Anyone ever change out old skool gauges for new digital type?

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

I love my Cutty but i hate the old skool gauge cluster. Been thinking of changing out the dash cluster for a new digital cluster. Anyone know how to do this? I haven't found an aftermarket cluster that is plug and play so most likely it would have to be custom.

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[alotofbang 10+ year member]

yeah ive been thinking about doing the same thing with my 88 caprice have you

found anyother aftermarket digital dash other than Dakota

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Dakota Digital is the way to go....

I've dealt with them quite a bit in old-schools down at the shop.

nG

 

[jdawg 5,000+ posts]

dakota digital gauges

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=485/category_id=314/home_id=59/mode=prod/prd485.htm

nG

 

[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

http://www.dakotadigital.com/index.cfm/page/ptype=product/product_id=485/category_id=314/home_id=59/mode=prod/prd485.htm
nG

yeah i did get a quote from them for about $1k because i wanted turn sigs and a few other visuals. Don't know if a want to spend that much. I might just do an LED conversion on the OEM dash cluster

 

[ngsm13 5,000+ posts]

Werd. They're the best for it, ease of install and lifetime warranty...

LED would look good too though...

nG

 

[TurdFergueson2 5,000+ posts]

I was looking into these for my car, but they are expensive as hell and I don't know if anybody around me can install them. How hard is this to do? I believe you have to calibrate the speedometer or something like that right?