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New Instrument Cluster Programming Question


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I've done several searches on this topic and can't find the exact answer that I'm looking for. When I purchased my '99 C2 Cabriolet, the odometer LCD was washed out, the speedometer was bouncing all over the place, etc (several issues). (I bought this car at an auction with a bad motor - IMS failure). The car's all done now, but the cluster. I've got a new cluster on order (tried playing around with the stock one and one that I bought off of ebay). I'm friendly with a local Indy and he has the ability to reprogram the cluster but say's that I need to get the access codes from the dealer - I've never heard that mentioned before. I talked to Sunset and they had never heard of that - anyone else have any input to add here? Thanks in advance for your support.

Also, after reading thru some posts on here I see a hack mentioned that allows from more data to be displayed, can anyone provide more details here?

Thanks

Keith

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I've done several searches on this topic and can't find the exact answer that I'm looking for. When I purchased my '99 C2 Cabriolet, the odometer LCD was washed out, the speedometer was bouncing all over the place, etc (several issues). (I bought this car at an auction with a bad motor - IMS failure). The car's all done now, but the cluster. I've got a new cluster on order (tried playing around with the stock one and one that I bought off of ebay). I'm friendly with a local Indy and he has the ability to reprogram the cluster but say's that I need to get the access codes from the dealer - I've never heard that mentioned before. I talked to Sunset and they had never heard of that - anyone else have any input to add here? Thanks in advance for your support.

Also, after reading thru some posts on here I see a hack mentioned that allows from more data to be displayed, can anyone provide more details here?

Thanks

Keith

The only thing you might need IPAS codes for would be changing the odometer - but if the odometer is over 52 miles then it can't be changed with a PST2 or PIWIS.

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You shouldn't need the IPAS codes for cluster coding. As Loren says, if it is a new cluster you must set the odometer total mileage before it registers 52-is miles. You only need the VIN number in order to do that.

The cluster will be brand new ( :angry: ), so I'll share this info with the shop and see if they are convinced. Thanks for the input from both of you.

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