Sick of not being able to see my digital speedo, so I am going to take it out and put on new tinting, because I cannot see spending $1,500 for a new cluster to replace the 20 cents worth of tinting.

Having said that, has anybody removed their cluster and have words of wisdom?

I looked at the service manual, but after finding it very lacking in details, I wanted to ask first before attempting this task.

 

This is very easy to do.


First remove the cluster cover by pulling on it. It's help by spring clips. So don't be afraid to pull it.


Second, remove the vent held in the dash cover, as well as the dash cover on the other side of the instrument cluster. Again, these pieces are held in with spring clips. Just give them a hard pull, and they will release.


Third, remove the instrument clock bezel surround. The screws are all exposed so just remove what you see.


From this point, you will see all screws for the instrument cluster.


This is very easy. One thing, you'll need a stubby phillips head screw driver to complete remove the instrument clock bezel surround.


This is not complicated. So enjoy....

 

Thank you for your sharing i really appreciated it.

 

I've done it before. Super easy. If you have questions, I'm happy to help.

 

Be sure never to plug in an instrument cluster from another aston... it will add the mileage of both cars and display that number in the odometer.

 

Can a secondhand instrument cluster be reprogrammed to the car spec using AMDS?

 

it's not difficult to do that, find a tutorial video would be of some help.

 

So if you intermittently plugged in two different instrument clusters you could keep going until you rolled the odometer back to approximately zero?

 

Wow your steering wheel is beautiful!! From where and how much??

 

Yes, would really like some help and if anyone knows a good source for tinting I can use and also an easy way to remove tinting, that would also be welcome.

And if anyone wants to come to Tampa area and do this for me, that would be appreciated also. Hmm, I wonder if this is asking to much.

 

Thanks, this is a big help!!

 

WOW, those guages look incredible. I need to open mine up to fix the LED on top. I am definitely sending you a PM for help.