Hey Guys

Anyone know how to install gauges.....in a first gen CL '97

I just got my hands on a set, and I need to install them.

Thanks

 

before someone gets pissed off and burns you, i will tell you nicely......

i remember there being a DIY on here on that just do a search and you should be good

 

take off the piece below the steering wheel column

there is 2 skrews holding in the trim around the guages that the dimmer for your lights is on, the screws should be on the top part so look up

then i think there is 4 screws holding in the guages the whole cluster if im not mistaken its beena while, you will need a skinny set of hands you will need to disconnect the harness from the back of the cluster and there are 3 of them and then all you do is disassemble the cluster and put the guages on

BUT BE VERY CAREFUL, with age the needles are VERY fragile so take it VERY slow

to power them up i wireed it to the power wire for the cluser and you can find this by finding or going to acura or someone on here for teh wiring scematics for the cluster wires or get a test light and test the wires to see when you touch it when the light comes on youve got power and then splice and there ya go

reassemble it and put it back in and enjoy


hope this helps


Joe

 

so there are two screws holding the trim......so after you take both screws off

the trim should come out?

 

i wired mine into the dimmer switch...

there are two red wires use the one with the black stripe

silver reverse.....had em for 5 months

 

you gotta pull out the cruise control button with a little screw driver and the dimmer button and unplug them.. it wil be a lot more free after that (i did this last night, (avatar))...

 

So let me get this straight, I take out the two screws ...that are located on top.
After that.....i take out the cruise control switch with a screwdriver. Then i take out the dimmer switch by hand. Then the plastic should pop out?

and then after that.....how do i install the gauges?

 

remove all the black screws already on the gauges

the gauges should overlay the stock..bend them so the can slide ..be extra careful with the needles...im serious..

remove the 3 or 4 lights in the back....wont be able to see them with your new gauges....they should have a blue rubber cap on them....they are 194 or so

then feed the all the wires out of the back using the new holes

leave the ones on the top so you can see your odometer

like this genius said....
since i did that...i can dim the odometer as much as i want and also ajust the brightness of the gauges separately

 

one more thing...the black wire into the black one on the dimmer switch

 

get a really small flat head screwdirver there are little tabs on the dimmer/cruisecontrol on the bottom.. then you'l have to reach for the clips to unplug them and it will loosen the black piece greatly

 

looks like u got instructions already beware of the needles

 

and be careful of the plexiglass when trying to remove the cluster from the dash. i broke mine and was irate. costed me another 35$ from acura.

 

Yea iam gonna try to install them sometime this week.

Lets see how they come out

 

Ok ... i installed my guages but now i have the two wiresleft to hook up. red and black for the power to light them. The instructions i have say to tie them to the headlight power wire and the ground. problem is i have no idea where/what the headlight power wire is.

i cant run it to the dimmer b/c thats broke in my car.


so how can i get power?? Its already dark out and i'm driving blind .. sort of

 

anyone?

 

splice the dimmer switch for power


dont snip the wire, just peel off the coating on the +/- wires for the dimmer switch and either T-tap them together or use electric tape

 

there is a screw behind the dimmer switch

and there is a screw behind the cruise control

take those out and the plastic should come off

 

ha .. i spent over an hour before i found those screws. good thing i didnt just pull har .. damn piece is $60!!

 

can anyone be more cleare with these instructions?


I still dont know how to install the gauges

anyone?

 

come to seattle, ill do it for free

hehe

 

There really is a thread on this... Also, why not get another dimmer so you can adjust the brightness.

 

the guages i have came with a dimmer knob and a blue or green color switch.. in fact im bout to take them out prolly tomorrow, so if anyone wants them ill hook u up w/ a good price..never had a problem with mine.. bout 1 year now,

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i got the switches mounted into the left coin holder which i never used.. damn after lookin at the pics its been over a year..

 

Are you going stock?

 

why are you takin' them out


you dont like the white gauge look during the day?

cuz Iam not feelin' the white look too much

but you gotta have that knob stickin' out there?

 

i only put it there cause anywhere else would be expensive as hell if i wanted to remove it, or would look ghody.. its kind of discreete where it is. besides when i get my 15" L7's ill need somewhere to mount my amp knob.


but yea im kind of tired of the white faced guages look. i had to turn them all the way down to where they are barley glowing to get any kind of a they came stock with the car look. i think im gonna go with the black light up top thing.. itll make the needles glow a nice bright orange, and the numbers light up all crazy. someone else here on this board has done it, and i thought it looked tight.

 

[QUOTE=wilp99]i only put it there cause anywhere else would be expensive as hell if i wanted to remove it, or would look ghody.. its kind of discreete where it is. besides when i get my 15" L7's ill need somewhere to mount my amp knob.


but yea im kind of tired of the white faced guages look.


yea man.....the white face look .....reminds me of a 99 Maxima...for some reason

Iam just not feelin' it...........anyone wanna buy some white face gauges?

I bought them off VXCL..........20 bucks......Jrzy...NYC area

 

Please. Let me know where you can get the gauges with the black light. That would be sick.