I Need Help, I Feel Like A *$**%&( Yeah I Messed Up Installing My El Gauges.

I Need Help, I Feel Like A *$**%&( Yeah I Messed Up Installing My El Gauges.

Hey everyone, (I guess my Rolla days ain't over ugh) I hella messed up installing my el gauges, uggh on the centers before I went over Vamp's online DIY, I actually removed the stock one, and I killed the calibration and the needles are all at high speed and revs when I start the car and they just sit there ugh (my car now idles at "5K" and "30-50mph") I feel like an idiot, I can't believe I did this, and was wondering if I can just switch out the digital odometer and thermometer on my cluster and put them into a newer (used) one, so I can still read the same mileage, and so I can also correctly slip the el guages over it. And I was wondering which positive red wire I should also solder the positive wire of the el gauges too. I am soooo freakin out, I appreciate any solutions. Please feel free to e-mail me at orehman@msn.com. Thank you everyone! I LOVE THIS FORUM.

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Yeah, buy a new cluster off eBay. What year is your car? There was someone selling a whole bunch on eBay for about $50 each for 98-02's not too long ago. If they haven't sold or aren't posted, search completed auctions. Good luck, not hard to fix though. Buy a set of gauges with lower milage than your car, haha.

its a pain and 10 times harder but youll have to remove your odometer and get a new cluster to keep your mileage correct. The temperature one doesnt need to be removed if you buy a cluster with a temp sensor already.

The other option is to bring it into a mechanic and they can recalibrate those gauges for you. I dont know how much that will cost you however...

think of it this way.. if you get a ticket then get them fixed and when you go to court show them the paper saying it was off and you get off usually LoL... but yeah a new cluster will probably be the cheapest option

CaptainCorolla-Yeah there are quite a few for sale, and it's my car is an 01 too, ugh I feel so bad tho, cuz I effed it up it was gonna be a trade in for a prius after I would have "successfully" completed it. But now I will have to get it recalibrated and I heard dealers can recalibrate it for you? Is it possible? Ugh, how much of a pain would it be to take out the odometer and put it into a new one? Would it involve desoldering and soldering. Ugh I make so many mistakes, I am still like a newbie. I feel like a diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiips...tick. :sad:

Oh yeah and I am going the speed of traffic or less LoL, cuz yeah I already have three tickets, the almost fourth one was mad racial haha. But I am not going into that again.

Sorry back on topic, does anyone know how much a recalibration costs?

The dealer might know..

I hope it's cheap ahhhhhh I am driving at 85 mph at 8,5 k revs in the city

now you have a car that redlines past the oem tach lol

Slow down!

LoL NO NO, I am really probably doing like 45 55 haha. I hate myself for messin this up, I hope I can get it fixed this week ugh it is probably gonna be mad expensive, I have the worst karma that comes to me, I should have never done anything besides deck and speakers to my car ugh. NO scratch that, nothing past the deck ugh.

Haha my buddy at ASU Renfield90 hooked me up, he said turn it on, not to where the car is idling, but to where the electrical system turns on, wait a minute and then mount the needles, worked great. But I think I am going to get rid of my el gauges anyways, and freakin get a S speedo, and just note the difference in mileage for oil changes and stuff. I also found just the speed gauge, cuz my little needle broke when I was ignorantly taking off the that. But I think I am just going to change the look by changing the gauge. I guess my rolla days ended, and started back up again haha. Cuz it is worth NOTHING in a trade in.

lol ome's, goin a little fast there huh? glad it's working.

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