You need to carefully pry the plastic clips to get them to dislodge.

Top clips are very hard, as they are hidden. I increased the brightness in the next photo to show you that the engagement point is from above. The plastic wedge is on the upper part of the rear gauge housing.

It is difficult to disengage all three without breaking one.

 

Next photo shows where the inserts (red arrows from first pic) slide into:

 

Needles can be removed without tools - just don't wiggle too much. But gauge face overlays will not come off without cutting the rubber grommets under them.

 

Great pics and excellent explanations of the procedure! thanks a lot !

 

Completely agree with SilverBullet911, Realistically I don't understand why you don't just change it to KPH on the digital readout and save yourself the hassle. I'm assuming you have an automatic as I rarely look at anything other than my revs/digital read out.

 

Thank you, and you are welcome. It is a little difficult, and you need to take precautions to prevent damaging the acrylic face, but it is doable.

I forgot to mention (and added it to above) that the screws in the back need to be removed before the two halts of the shell will come apart.

 

Great Post. Thanks to those that have posted pictures.

How about a hybrid approach?

It seem fairly easy to get the gauge cluster out of the car (see the first How-To link). The issue that is rightfully re stated several times is the difficulty of removal of the indicator needles and the gauge faces themselves.

There are several reputable automotive speedo shops around (Palo Alto Speedometer is one) that could perform the more difficult aspects of the face swap.

By removing the cluster yourself, the cluster could be sent or taken to a reputable shop to complete the face work. This saves the shop cost of removal and allows those far from a shop to send the cluster in for the work to be complete.

 

Thanks for the valuable info. The pre-owned Turbo I bought had the original guage color changed with an overlay that didn't line up right. Dealership wanted to change the whole cluster for $3,000 plus labor. I bought the FVD guage faces and they fit perfectly. The install took about 1.5 hours and I only had to make one adjustment to the tachometer needle after putting it all back together. I used one of the plastic prybars that Suncoast sells and the needles came off with no problems, although it was very nerve wracking to do it! Only thing I would do differently is go with a color like red or yellow. I chose white and it's a little "plain" for all the effort and $$ I put into it. Oh well, at least it looks good.