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TitanSilber ZHP
09-10-2009, 12:31 AM
think this is a very nice/simple way to liven up your cluster by just using the M3 needles. I know this isnt common as getting the needles requires a cluster, but I have acquired a couple sets. It wont be too cheap, but it WILL be rare and the look is pretty amazing. What does everyone think? Oh, and its completely reversible.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2502/3898134082_be12b7676b_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3425/3898133592_8daa1f7748_o.jpg
E90DTM
09-10-2009, 12:37 AM
i don't think it's worth the time
TitanSilber ZHP
09-10-2009, 01:25 AM
i don't think it's worth the time

20 minutes?
E90DTM
09-10-2009, 05:38 AM
just the effort in doing the mod. :rofl i've been lazy lately. ;) where do you get the parts from anyway? do any of the gages get thrown off?
mryakan
09-10-2009, 11:52 AM
Does anyone but you notice it? I guess that is enough anyway, but just wondering.
kosta
09-10-2009, 11:59 AM
do you have a pic of the rear of the needle? wonder if it's compatible with e36's
raceyBMW
09-10-2009, 12:20 PM
Or you could take a red sharpie and color them
TitanSilber ZHP
09-10-2009, 02:00 PM
just the effort in doing the mod. :rofl i've been lazy lately. ;) where do you get the parts from anyway? do any of the gages get thrown off?

They came out of M3 clusters. The gauges have internal "stops" so you shouldn't have any trouble with them being off.


Does anyone but you notice it? I guess that is enough anyway, but just wondering.

Unless someone else drives your car? I had a ZHP before and wanted a set of orange-red needles for quite a while on my E90.


do you have a pic of the rear of the needle? wonder if it's compatible with e36's

I'll see if I can snap a good one, the rear/mounting portion is clear.


Or you could take a red sharpie and color them

Meh, still sharpie, and it doesn't have the small black pinstripe on the front.
TitanSilber ZHP
09-17-2009, 10:44 PM
Night shots!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2629/3930641954_689294c7e2_o.jpg

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2434/3929859595_aaef725bce_o.jpg
E90DTM
09-18-2009, 02:15 AM
:eyecrazy you bearly have any miles on your car
TitanSilber ZHP
09-18-2009, 02:21 AM
:eyecrazy you bearly have any miles on your car

Haha, the pics are from a friends car actually. I have 20xxx on my car in under a year.

:D
TitanSilber ZHP
09-23-2009, 08:33 PM
The needles with M3 DCT gauge rings:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3466/3947991247_cb685218e7_o.jpg
TitanSilber ZHP
09-29-2009, 04:33 PM
Not really a modding community huh?
T.Dot E30
09-29-2009, 04:45 PM
i think the e9x guys are too afraid to open up their cluster, let alone bust out a screw driver.

It's all about dealer service......
TitanSilber ZHP
09-29-2009, 04:48 PM
A shame that the DIY mentality has been mostly relegated to the E36 and E46 crowds. The E9X platform has some really cool mods to be done...and some yet to be done even.
raceyBMW
09-29-2009, 05:24 PM
Its because we are all still in warranty...well most of us. When warranty is over, DIY modding will pick up...E46 was the same way.
mryakan
09-29-2009, 05:44 PM
Its because we are all still in warranty...well most of us. When warranty is over, DIY modding will pick up...E46 was the same way.
+1, most people are worried about voiding their warranties and many are probably leasing. Things are already starting to change now that more cars are out of warranty and old leases being picked up in auctions. Rule of thumb on this forum, be patient :).
TitanSilber ZHP
09-29-2009, 09:42 PM
Its because we are all still in warranty...well most of us. When warranty is over, DIY modding will pick up...E46 was the same way.

I'm still in warranty, but the first years of a cars life are it's best. I want to enjoy them with my own personal touches before I have to worry about replacing maintenance/wear items.


+1, most people are worried about voiding their warranties and many are probably leasing. Things are already starting to change now that more cars are out of warranty and old leases being picked up in auctions. Rule of thumb on this forum, be patient :).

Patience it is!
yamazaho
09-30-2009, 01:13 AM
Digging the mod man, but I think it will be even better if the manual cluster ring is available rather then those DCT ones.
TitanSilber ZHP
09-30-2009, 02:07 AM
Digging the mod man, but I think it will be even better if the manual cluster ring is available rather then those DCT ones.

I have one those those as well...

:winknudge
TitanSilber ZHP
10-01-2009, 11:52 PM
Quick comparison pic, DCT on the left, non-M on the right.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2487/3973735380_0a2b636279_o.jpg
yamazaho
10-02-2009, 12:17 AM
Wow this made me want to do that M3 cluster conversion. Can't you replace the M3 face plate onto the non-M one?
TitanSilber ZHP
10-02-2009, 02:15 AM
Wow this made me want to do that M3 cluster conversion. Can't you replace the M3 face plate onto the non-M one?

Yes, the gauge faces are interchangeable, but obviously the measurements would be way off, haha. PM sent.
TitanSilber ZHP
10-06-2009, 06:56 PM
6MT Surrounds!

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2433/3988662232_2e697622c8_o.jpg

Non-M Cluster with M backing plates and DCT surrounds:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3455/3988662640_496f1771d6_o.jpg
pinarello
10-06-2009, 07:38 PM
More important that swapping needles would be to dump the silly MPG gauge for a temperature gauge!
TitanSilber ZHP
10-07-2009, 01:06 PM
Easier said than done I'm sure, haha.
Raf555
12-19-2009, 05:29 PM
I have one those those as well...

:winknudge

can u get the the M3 needles and M3 DCT gauge rings on their own as oposed to getting the whole cluster??

do they have part numbers?