DIY: Triple Gauge Cluster

dts3 · 10-01-2018, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by dts3

I'm going to be picking up the Defi advance. I have two questions:

Where did you mount the control unit for the Defi?

AND

Do you really have to remove the steering wheel to take the dash off?

Bump for the question

scope22 · 10-02-2018, 06:22 AM

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Originally Posted by dts3

Bump for the question

for me at least, you dont have to remove the dash to install

jmroy6 · 10-02-2018, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by scope22

for me at least, you dont have to remove the dash to install

I didn't have to either, but it will most likely be more difficult to install. it was a bitch!

Falconquey · 11-24-2018, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by jmroy6

I didn't have to either, but it will most likely be more difficult to install. it was a bitch!

These are awesome.

cgr406 · 11-27-2018, 08:44 PM

Test fitting my VEI gauges. No sensors connected yet. Does anyone know if the OEM wiring harness for the stock triple gauges contains a wire from the headlight switch / circuit? If not, what did you connect to for the gauge dimming feature (gauges dim when headlights are on)?

Gauges-Small.jpg

dts3 · 11-28-2018, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by cgr406

Test fitting my VEI gauges. No sensors connected yet. Does anyone know if the OEM wiring harness for the stock triple gauges contains a wire from the headlight switch / circuit? If not, what did you connect to for the gauge dimming feature (gauges dim when headlights are on)?

Attachment 133095

I bought a spare triple meter on eBay to play with, but I don't have the harness yet. I remember someone in a different thread saying that they could not get dimming working from any of the hard lines into the harness, implying that it's dimmed from a CAN message (probably related to the headlight status)

cgr406 · 11-30-2018, 09:19 PM

So i found a wire in the largest of the four connectors that go into the audio head unit that controls dimming. This wire carries 0v if the headlights are off & 12v if they are on. It's the one circled in the attached picture. It's a red wire. This is for a 2014 w/ Bose but w/out nav. I test connected this to the dimming wire on my VEI gauges & it works perfectly.

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cgr406 Base Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: pittsburgh Posts: 106 Drives: '14 Z Sport Tour 6M Rep Power: 3368	Test fitting my VEI gauges. No sensors connected yet. Does anyone know if the OEM wiring harness for the stock triple gauges contains a wire from the headlight switch / circuit? If not, what did you connect to for the gauge dimming feature (gauges dim when headlights are on)? Gauges-Small.jpg __________________ TopGunZ Rotrex SC / CJM RFS / 1300 / Ecutek / Dynosty / F.I. TP & CBE / Z1 / Swift / SPL / Whiteline / Hotchkis / Michelin SP4

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