- Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:22 pm
#87672
HOW TO MAKE A GSR CLUSTER LOOK FACTORY IN A EG
feel free to sticky this.
well after reading up on all the gsr cluster swaps i was very disappointed, seems no one could figure out a way to make it look factory, so i set out to do just that. The issue is the GSR cluster is fat at the top and the EG is fat at the bottom, so the main 2 ways people did the swap was to either hack the dash trim so that the GSR cluster could be zip tied in the dash hole as is and this made for a very ugly install, almost impossible to not have massive gaps and a odd angle of the gauges, well the second method i found was to install the GSR cluster with no clear plastic shield, this allowed you to not have to cut much of the EG dash but left the gauges exposed to the elements and still had some gaps where the EG clear shield used to mate to the dash bezel. so i decided to see if i couldnt do one better. Here is what i did.
so i took the stock EG cluster
then i took it apart.
and while i was at it i took the GSR cluster apart to.
i then trimmed out the face plates of both clusters, i forgot to take a pic of the EG one but i basically gutted the center out and on the GSR one i cut it like this.
then i made 2 little plastic filler plates for the gaps at the top.
and here it is mocked up with the gutted EG cluster surround, i sanded it with 1000 grit to get rid of the scratches it encountered when cutting it and then painted it glossy black as you can see.
One issue i ran into was the mileage reset button on the GSR cluster is in a different location then the EG, so i took the EGs metal push plunger and bent and cut it down like this and i drilled a hole in the center of the GSR reset button.
and here it is mocked up, it works perfect.
here i started epoxying the seam, the tape is just holding it until i get epoxy all the way around the seam
and more epoxy around the entire seam.
and to get it spaced right in the dash you need to cut off the white mounting tabs from the eg cluster and just glue them to the black ones like seen here being clamped until the glue dried.
and here it is the finished product, bolts right in using the stock mounts and dash bezel, has no gaps and looks like honda put it there from the factory.
I didnt take pics of all the spots i trimmed but its self explanatory as you go.
here is a great wire conversion chart http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1053318
and here is what it looks like in the car
here you can see it bolted right in using the stock screws.
and here it is with the dash bezel reinstalled.
feel free to sticky this.
well after reading up on all the gsr cluster swaps i was very disappointed, seems no one could figure out a way to make it look factory, so i set out to do just that. The issue is the GSR cluster is fat at the top and the EG is fat at the bottom, so the main 2 ways people did the swap was to either hack the dash trim so that the GSR cluster could be zip tied in the dash hole as is and this made for a very ugly install, almost impossible to not have massive gaps and a odd angle of the gauges, well the second method i found was to install the GSR cluster with no clear plastic shield, this allowed you to not have to cut much of the EG dash but left the gauges exposed to the elements and still had some gaps where the EG clear shield used to mate to the dash bezel. so i decided to see if i couldnt do one better. Here is what i did.
so i took the stock EG cluster
then i took it apart.
and while i was at it i took the GSR cluster apart to.
i then trimmed out the face plates of both clusters, i forgot to take a pic of the EG one but i basically gutted the center out and on the GSR one i cut it like this.
then i made 2 little plastic filler plates for the gaps at the top.
and here it is mocked up with the gutted EG cluster surround, i sanded it with 1000 grit to get rid of the scratches it encountered when cutting it and then painted it glossy black as you can see.
One issue i ran into was the mileage reset button on the GSR cluster is in a different location then the EG, so i took the EGs metal push plunger and bent and cut it down like this and i drilled a hole in the center of the GSR reset button.
and here it is mocked up, it works perfect.
here i started epoxying the seam, the tape is just holding it until i get epoxy all the way around the seam
and more epoxy around the entire seam.
and to get it spaced right in the dash you need to cut off the white mounting tabs from the eg cluster and just glue them to the black ones like seen here being clamped until the glue dried.
and here it is the finished product, bolts right in using the stock mounts and dash bezel, has no gaps and looks like honda put it there from the factory.
I didnt take pics of all the spots i trimmed but its self explanatory as you go.
here is a great wire conversion chart http://honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=1053318
and here is what it looks like in the car
here you can see it bolted right in using the stock screws.
and here it is with the dash bezel reinstalled.
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