How to Install a 2001 Integra GSR Gauge Cluster into a 1999 Civic DX

Disclaimer: This is ment to act as a guide only, and not a complete "How To" install. the wiring may differ from car to car, so please get a wiring diagram of your stock cluster from the dealership (usualy for free) or from your HELMS manual. If you have any doubts if you can complete this, please have it professionaly installed. 

I want to thank Peter Helto for all his help, and also www.jdmfan.com for giving me most of the information that I needed.

 

Tools Needed

1)     #2 Phillips Screw Driver

2)     Scratch Awl

3)     Needle Nose Pliers

4) Lots of Patience

 

Here's how to install it.

1)     Move your steering wheel down as far as it will go.

2)     Remove the 2 screws holding in the black surround. When you pull out the surround, pull slowly because there are 2 small clips on the bottom portion. Also remove the 4 screws holding in the original cluster.

3)     Now carefully pull out the original cluster until it is just barely sticking out of the hole. Tip it forward, and look at the blue plugs. When they are still connected, make a small mark on YOUR RIGHT side of both plugs. That indicates to you where pin #1 is. That is very important ( I found out the hard way)

4)     Now remove the small yellow plug that is located on the bottom half of the cluster

5)     Take the cluster out of the hole and set it aside.

This Part is Extremely Important

- Plug B has 16 pins

-  Plug C has 13 pins.

-  Pin #1 is on the side that the clip is closest to

-  Some wire combinations have multiples of them, for instance there are 2 Green/Red wires, and if you look carefully at the wires there are silver stripes on them,
I will tell you what wire color and what stripe combination

-  When I say a wire name it will be a color then a forward slash then another color

o       The 1^st  color is the main wire color / and the 2^nd color is the color of the stripe on the wire

-  If I say C13 - Blue - Tachometer
This means Plug C, Spot #13, Blue Wire, Tachometer

 

Now Here Comes The Tricky Part.  PAY ATTENTION!!!!

I will start with plug B. This goes on top in the middle of the new cluster

 

Plug B

B1 - Yellow / Black - Seatbelt Light

B2 - Empty

B3 - Red / Blue - Fuel Gauge

B4 - Green / Yellow - 2 Silver Stripes - Low Fuel Light

B5 - Empty

B6 - Blue / White - Speedometer

B7 - Blue / Black - Trunk Light

B8 - Empty

B9 - Red - Brightness

B10 - Red / Black - Gauge Lights

B11 - Black / White - VSS

B12 - Empty

B13 - Green / Red - 1 Silver Stripe / Left Turn Signal

B14 - Green / Yellow - 1 Silver Stripe / Right Turn Signal

B15 - Red / Green - Not Available

B16 - Green / Red - 2 Silver Stripes - Emergency Brake

Plug C

C1 - Empty

C2 - Pink - Washer Fluid Level - Canada Only

C3 - Empty

C4 - Yellow - Dimmer

C5 - Empty

C6 - Empty

C7 - Black - Ground

C8 - Yellow / Green - Temperature

C9 - White / Blue - Battery

C10 - Empty

C11 - Yellow / Red - Oil Pressure

C12 - Green / Orange - Check Engine Light

C13 - Blue - Tachometer

If you think you have blown a fuse, don't worry there is only 2 fuses that you could have blown, and they are right below the dash. They are fuse's #15 or #25. I blew #25, 5 times so don't worry. The easiest way to know if you blew it is to open your door, turn your key to the on position (right before you start the car), and if it continues to beep at you its blown.

Securing your cluster to your stock screw holes