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Anyone Ever Done A Gauge Cluster Swap From A 04 Up V70R To A 98-00 V70?


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#1 stevensane247

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 03:57 AM

That is the question?
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 04:13 AM

No...

that is the answer.

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 05:42 AM

You can put a same year V70R gauge cluster into a same year V70/S70 car. Not a P2 cluster into one of the older ones, however.

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 06:44 AM

View PostJVC, on 23 January 2012 - 04:13 AM, said:

No...

that is the answer.

Why not?
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 07:14 AM

1. The shape
2. The combis retrieve different information from electronic systems
3. It's basically a totally F-ing different car
4. I like making lists

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Posted 23 January 2012 - 07:26 PM

Understood
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Posted 23 January 2012 - 08:04 PM

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 03:34 AM

I took apart a P2 cluster (2006 S80, same as P2R but black) to see what would be involved with this. It's almost impossible, you wold need a small computer to emulate the signals of a P2 car based on inputs from the 98 wiring harness. Only way I could see this working is to use just the gauges and retain the circuitry from the 98 cluster.

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 09:10 AM

And so somewhere out there in the world..a Master Electrical Engineer just LOL'd
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