V36 English Dash Cluster Conversion

[MFC05]

Fellow V36s owners, spotted an Jap Spec v36 for sale on Carsales with English cluster fitted. Can anyone advise how it could be converted?

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[AsM]

Yes if anyone has any info please POST!!! cheers

Edited March 3, 2013 by AsM

[Kolossus]

Wish this was Facebook so i could tag Chris Rogers in here, but he will see it soon enough hahaha.

[MFC05]

Seems like no one is aware of it, i will contact the owner and speak to him directly!

[The Max]

Looks like he's flashed it with an UpRev Osiris ROM as well, given the pop-up hood warning.

[Chris Rogers]

canadian cluster does the same thing. done several now.

[Nightcrawler]

There is another one on Carsales that not only is converted to English, but the speedo now reads to 260km/h!

[colin.ssc]

I think that might be the Impul dash...or are there other dash around? Been trying to look for one. Impul ones sells for $800 on Nengun I think.

[Chris Rogers]

andrew,

if its red then itis the same car I built a few years ago, canadian cluster . cheapher than the impul item..

[colin.ssc]

andrew,

if its red then itis the same car I built a few years ago, canadian cluster . cheapher than the impul item..

How did you do it? How much?

[Nightcrawler]

Yep it is red mate, and it has the touch screen Navi on the oem screen too - so I assumed you had a hand in it Chris. It is in Perth now - did you do it in Qld or did he fly you over? Also, did he get the km lined up, or are they out?

[Chris Rogers]

its a perth car. when I did it the car it was landed/complied in brisbane and modified here by me.

KM is correct. I had a local instrumentation shop reset it.

[Chris Rogers]

How did you do it? How much?

the car waas dropped off to me customer paid me money and I did stuff.

[colin.ssc]

the car waas dropped off to me customer paid me money and I did stuff.

geez you're sure tight lip about everything .....if i get one in again, ill make sure it goes through Brisbane. Will call you if anything

[Chris Rogers]

look at it this way do you discuss what you do for a living in detail on a public forum ? I tend not to given most know that I work on these cars for a living and it how I pay my house loan and other expenses.

put simply - its doable and I can do it I will answer certain questions but how I do things is not one of them.

[Gnome73]

Ah that explains why you haven't replied to my emails chris. Are you saying that you want money to help someone?, you know my situation (i'm in NZ) how much $ would you need?

[win4ever]

Gnome73, you will need to PM Chris on this to get costings.....

[Chris Rogers]

Ah that explains why you haven't replied to my emails chris. Are you saying that you want money to help someone?, you know my situation (i'm in NZ) how much $ would you need?

got busy actually . will send off a full quote once I get home to a pc. low mid 4 figure though.

[t5iv]

I think what a lot of us fail to realise is that Chris is an Auto Lecky by trade. It's what he does and what he enjoys doing. At the end of the day, he built his knowledge through years of servitude to the industry. He knows his stuff because in an industry fuelled by clients not wanting to pay decent dollars and companies offering crap services for minimal fees, the guys with the best knowledge and most innovative are the ones that stand out from the pack. He's a master of his trade and we can't just ask him for freebies. He built his intellectual property and shares a lot more info about what he does than most do about their day to day jobs. Let's give him a break eh?!

[The Max]

Well said, t5iv. People seem to fail to realise that not everyone here is just a general member of the public and/or enthusiast.

If someone doesn't want to divulge their secrets for whatever reason, be it on the basis of profession or just simply not wanting to tell, then respect it and do the same homework they've done. We all learn from experience so if you don't find the information you need, make an effort to figure out the information yourself. Grab schematics, find old junked out gear and if you're really ballsy, make carefully calculated tests with your own vehicle. If something breaks along the way, be sure to have the cash around to fix it.

Thankfully the firewall grommet ring that I broke only cost me $7 but I bought 2 just in case I'm an idiot for a second time.