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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:56 am 
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hey all, does anyone know if it would be possible to change an ED cluster to an EF/EL/AU/BA/BF cluster?

am willing to make some mods to the dash.

 

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Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:13 am 
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:52 pm 
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any serious answers?

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:53 pm 
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No, the cave is the wrong shape for it. Unless you source one from an XG ute, will that work?
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 6:55 pm 
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some people have put the whole ef/el interior in door trims / dash, and it worked for them.

so it can be done

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:01 pm 
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hmmm, do you know if it's a straight swap or not? i mean i think the door trims are because i've seen them done enough, i'm just worried about the dash

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:06 pm 
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andrewts wrote:
No, the cave is the wrong shape for it. Unless you source one from an XG ute, will that work?

hmmm...i'm not really good with the falcon utes...what's XG the equivalent of? EF?

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:07 pm 
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The dash isn't, because for one, you need to relocate the park brake, which probably means modifying the floor-pan, which probably means getting an egineers certificate etc... There's a silver EA, forgot the name of it, on AFF and he installed the EF/EL Interior, I suggest you have a look. Could somebody provbide the name for that, I have forgotten!
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:14 pm 
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ok ok so, i've found that the XG is the equivalent of the EF/EL, so wouldn't the cluster off that be the same shape?

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:18 pm 
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PhantomLord wrote:
andrewts wrote:
No, the cave is the wrong shape for it. Unless you source one from an XG ute, will that work?

hmmm...i'm not really good with the falcon utes...what's XG the equivalent of? EF?
No, an EA actually, my mistake. I mean an XH, which is the equivelant of an EF. Even then I don't know if it will work though...

No see it looks like they only fit EF/EL and XHs. They are a different shape.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:31 pm 
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damn! why do the EA-ED clusters have to be so crappy and boring :(

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:50 pm 
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You can modify them mate, just get the cluster diagrams and have a play in photoshop, print them out on super, bleach white paper and stick them in! Of course, they'll look s**t with orange illumination, so you can flog some white LEDs in and paint the needles (and file them back a bit aye, they look like bloody triangles) or whatever!

I'll belt the files up for you mate.

 

 

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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:50 pm 
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Just import the files into photoshop, it should be alright. The forum didn't let me upload the PSDs so I saved it as PDF.

 

 

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 Post subject: Re: change dash cluster?
Posted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 5:16 pm 
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hey mate do you have to scale these images before you print or are they the correct size??

thanks mate
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