this must have been asked a thousand times but whats involved in fitting a v5 dash in a v4?
Regards Ed

 

I thought the v4 already came with the facelift dash.

 

It does. I think the OP means the clocks/instruments?

if so, there's a fair bit of wiring/rewiring needed, as the plugs are different and the wires don't go to the same places

You used to be able to buy a loom, but I doubt it now.

 

Surely you would just source a v4 clock set, got to be plenty knocking about second hand and they look the same once fitted if I'm not mistaken.

What's the reason for fitting op?

 

mine is a 96, v4 i want the later dash with the top cubby hole etc

 

MY96 will be v3 , preface lift dash is also v3 ,

V4 onward is face lifted , aside from the clocks which are more than likely mechical drive and will need a bit of work to sort to electronic speedo , the dashes physically bolt to different points at the windscreen , you will need to either cut and relocate the tabs that are there at the minute or get the tabs from a donor car and weld or rivet them in the correct location , I believe the heater controls are operated differently between the two types of dash also, so you may need matrix also tho I'm not 100% on that

 

Plus the part of the dash that comes closest to the doorcards is different in the two models, so new doorcards...and then the switches are different...