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Icon10 My first official mod
Well, my old gauge cluster decided to take a crap on me and so did the stupid
P R N D 2 1 selector, so I ordered a Sport Trac cluster . On to the pictures.





I almost wrecked because I got used to R being P and N being R and so forth... lol. I like it. The gray is a little out of place in my tan truck, but the original cluster had a crack down the middle, so I'll stick with it. BTW, it's really hard to put a dash back together in the dark...
 
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looks sooooo sexy at night! great mod!
 
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Thanks! It takes some getting used to
 
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Looks good man!
 
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Looks real good to me.
 
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Now change them to blue leds like this. Still looks good tho.

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looks good man, I love mine
 
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Looks good. Now get an explorer sport or sport trac silver HVAC to match your cluster!
 
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Hvac?
 
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That's HOT!!!
 
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NICE!!!
 
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Looks great. I'd love a ST cluster in my Mazda.

OEM mods FTW
 
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looks good
 
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Thanks for the replies guys (and Marie)
 
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Wade, HVAC = heater controls.

Looks good man! You can always play around with paint on that thing if you get bored! It's easy! I would agree do the LED swap too.. Way brighter! But you have to do it all or it doesn't look right! lol
 
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Oh, alright. That would look nice. LED's would also be nice, but I'm trying to save up atm... not a fan of soldering either
 
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Yes Heater Control-HVAC. This is what it looks like:

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Some people have been able to get away without soldering the LED's... I did so I could add more to mine.

I got my stainless steel one from a buddy for free cuz they sent him 2 on accident.... I'll try to look the place up and remember if you're interested lol
 
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Looks sweet. Now that you started modding you will find that it is hard to stop.
 
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Originally Posted by TrePaul86
Some people have been able to get away without soldering the LED's... I did so I could add more to mine.

I got my stainless steel one from a buddy for free cuz they sent him 2 on accident.... I'll try to look the place up and remember if you're interested lol
Alright, that'd be great
 
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Originally Posted by bugz1racing
Looks sweet. Now that you started modding you will find that it is hard to stop.
Well next planned is tires and a lift... So i guess you're right
 
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Nice first mod.
Be ready for more.
 
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Looks like he is catching the fever.
 
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looks really nice i like it !

so you just swap it in? connectors the same?
 
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Originally Posted by Baja1000_Edge
looks really nice i like it !

so you just swap it in? connectors the same?
Yeah, it plugged right in. I swapped the odometer so I had to recailbrate the needle, but other than that it was an easy swap
 
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