OZ CLUSTER

[CTScott]

Originally Posted by Lewis

here I am on break from the wedding weekend

hoping CTScott is right and thinking maybe that 50-50 are my chances

i do so appreciate everyone's good wishes and help but i guess we all will not know until i get it and plug it in

the color is of no importance to me - i just hope it physically fits and functions properly as i can't see myself cutting up the dash to make this work out

and remember CTScott is doing everyone here a big favor because- while i'll have a unique and spiffy cluster if it works out- i'll still have to go begging to my dealership to get the odometer reset - while with CTScott's solution of replacing our clock with the tach - while maybe not as spiffy - the odometer will be fine as is

so when you add up the cost of the cluster and postage in Australia, then the postage to the USA (a hefty amount i'm sure) and then the stealership cut to reflash the odometer- this will definately be the high cost solution.

Might even end up rivaling the cost of a new Toyota parts "S" cluster before I'm done. The catnip here is having something unique and very spiffy.

Lewis

I've been doing some more reading from the European service manual docs, and I'm up to 90/10 for it working. There are a couple connections that we'll have to add to pick up some features (like a two wire connection for the ambient temperature sensor). Those pins are not populated on the USDM connector, but we have the same sensor for the A/C, so we'll just need to tap it.

I also found that the digital cluster is configurable for Km or Miles (of course via the TechStream tool), so that's another big plus.

For fit, I really think it will be fine. Look a Crashy's open dash, I see plenty of space under the flat area for the chunk.

[puetato89]

this is 2 exciting, i think imma have 2 take a cold shower

[CTScott]

I am pretty sure that the display is a VFD (vacuum fluorescent display). I thought the color or colors of the display were not changeable, but I ran into these:

"The light produced by most VFDs contains many colours and can often be filtered to produce a more-pure (saturated) colour such as a deep green or deep blue, depending on the whims of the product's designers."


"Optional Color Optical Filters & Luminance
Every Noritake VFD has a self emitting light with a wide color spectrum. This distinctive characteristic of the display will allow for virtually any display color presentation by adding a cost effective 3rd party colored material."

[CTScott]

I remembered that the clock in the USDM non-tach clusters is a VFD. I grabbed Crashy's and did some experimentation.

Clock display with redish lens removed (display is greenish blue without lens):
Clock.jpg

Green-blue.jpg


Powered with red lens on, as it would be in the car (display is white):
White.jpg

With blue film, display is blue:
Blue.jpg

With red lens and amber plastic, display is yellow:
Yellow.jpg


So, matching the 09 orange display is probably just a matter of adding an orange colored film plus a red film.

[puetato89]

ct your the best!!

[AlexNet0]

CTScott has become a considerable addition to the community, great props!

[puetato89]

hes secretly me lol j/k, (i just want crashy)

[*MAD DOG*]

Originally Posted by puetato89

hes secretly me lol j/k, (i just want crashy)

Drive like a loon and you could have your own crashy

[Sodium Duck]

lol

[puetato89]

nah, the original is best :)

[*MAD DOG*]

Update:

In about 10 hours i'm going to go to the post office to get a quote on a price to ship the cluster to Lewis.

[Sodium Duck]

...What'd you have for breakfast today?

[*MAD DOG*]

It's 1:25Am here. I had breakfast yesterday and it was McDonalds. 1 Sausage McMuffin, 1 hash brown and a large OJ.

[advocate]

Originally Posted by *MAD DOG*

It's 1:25Am here. I had breakfast yesterday and it was McDonalds. 1 Sausage McMuffin, 1 hash brown and a large OJ.

Wow I started busting up laughing when I read this.

[*MAD DOG*]

Originally Posted by *MAD DOG*

It's 1:25Am here. I had breakfast yesterday and it was McDonalds. 1 Sausage McMuffin, 1 hash brown and a large OJ.

Originally Posted by advocate

Wow I started busting up laughing when I read this.

Why? I didn't make a funny. What was so humorous about my statement?

[puetato89]

mcdonalds is gonna rule the world, just like toyota has

[*MAD DOG*]

Update:

Been to the post office to get a price to get the cluster shipped to Lewis. Will send him a pm when I get home about prices and options.

[puetato89]

yay, just one step closer :)