[toyotaboyfreak]

under 30 bucks if your asking about the gauge

QUESTION:
not that i really care about looks but would a GTS cluster bolt up even though it's shaped diff? i don't need things too look perfect and the kick panel is removed so there is tons of space (trying to avoid aftermarket cluster)

oh ok thanks

i was just thinking about the same question too [very curious abt it]

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

yeah its really hard to find, you have to get lucky. if only i was there when my dad picked up the tail lights assembly from that LE:disappoin, btw do you guys know how much it would be if i got it from pick your part? thanks

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

Hello era167, Yes. It was plug & play. The same electric wire plugs that connect to your current cluster will plug into the cluster with tach. No wire modifications necessary. Look at the link that Toyotaboyfreak attached earlier. That is what I used as a guide. One thing I noticed is that the gas gauge ALWAYS shows the fuel level even with the car off. The old cluster only showed the fuel level with the key in it. Good luck!​

that's one of the thing i like about the cluster, it always shows your gas level even when the car is off and no key in it. the cluster with no tach pisses me off because it takes a long time to show your gas level, its really s l o w:thumbsdow. i havent replaced my cluster still though, i still dont have a cluster with a tach, i was just at pick your part earlier but no luck finding a corolla with tach :disappoin​

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

hahaha :lol: thats why when i asked if he or she changed the instrument cluster their reply was just "no" and i asked if the pic of the inst cluster was really from that car then they never replied back, i was thinking of buying that car for my mom that's why :lol:, lucky i didnt waste my time, thanks :thumbsup:

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

yeah it did help alot, thanks :thumbsup:

well here's the link, take a look

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2208048

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

thats the only pics he have up on his posting, i asked the seller if he changed the instrument cluster but he said he didnt, wtcheck. im gonna try and ask for some more pics of the car

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

i have another question... i saw this corolla for sale, but when i went to look at the pictures, i saw that the instrument cluster was different, it was kinda modern looking. or maybe its a fake?

here's the car [91 DX]

its instrument cluster pic

link to the posting
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/966195252.html

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

i know mine doesn't, i think it has something to do with the seatbelt sensor, but then again the seatbelt sensor only shows unlatched if your shoulder belt is not put on, so now that i think about it im not too sure.

yeah the wire is currently unplugged on mine, and it didnt make any changes at all.

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

does anyone know if the driver's seatbelt buckle lights up? because i saw a wire going up to it, but it doesnt light up when i turn my lights on.

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

i dont know what they're called but they're simillar to a peanut bulb

you can get the ones they sell at pepboys too like what i did

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

like, are the bulbs plug and play or do you have to solder in the new led.

plug and play, but you have to test if you put it in right because the led has a positive and a negative and they wont work if you put them in wrong.

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

im kind of lost, so how exactly do you go about changing the bulb color?

what do you mean?

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

haha i know, i was surprised when i saw that it was dusty when it was covered good

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

Were you doing something else along with the instrument cluster? I noticed you removed the kick panel in the panel.

oh lol no, i just cleaned it. thing was full of dust from the 90's :lol:

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

i got it out! but i just changed the lights :clap:, here are some pics . thank you everyone for guiding me on this :thumbsup:

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

If you already removed the two screws holding that moulding on (one to the left of the steering wheel and the other on the right), then all you have now are those "popping" clips. Basically, yank the mounlding from the 12V outlet corner first. It should pop out. Then continue with the rest, I believe there's four clips. Just like you were taking the door panel off, the panel pops off, then you have to pop it back on. Except these are metal ones.

thanks! :thumbsup:, yeah i have taken those screws out

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

i'm actually attempting to take the cluster off as i speak but just to replace the bulbs for right now, but i'm stuck, the plastic molding that holds the rear defoger switch, coin holder, and the a/c vents wont come off, it seems like something is holding it around the lighter, ashtray, and that black box's area, any tips? i really need help asap, thanks

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

if your just looking for a signal for an after-market tach it's in the diagnostic box on the side of the strut-tower closest to the distributor.

it should be olive-drab in color and the one terminal on the right by itself shoudl read (-)G i think it's the ground for the distributor ignitor and most (mine) work fine with that.

THANKS! i was wondering what that was, so if i get an aftermarket tach i just plug it in there?

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

The tach cluster and no tach cluster have different but similar "peanut" bulbs. The backlighting bulbs on the non-tach cluster (bulbs has black base w/ bulb), you can pull the little bulb out the black base and replace it. On the tach cluster (bulbs has gray base w/ bulb), I tried taking the glass bulb out, however the bulb wiring is soldered onto the base and made into one "bulb assembly". But you can use the black bases in the tach cluster which was what I did that way you can have LEDs.

As for LED bulbs, they're not that much brighter than regular bulbs. However, you do have a good choice of nice colors and they don't burn out or heat up.... mines are red Just go on eBay for the bulbs.

so i can replace the bulbs on the regular cluster with LED peanut bulbs? yeah i know what you are talking abt i hate those bulbs that is soldered to the gray plastic thing,i tried replacing the one on the 12v outlet but no luck lol.

 

[toyotaboyfreak]

aren't they just peanut bulbs?:headbang: i want to replace the bulbs with LED ones thats why