Newest Purchase

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:03 pm

I finally found someone willing to ship from the UK and this is what i bought.

A BUX R/T cluster is now in my possession! 80,850 miles on the odo.
The only thing i don't like is the 'liquid' that spilled out onto the face, as you can see in the picture. I'm guessing that it's from the spedo motor. I will have to test this out soon and make sure it's working.

Is there a recommended way of getting the face off of the cluster so i could clean it?

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:38 pm

that's sexy wish I could find one

latief · Post by **latief** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:55 pm

I would definitely NOT use any cleaning agent on it...

use a cotton swab gently and see what happens....

hopefully it will be just a simple cleaning....

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 5:25 pm

See the shiny silver torq screws? Remove them, and your speedo mask is exposed.

Nice find man

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:09 pm

Danteneon wrote:See the shiny silver torq screws? Remove them, and your speedo mask is exposed.

Nice find man

Thanks man... never had to take one apart before. It came out pretty nice. Now i have to find time to swap them out just for a test...

Midnight_Rider · Post by **Midnight_Rider** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:00 am

Very nice!

FTWNeon · Post by **FTWNeon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:12 am

Noice!

LaidNeon · Post by **LaidNeon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 3:28 am

i remember when i first saw those, so clean looking....................too bad i have a true RETRO gauge cluster now haha

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 6:04 am

yeah for $95 shipped to my door, i couldn't be happier. I'm waiting for my mileage to catch up. I think i only have around 71,000

latief · Post by **latief** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:55 am

WoW, that cleaned up nicely... looks great, i was afraid that the oil spill would leave a stain or something

FYI, the glass piece is interchangeable between all years and all cluster styles.. if the one in your car is in a better shape swap it out of your old cluster before you put this in...

show us how this looks powered-up !!!!

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:05 am

latief wrote:WoW, that cleaned up nicely... looks great, i was afraid that the oil spill would leave a stain or something

FYI, the glass piece is interchangeable between all years and all cluster styles.. if the one in your car is in a better shape swap it out of your old cluster before you put this in...

show us how this looks powered-up !!!!

Just a note...the mask is interchangeable, but you will loose the chrome trim rings around the gauges since it is part of the lens. It can be separated, but it's easy to crack the lens trying to get them apart....

Food for thought.

latief · Post by **latief** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:12 am

Danteneon wrote:
latief wrote:WoW, that cleaned up nicely... looks great, i was afraid that the oil spill would leave a stain or something

FYI, the glass piece is interchangeable between all years and all cluster styles.. if the one in your car is in a better shape swap it out of your old cluster before you put this in...

show us how this looks powered-up !!!!
Just a note...the mask is interchangeable, but you will loose the chrome trim rings around the gauges since it is part of the lens. It can be separated, but it's easy to crack the lens trying to get them apart....

Food for thought.

good catch man,

yeah i forget that the rings are part of the mask on this one, although the shape of the mask should be identical .....I'm curious though if they could be swapped out or not.....

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:29 am

I will try it out. The chrome rings are on the front plastic. So they should be swappable to my stock cluster. When i pull mine i will swap the front and see if it will fit and take some pics of what it will look like.

gski4life · Post by **gski4life** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 3:09 am

you cant switch it out, so I suggest you just get rid of it.....to me!!!

that cluster is sexy!

Jenni · Post by **Jenni** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 2:48 pm

You can swap the odo to your old - to have the right milage...

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:31 pm

2k1MotorSport wrote:I will try it out. The chrome rings are on the front plastic. So they should be swappable to my stock cluster. When i pull mine i will swap the front and see if it will fit and take some pics of what it will look like.

Yep, you can swap it no prob

2k1MotorSport · Post by **2k1MotorSport** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 4:45 pm

probably going to be swapping this weekend. Basically It's 4 screws for the dash top and 4 for the cluster?

maxq · Post by **maxq** » Thu Feb 28, 2008 8:24 pm

yep, not hard at all. And as indicated in an earlier post, swap out the PCB (printed circuit boards) if your original cluster had a tach on it... that will retain your mileage.

Tshin · Post by **Tshin** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:07 pm

NiCE!

contagious18 · Post by **contagious18** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 2:08 am

looks clean,