'02 SN95 instrument panel options
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Joined: Apr 2017
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From: Worcester, Mass
Bringing this back for anybody that is interested.
I'm not sharp enough nor do I have the desire to get the stock ecu working with the LS engine. Dakota Digital has a swap gauge cluster that will probably end up at about $1000.00 when all said and done...which I was seriously considering until I found out that none are avail at the moment. If I get aftermarket gauges/panel I still will have to figure out the turn signals, high beams etc...also a hassle and probably close to a $1k when all said and done.
Ended up buying a ~96 V6 gauge cluster for 70.00, and the pigtails for 50.00 (which are evidently hard(er) to come buy. That with a Dakota Digital converter box and I'm in business after about 3 days sorting out wires, looking at wiring diagrams etc. Everything works except for the traction control and seat belt warning lights.
Quite honestly it would of been A LOT easier to buy a pre '99 car if I knew about this hassle. But its works!!!
I'm not sharp enough nor do I have the desire to get the stock ecu working with the LS engine. Dakota Digital has a swap gauge cluster that will probably end up at about $1000.00 when all said and done...which I was seriously considering until I found out that none are avail at the moment. If I get aftermarket gauges/panel I still will have to figure out the turn signals, high beams etc...also a hassle and probably close to a $1k when all said and done.
Ended up buying a ~96 V6 gauge cluster for 70.00, and the pigtails for 50.00 (which are evidently hard(er) to come buy. That with a Dakota Digital converter box and I'm in business after about 3 days sorting out wires, looking at wiring diagrams etc. Everything works except for the traction control and seat belt warning lights.
Quite honestly it would of been A LOT easier to buy a pre '99 car if I knew about this hassle. But its works!!!
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Joined: Nov 2009
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From: THORNTON, PA (NEAR PHILLY)
What you did is one of the cheapest easiest ways to have a set of working gauges in these cars. I depinned a stock harness and for just the cost of my dakota digital box and figuring out a crank trigger I got mine to work. I have seen those dakota digital gauge clusters but for $800+ that is WAY out of my budget. I also saw there was another company that made a replacement cluster for about $380 which looked good but again still out of my budget for these cars.
