EL cluster conversion question

jsmooney said:

arent the wires from the clock the only ones that come from the middle of the dash? if it doesn't work out my way, i will post and let you know what way NOT to do it. it seems easier to me in the long run in case i have to swap out the thing.

thanks for your help!

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lol just listen to me. I did this like 3 times already.

Mooney,

I must beat you with a stick... My advice is to extend all of those wires 12" each... You can use connectors or anything you like after that... But, once you have the wires extended, all of them will reach where they need to go. On the NON-EL dash wiring most of the wires come out of the lower left side. On the EL wiring, this lower left side is the auto plug. So, most of the wires need to be run over towards your tweeter. There are a few wires that will be short runs, but more than half of the wires need that length to go left for an easy install.... And, its honestly just matching colors up... Alot simpler than you can imagine...

Test it out and zip tie the wires together to clean them up once done to give you that professional look...:sarcasm:

Jonathon,
Feel free to call me whenever bud..

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thanks jtc! it works...i just have to cram the wires in there.

I used the 3M connectors. The hi-beam light doesn't work, I'll have to search and fix it

edit: it works. the dimmer works and the hi-beam works (i checked the wires and had the wrong ones connected -- oops!). So, I think all of it works now - blinkers, hi-beam, srs, etc. Thanks again JTC for the gauges and everyone on here. Good news - I don't have anyone questions! Any JTC, you may need to beat me with a stick next time. I just wanted to make sure I had covered everything before I ran into unforseen problems.

editv2: trip memory no worky and I am not going to fix it right now. If I decide to change colors, I'll look into it then.

sean1121 said:

When you did this did the needles and odometer light up? When I connect those pins the needles and odometer don't light up, when I remove power they light up for a sec and then go out. I'm looking at the wire diagrams to see if I'm missing something. Any ideas?

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I figured this out, the dimmer switch has to be plugged in.

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^^ Was there a point to your post?

no, i just found it funny. nothing personal. i just thought u would have the dimmer pluged in. no offence to you.
im sick as a dog in class, i needed something to entertain me.

Kyleb1115 said:

no, i just found it funny. nothing personal. i just thought u would have the dimmer pluged in. no offence to you.
im sick as a dog in class, i needed something to entertain me.

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Ah, well if you look at the pics on the previous page I was testing it in my room... Hindsight is 20/20.

well considering i cant remember what i ate for breackfast, forgive me. i did at one point read this whole thread.:dontgetit:

thats real nice

sean, that looks pretty good. do something about that AWS light tho=]

besides that, did you tiny yours blue sean??

and bboixtc, a nice mini writeup for the foglight wire will be nice, but cant you just use the 94-96 way of wiring the fogs? like do it how everyone with these years wired them up??

Kyleb1115 said:

sean, that looks pretty good. do something about that AWS light tho=]

besides that, did you tiny yours blue sean??

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Whats wrong with the light? You mean the fact that its on? The car wasn't started when I took that pic!

I changed it to blue by using the blue acetate.

no u should get some like red film to put over it so its not white. it would look a little better and cleaner. but im not complaining. do it like you did your blue conversion.

btw, did u make that whole yourself? there were no 4WS 94 models were there? eh maybe im confusing myself.

so what did you do about the mileage? theres pretty much no way to correct the mileage other than reprogramming it, right? i found the whole conversion in a junkyard but opted not to get it due to the wiring involved and mainly for the mileage problem. it sure looks sexy though