gen 5.5 optitron gauges on gen 5?

[CharmCityES]

i drove a gen 5.5 camry Se at work the other day, and i have to say i love its optitron gauge cluster more than my standard one in my gen 5 SE....my question is would it be possible to swap out my factory gauges and replace them with the optitron unit from a gen 5.5? any help would be awesome.
thanks,
C

[carlo$]

so many wires going to the cluster. you can probably compare both from the online manual. i would not think is worth the expense and the headaches from the swap.

[Webb26]

What is the optitron? I know the gauges are lit up better with better LEDS as ours ar eonly lit up with i think its called SMT LEDS...or something like that. Can we get some pics of this?

[MrSo0h0o]

best pics i have off hand

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

^ are they stock? if not where did you get them..they look hot!

EDIT: were they hard to replace too.

[LE05]

pretty sure thats stock. SE's have the orange/amber colored gauges, LE's have the white colored. personally, i prefer the white myself.

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

^ mine is an SE it is orange, but the face of the gauges are chrome or gray colour. i like the black though.

[TRD VVTi]

Originally Posted by LE05

pretty sure thats stock. SE's have the orange/amber colored gauges, LE's have the white colored. personally, i prefer the white myself.

+1

[CharmCityES]

i figured it would be an electrical nightmare, but hey i thought id give it a shot....
i love those gauges...although the 05-06 LE and XLE white gauges are pretty sweet as well, i love the amber gauges

[MrSo0h0o]

sorry i didnt say so beforre, those are the stock optitron gauges on my gen 5.5 SE

[LE05]

Originally Posted by CorCamrySE

i figured it would be an electrical nightmare, but hey i thought id give it a shot....
i love those gauges...although the 05-06 LE and XLE white gauges are pretty sweet as well, i love the amber gauges

if you're willing to take the risk or have the skills, you could try replacing the white/green SMT LEDs with amber. i have experience with soldering SMT LEDs, and i'll tell you... its not easy. there was a thread and or car domain page showing how it was done... in fact i think it was a gen 5.

here it is: http://www.cardomain.com/ride/216257/6

[Yota4Ever]

Ya, I love the 5.5 gauges...and like someone else said I enjoy the non-SE one better. MY mom just got an 05' Camry and the gauges are so beautiful.

[MrSo0h0o]

Originally Posted by Yota4Ever

Ya, I love the 5.5 gauges...and like someone else said I enjoy the non-SE one better. MY mom just got an 05' Camry and the gauges are so beautiful.

im gonna have to disagree and say the SE 5.5 gauges are nicer, and thats not just because i have them lol

[poohbear]

thats totally diff to ours.

here's what Aussie ones look like

[Punks_Not_Dead5]

^^ that's what mine looks like..exactly even the gas gauge is the same...almost empty

But the other pics are of a Gen5.5 SE, ours or atleast mine is a Gen5 SE..