Hey all, thought i would share what ive been doing this afternoon, decided to buy some sweeping clocks for my blob sti the other week, been preparing all week for a nightmare wiring, but for some very odd reason mine plugged in and worked fine even the rev beep, no lights nothing showed up! had to shave the plug but that was it, well chuffed with that

 

Looks great mate, would love some of these for my bugeye

 

Cheers The only thing i have got to wire in is a switch for the brightness but tbh that doesnt bother me as i like them bright anyway! the main reason i got them as the others were to dim!

 

do they sweep??

 

yep

 

look good, does the diff temp light and handbrake light all work too as i heard handbrake was an issue in some swaps.

put a vid of the sweep up im interested to see what its like as im considering the change in the summer.

 

everything is spot on, ill go record a vid now

 

do they dim with the headlights on?? or just the mileage temp part dim like the green ones?

 

If yours is a widetrack and they are UK clocks out of a hawk they will fit straight in with no lights, The wiring changed on the 05+ model so if you put any sweeping clocks into pre widetrack scoobys they have the dash lights come up or if you put a set of pre 05+(JDM) sweeping clocks into a +05 model you get the same issue

 

 

Another question I wanted to know is there anyway to change the heater control to red?

 

looks good fella.
im pretty sure you can change the bulbs to red seen it done over on nasioc

 

Thanks , ill have a search on there then unless you have to be a member, its not anything thats going to bug me that much until i get a new radio, i think even the hawk have green controls so its nothing different to how there set up

 

On your HVAC buttons(heater controls) you have to cut the old LED`s out and resolder new ones in i think, The switches can be changed with a bulb, I have the earlier ones so i can just swap my bulbs over but if i`m being honest i need to add another one to each side of my heater dials to get looking right.

 

thats a different dash gaz.
dan has the facelift one

 

thanks for that yours looks ace i cant wait to fit my boost gauges! got to buy new 1s as i brought a set of genuine STI defi ones and now ive gone red -.- should really have thought about that when i got them hah! btw is that a pioneer headunit?

 

Did you read any of the text above or just look at the pictures

His is the same as Daves

 

Yeh its a pioneer cant remember which model, Just a cd/dvd/usb etc, No satnav as that starts adding weight

 

You should buy 2 short and 2 long bulbs, you need sand them and put long in the middle as i remember
did you change hvac buttons diodes for ac,mirrors heater..?

cluster swap for 03-04 sti-wrx http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...ht=sti+cluster

 

Mine is a Spec-C, Only has the 2 bulb holders on the hvac, one in between each of the 3 dials, On normal UK/US versions they have the green tint on the back of the face cover which you need to sand off as the green/red light combination cancels each other out and does`nt give the right look...Mine does`nt have thi green tint,Spec-c does not have illuminated switched for mirrors/windows etc either

Ive got a couple more LED`s here already out of my old V7 sti clocks, same one as i used for the heater controls, Easy enough to wire them into the existing ones to finish it off.

 

Bump for answers! Does the mileage get stored in the clocks or in the ECU? If I change clocks will it show the mileage of my car, or the car the clocks were taken from?

Thanks!

 

AFAIK it's stored in the clocks.

 

Definitely stored in the clocks. Chip needs removing, connecting to a laptop - you can then change the hex code on the chip and then resolder it.

Some services out there to do it for you, I went to Manchester for it. The legit services (will need to see your mileage and documentation before doing the change) tend to be cheaper than the non-legit ones, for fairly obvious reasons.

I've got JDM clocks in my Blob with a wired in KMH-MPH convertor. TBH I wish I waited for some Hawk UK ones to come up, as the previous owner (or importer?) had scribbled out the "K" in KMH to make it say "MH" and it looks a bit messy in daylight!

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Bugger. Might put thid on the back burner then.

 

Doubt it's expensive to change the mileage. It's done with the clocks removed anyway.

 

I paid £50 I think, but that included wiring in the KMH-MPH convertor with no instructions, so a bit of trial and error needed for the guy.

 

i got a quote of £40 for a mileage correction from here http://www.mileageman.co.uk/

just not got round to doing it yet

 

Hey guys, i had to have my millage corrected which has been mentioned is stored on the clocks
i paid £50 to have it done and all i needed to show was previous mot for some proof, he matched it perfectly in about 20 minuets

 

In that case we're back on!

Only doing it as its bloody hard to find decent quality green illuminated gauges, so will go for orange Defi BFs