what I have to do to get that out? I really really wanna make myself some "new" gauges. =]

Thanks!

[Swonder67]

Yea endfro, behind the gauge cluster there should be three or four wire harnesses. disconnect them. Then, you have to maneuver the cluster out. the best way to do this is tom tilt the top out toward you and it should come out. When you look behind your cluster you should see alot of bulb receptors. The five that you need to change are the 5 biggest receptors. on the g20 that i cahnged, the receptors were brown. Those are the ones that take the 194 bulbs. to take the bulbs out just twist the receptor and they come right out. and don't forget to plug the wire harnesses back in when you put the cluster back!

[endfro]

I got to my gauge cluster yet again, what am i doing wrong? I cant pull the gauge cluster out of the dash.. its connected to the wire harness's still, and i cant pull the cluster out far enough to disconnect the harnesses, is there some sort of trick i have to do?

please post anything that will help asap, ive got my car ripped apart in my garage.

[endfro]

Never mind!!

I got all mad and I pulled at the cluster a lot harder than I had been and it popped out!! w00t!

[AznVirus]

hey guys, just put in blue gauge bulbs. ill take pics tonight. its such a bitch getting the gauge cluster out and put back in, you have to angle it right and tug really hard. and in my opinion, you dont even have to take the wire harnesses out to change the bulbs. just angle it and set it on your steering wheel column so you can look at the back. not really hard and cheap too!

[bump909]

virus, where did you get your blue lights? i was considering going blue, but was also wondered if it would be bright enough?

[endfro]

I got my blue lights in tonight too.. so far they look pretty good. But I still have a problem.

I CANT RECONNECT MY SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER WIRE!!!

Seriously, I need some help bad here... I cant drive my G without a speedometer/odometer.. and I HAVE to have a car to drive daily for work etc. No saying take the bus, because I work to far from where buses would ever go.

Can anyone help me? I dont know how you guys did it.. but whether I have the wire harnesses plugged in or taken out, theres no room for me to get my hand in there to put it in.

Could someone please please please give me some REALLY detailed instructions on how they got theirs back in? I will give you a 12 piece bucket of extra crispy KFC if you help me out.

No seriously though, this is driving me nuts.. even though I get to drive my moms 2000 VW GTI (sweet ass car) for now.. its not my G.. the G is more fun and faster..

HELP ME PLEASE!!!!