Arty Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 I have a '95 OBW. I really like the newer gauges more, though, the ones with the orange markers and needles. I'm not 100% sure what year they come off of or if they'll even work at all. I know they also have a digital read out instead of analog. If I were to want to swap to the newer gauges, would it be possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted January 29, 2011 Share Posted January 29, 2011 Anything is possible. Might be more work than you want to do. Not sure if the '95 had a cable-drive speedo or electronic..... something to take a look at. For sure some of the connectors would be different. I'm sure with enough time and some schematics you could make it work. There isn't that much to a cluster. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Anything is possible. Might be more work than you want to do. Not sure if the '95 had a cable-drive speedo or electronic..... something to take a look at. For sure some of the connectors would be different. I'm sure with enough time and some schematics you could make it work. There isn't that much to a cluster. GD Aside from taking the cluster out of the dash is there any way to tell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted January 29, 2011 Author Share Posted January 29, 2011 Anything is possible. Might be more work than you want to do. Not sure if the '95 had a cable-drive speedo or electronic..... something to take a look at. For sure some of the connectors would be different. I'm sure with enough time and some schematics you could make it work. There isn't that much to a cluster. GD And do you happen to know which years did have an electronic speedometer per chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralDisorder Posted January 30, 2011 Share Posted January 30, 2011 I know the '96 Outback I'm working on right now has electronic. It's possible that your '95 does as well. The connectors WILL be different. That I know for certain. There are differences between body styles as well as differences between years. I know the speedo head connector on a '96 is different from a '97 for example. Physically incompatible. So reqwireing using the donor car's harness connectors will be required for sure. GD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted January 31, 2011 Author Share Posted January 31, 2011 I know the '96 Outback I'm working on right now has electronic. It's possible that your '95 does as well. The connectors WILL be different. That I know for certain. There are differences between body styles as well as differences between years. I know the speedo head connector on a '96 is different from a '97 for example. Physically incompatible. So reqwireing using the donor car's harness connectors will be required for sure. GD Big help, thanks. I suppose maybe just swapping the needles and or gauge faces would be the better way to go? I'm actually starting to wonder if any of it will fit without some sort of crazy retrofitting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 Ok, I figured out that the gauges I want are in fact from a '98. I've never messed with gauges before... if I were to just take the accent pieces off of the 98 cluster and put them on my 95 (such as the needles), what risk do I run of throwing off the calibration of my current gauges? E.g- gas level, speedo... Any help is greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted February 1, 2011 Share Posted February 1, 2011 Anything is possible. Might be more work than you want to do. Not sure if the '95 had a cable-drive speedo or electronic..... something to take a look at. For sure some of the connectors would be different. I'm sure with enough time and some schematics you could make it work. There isn't that much to a cluster. GD I always have done something to my car it's electronic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 I always have done something to my car it's electronic Awesome, thanks man. Does this mean I won't have to worry about the gauges being wrong if I mess with them? That's what I'm incredibly worried about. That and the mileage being all kinds of wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted February 1, 2011 Author Share Posted February 1, 2011 (edited) And did you take out your ABS and CEL?? Edited February 1, 2011 by Arty I'm an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arty Posted February 3, 2011 Author Share Posted February 3, 2011 Awesome, thanks man. Does this mean I won't have to worry about the gauges being wrong if I mess with them? That's what I'm incredibly worried about. That and the mileage being all kinds of wrong. Bumping for this answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted February 6, 2011 Share Posted February 6, 2011 Awesome, thanks man. Does this mean I won't have to worry about the gauges being wrong if I mess with them? That's what I'm incredibly worried about. That and the mileage being all kinds of wrong. What exactly do you mean? If you don't play with the mechanisms that control the movement of the gauges, or the mileage, it'll be fine. DON'T pull the needles off, it's a real big pain in the butt to get them to read correctly again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Confused myself... Dont remove them.. I changed the color of mine so I had to move them.. Fuel is stepper motor rest is not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I didn't have to remove the needles to change the colour of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I had to sand the green off the back too much to type on a phone but worrh the effort Using white leds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I had to sand the green off the back too much to type on a phone but worrh the effort Using white leds Same, but I used RGB LEDs so it can be whatever colour I want... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Same, but I used RGB LEDs so it can be whatever colour I want... Nice what are you using to mix colours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
987687 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 Nice what are you using to mix colours? I made my own controller with a knob. Then something blew in my alt, spiked a lot of power through the electrical system and fried everything. heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1-3-2-4 Posted February 7, 2011 Share Posted February 7, 2011 I made my own controller with a knob. Then something blew in my alt, spiked a lot of power through the electrical system and fried everything. heh. Wow that sounds crazy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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